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general direction of the Ntinia, which, consequently, crosses their out- 

 crop repeatedly. That of the higher seam is first crossed about 200 

 yards above the suspension bridge, and North of the Grand Trunk 



Road; that of the lower seam about the same 

 Coal near Asansol. 



distance South of the bridge. The uppermost is 



worked at Asansol colliery, just North of the road, by Babti Rama- 



nath Banerji, and in some small quarries, South of the road, by Babti 



Gobind Parsad, at Gtishin. Nearly opposite Babti Ramanath's 



quarry, and on the East bank of the stream, another has been made 



by a different proprietor, but it is not worked. 



This seam crosses the Ntinia again three times below the bridge, 



, T . . .. „ ,, - the two lowest crossings being close too-ether, 



Numa section, South of ° => » ' 



Trunk Eoad. where an angle in the stream has cut into the 



out-crop of the bed. Here some quarries have been worked by Messrs. 

 Tarachander Pal and Co. The section is nearly the same as North of 

 the bridge, being 



Blue and carbonaceous shale. 



Coal and shale mixed 



Coal 



Carbonaceous shale ... 



Ditto, with coal 



Coal 



Ft. in. 



6 



1 



4 



4 



6 



Total thickness of seam ... 8 2 

 Coal in ditto ... ... 7 



The dip is throughout small, but somewhat variable, and inclined 

 near the bridge to the W. S. W. : further down to South-west. The 

 coal is inferior. 



The lower seam, also about 7 feet in thickness, has been cut into 

 North of the Grand Trunk Road, by Babti Rakal Das, in the village 

 land of Sripur. The out-crop crosses the Eastern branch of the Ntinia, 

 which here joins the main stream, but further North and North-west 

 all trace of it is lost. 



