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RANIGANJ COAL FIELD. 



[Chap. IV. § 4. 



here is also very variable, and the section is very similar to that at 

 Gopinathpur. It is 



Ft. in. 



Shale and sandstone 



Coal 



Shale 



Coal 



Shale 



Coal 



Total thickness of seam 

 Coal in ditto 



8 



Pits near Khatsuli. 



This bed probably underlies those at Raniganj. A little West of 

 Bhangaband it appears to be cut off by a fault. 

 On the opposite side of the Grand Trunk Road, and about half a mile 



South of Gopinathpur, are two pits sunk by Mr. 



Watkins, and in which coal is said to have been 

 found. It was probably the Gopinathpur seam. At Khatsuli, just 

 East of the bazaar, in the town of Raniganj, two other pits were sunk, 

 and there also coal was found. It is difficult to say what seam can 

 have been cut: possibly that worked at Raniganj. 



Sirsol mine is about 2 miles "West of Gopinathpur, and 1^ S. S. W. 



of Bhangaband. The coal seam crops out along 



the East face of a valley to the West of the 

 village, and lies very nearly flat, there being a slight dip of not more 

 than 2° towards the East. The quality of the coal is excellent, per- 

 haps, on the whole, the best yet worked to any extent in the field. The 

 section is not well exposed towards the bottom, even in the quarries, 

 but it appears to be 



Birsol colliery. 



Ft. 



in. 



Sandy shale and sandstone. 



Carbonaceous shale ... 



Coal 



Shale, sandy % ... 



Coal, said to be 



Total thickness of seam 

 Coal in ditto ... 



20 



11 6 



4 



6 



17 10 

 17 6 



