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88 RANIGANJ COAL FIELD. [CHAP. IY. § 4. 



found North-east of Harisptir, near Kajra, at a depth of only 40 feet, 

 and if, as is probable, the seam is the same, the dip is probably South- 

 erly or South-west. 



At Babusol the dip is about 5° to the East, the 



Babusol mine. 



shaft 145 feet deep, and the section 



Hard white sandstone ... ... ... ... 



Blue sandy shale, with impressions of plants 



a. Bituminous shale, with some coal irregularly interstratified 



b. Coal, good 



c. Shale 



d. Coal, about 



e. Shale, thickness not seen ... 



Beneath this coal again occurs, as has been proved by borings. The 

 mine is a new one. There can be but little question of the identity of 

 the seam with that found at Mangalpur and Harisptir, and there ap- 

 pears every probability that, beneath the wide space between Harisptir 

 and Babusol, there is one continuous bed of coal. It is one of the best 

 seams in the district, the quality of the fuel being excellent. The 

 principal backs at Babusol are North 40° East and North 30° East, cut- 

 ting each other at a very acute angle, and another secondary series 

 heading North-west. 



All this country is completely covered with laterite on the higher 



ground, and alluvium on the lower. How the 



Surface covered and 

 rocks concealed. Mangalpur seam is brought in at Harisptir and 



Babusol can therefore only be matter of conjecture. The coal may lie 

 in a basin, the out-crop extending through Babtisol, to East of Mangal- 

 pur village, crossing the Singaran above Parasia, and thence running 

 South-east to a little North-east of Harisptir ; or it may be thrown 

 by a fault between Mangalpur and Babusol. This would account for 

 no coal having been found in the shafts sunk South-west of the village. 

 It is probable that the Harisptir and Babusol seam extends further 

 to the East than is at present known. Its value will, doubtless, induce 



