Chap. IV. § 4.] raniganj group. 109 



The section is : — 











Ft. 



in, 





... 





... 



6 







■•■ ■•■ 





4 



6 









••• 







2 







... 



... 



4 



6 







Total thickness of 



seam 







9 



2- 



Coal in ditto 



... 





... 



9 







Shale 

 Coal 

 Shale 

 Coal 



The dip is at a low angle to S. S. "W. Below this, nothing but 

 sandstone is seen in the Nunia, as far as the section already described, 

 as occurring North of Harabhanga. 



The high ground on which stand the villages of Dhamra and Chal- 

 Coal South of DMmra wa d 1S > as usual, covered by alluvium. South 

 of it, on the banks of the Damuda, massive sand- 

 stones and some shales are seen dipping to the South-west. About half 

 a mile West of the great Salma dyke, already mentioned as passing 

 through Dhamra, a bed of coal is seen, 8 or 9 feet thick ; its out-crop 

 being shown on the bank of the River Damuda. It is extraordinary 

 that this seam, thus visible upon the bank of the river itself, has never 

 been worked; considering the unusual facilities afforded by its place 

 of occurrence for the carriage of any coal mined from it to markets ; 

 and especially as, until within the last few years, the only mode of 

 carriage to Calcutta was by the river. It is difficult to judge from 

 merely seeing the out-crop of a seam, whether the coal contained is 

 of good quality or not ; that of this seam, however, appears to be fair 

 coal, and no trace of any excavation is visible in the neighborhood, so 

 .that I have not been able to come to any other conclusion than that it 

 has never been cut into. Yet within half a mile coal, which had 

 been brought from beyond Dhamra, has been piled at a ghat for 

 shipment. 



