70 RANIGANJ COAL FIELD. [CHAP. IY. § 2. 



Brought forward ... 16 



3. Carbonaceous shale ... ... ... ... ... 5 



4. Shaley sandstone ... ... ... ... ••• 5 



5. Carbonaceous shale ... ... .«■ ••• ... 2 



6. Coal, shaley in parts ... ... ... •■• ••• 7 



7. Shaley sandstone and some carbonaceous shale, with strings of 



coal, about ..-. ... ... ... ... 30 



8. Coal, good ... ../ ... -. ... 7 



9. Shaley sandstone 



10. Coarse, brown gritty sandstone ... ... ... ... 5 



11. Shale, sandy ... ... ... ... ... 2 



12. Sandstone ... ... ... ••• ... 2 



13. Carbonaceous shale and coal of variable quality ... ... 4 



14. Shaley sandstone ... ... ... ... ••• 6 



15. Carbonaceous shale and coal ... ... ... ... 5 



16. Shaley sandstone ... ... ... ■•• .•• 13 



17. Coal, variable, about ... ... ... ... ... 7 



4 

 



Total ... 120 



Here the stream turns to the South-west, and continues along the 

 strike of the beds. The coal seam, No. 17, is seen towards the next 

 bend to the North, to have gained in thickness at the base, the sand- 

 stone and shale beneath it passing into coal along the strike. From 

 this spot the section is magnificently seen in the bed of the stream. 



(Repeated) shaley sandstone 



(Ditto) coal, 13 feet, passing at the base, into 



18. Carbonaceous shale 



19. Sandy carbonaceous shale and shaley sandstone 



20. Grit, variable and thinning out, coal 



21. Shale and shaley sandstone 



22. Quartzo-felspathic grit 



23. Carbonaceous shale and coal 



24. Grit and shaley sandstone 



25. Carbonaceous shale 



26. Quartzo-felspathic grit 



27. Coal 



Ft. 



in, 



120 







6 







9 











6 



4 







18 







3 







5 







2 







16 







1 







Carried over ... 184 6 



