.. 80 







.. 9 











6 



.. 5 







2 



6- 



9 







.. 5 







833 



6 



Chap. IV. § 2.] lower damuda group. 73 



Brought forward ... 722 6 



101. Coarse quartzo-felspathic grit, containing fragments of quartz. 



This bed breaks up sometimes and becomes shaley towards the 

 top* 



102. Shale alternating with thin sandstone 



103. Ironstone of poor quality ,., 



104. Black carbonaceous shale ... ... ... 



105. Thin shaley sandstone 



106. Coal, shaley in parts, especially towards the top 



107. Shale 



108. Grit, thickness not seen. 



In this grand section there are altogether twenty-seven seams of coal, 

 Seams of coal in this of tn e respective thicknesses of 6, 7, 7, 4, 5, 13, 

 (varying to 7,) |, 3, 1, 14, 1, 15, 5, 10, 10, 5, 4|, 

 32, 8, 2, 2, 3, 1, 2, 3, 4, and 9, and an aggregate thickness of 175, feet ! 

 But a large proportion of this is merely shale, and, if one-half even be 

 tolerable coal, there is still an enormous thickness. Twenty seams are 

 3 feet and upwards in thickness, the best of these are No. 2, 6 feet ; No. 

 8, 7 feet, both seen near Pitakari ; portions of No. 17, 29, and 40, and 

 No. 63, 4| feet. Perhaps part of the thick seam, No. 66, might also 

 be workable, but the presence of trap is a great disadvantage. All 

 other seams appear to be more or less shaley. 



Further up the Kudia, beyond Pitakari, and approaching the bound- 

 ary of the Damudas near Khuka, many partial out-crops are seen, but 

 no continuous section, and nothing can be determined as to the quality 

 or thickness of the coal seams ; the majority of which must be conti- 

 nuations of those in the preceding section. All these seams, if they 

 continue a few hundred yards to the West, must be cut off by the 

 fault between Tilturia and Belkupa. 



* This thick bed of grit occurs at the junction of the Pasai and Kudia. The remainder of 

 the section is seen in the Pasai. 



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