48 RANIGANJ COAL FIELD. [CHAT. IV. § 2. 



The rocks near the quarries dip at a high angle (30°), and 

 consist of hard sandstones and shaley flags. The section of the seam 

 in Messrs. Nicol and Sage's quarries is 



Ft. in. 



1. Thin, shaley, false-bedded sandstone, pink in color, coarse and 



felspathic ... ... ... ... ... ... 14 



2. Coarser sandstone, white and felspathic 



3. Thin sandstone similar to No. 1 ... 



4. Carbonaceous shale 



5. Coarse sandstone 



6. Carbonaceous shale 



7. a. Coal, very bright in parts 



b. Carbonaceous shale ... 



c. Coal, with irregular partings of shale, quality 



somewhat shaley and inferior 



d. Shale 



e. Coal of good quality, but variable 



8. Carbonaceous shale 



The quarry of the East India Coal Company is not 100 yards off, 



but in it the coal is 2 feet thicker : some of the partings disappear, and 



the section roughly is 



Ft. in. 



Coal, shaley and inferior... ... ... ... ... 7 6 



Carbonaceous shale ... ... ... ... ... 1 6 



Coal, poor above, good below ... ... ... ... 27 







1 



6 







1 



6 





... 



1 















2 







1 



6 



7 











1 



6 







14 















2 







11 



6 



S 1 







Total ... ... 36 



The seam cannot be traced here in either direction, and despite its 

 immense thickness, probably thins out at no great distance. It is 

 even possible that it may be represented by the thin strings of coal 

 already mentioned, on the Sadarangi stream and near Khorabad. 



In this seam, the lower 11 feet are by far the finest portion, and 

 although variable, as are all the seams of the Lower Damudas, it con- 

 tains in places excellent coal. It has been worked away in large 

 galleries close to the out-crop. From the distance of this seam from 



