104 RANIGANJ COAL FIELD. [ChAP. IV. § 4. 



seldom very coarse, and almost always abounding in felspar. The 



, „ only seam of coal known to occur is that worked 



Charnpur and Samsun- J 



darpfo- near Charnpur and at Sarnsundarpur, by Messrs. 



Apcar and Co., and by a native, respectively. The seam is 13 feet 



thick, of which 12 are worked, and the coal is of fair quality. The 



workings are not extensive, but the out-crop has been cut into to a 



considerable extent from quarries. 



About 2 miles W. N. W. of these collieries, on the line of strike 



of the beds, a quarry has been opened close to 

 Baraboni. 



the village of Baraboni, on the property of the 



Rani Srinamoni. The seam is 17 feet thick, and the coal unusually 



bright and excellent in quality, but it contains much pyrites. The 



" backs" head N. 10° E., but for want of cross jointing, the coal cuts 



badly. It is very possibly the same seam as that worked at Charnpur, 



and, if so, should be sought for South of Domahani. 



Nothing except the usual coarse sandstone is seen above these seams, 



till near Puriharptir, on the Eastern stream. 



Puriharpur. 



Here a quarry, with under-ground workings, 



extending to a considerable distance, has been worked for three years 



by the Bengal Coal Company, in a 9 feet seam of coal of fair quality. 



The seam dips to the South-west about 3°. 



No more is seen in the Eastern branch of the Nimia till near its 



junction with the main stream. On the latter 

 Mamanagar. 



coal is worked by Babu. Debhidin Sukal, about 



1 mile South of Madanmonptir, at a spot called Mainanagar. The 



seam has the following section : — 



Ft. in. 



Hard blue shale, with nodules of clay ironstone. 







Coal 



5 







Shale 







9 



Coal 



Total thickness of seam 



.. 4 

 .. 10 



6 

 3 



Coal in ditto 



.. 9 



6 



