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that this seam, which dips about East 5° South, may be identical 

 with that now worked at Parasia mine. The dip at the mine 

 is East by North, but less than a quarter of a mile to the East- 

 ward two small seams of coal are seen in the Taladari Khal, dip- 

 ping to the South-east. The thickness is about 3 feet and 1 

 foot respectively, but they are ill seen. In the stream which runs 

 between Kamda and Parasia, the out-crop of another seam is seen, 

 about a mile above the junction with the Singaran. Its thickness cannot 

 be made out. 



Few tracts about Raniganj are more promising than that lying 

 immediately East of the Singaran. There is no doubt but that coal 

 exists, the dips are in general low and favorable, and the distance from 

 the railway will be small, when the new line along the Singaran 

 valley is completed. 



Parasia colliery, now the property of the East India Coal Com- 

 pany, lies close to the left (East) bank of the 

 Parasia mine. . . 



Singaran. The mine is 110 feet deep, and the 



seam has been dug into a depth of 13 feet, but it is not known whether 

 more coal underlies it or not. It is consequently difficult to judge 

 what bed is being worked, as the whole section is not exposed : 7 

 feet in the centre of the seam is mined, and is of better quality 

 than the remainder. About a quarter mile to the South-west, 

 on the opposite bank of the Singaran, and in Bansra village, a 

 shaft was sunk some years ago, and coal was found, in all proba- 

 bility the same as that now worked at Parasia, for the draining of 

 the mine at the latter place has sensibly diminished the water in the 

 Bansra pit. 



About half a mile "West of this pit, at Kulastori, a shaft was 



sunk by the East India Coal Company, but 



Kulastori. J • 



although some very carbonaceous shale was cut 

 through, no workable coal was found. 



