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Chap. IV. § 4.] raniganj group. 115 



12. Sandstone and shale, with strings of coal 



13. Coal 



14. Shale 



15. Coal, about 



16. Shale, about 



17. Coarse sandstone 



18. Shale and sandstone, containing a seam of coal, 1 foot thick, in 



the upper portion 



19. Massive sandstone 



Thin sandstones and shales completing the section to the mouth 

 of the stream, which is only a short distance. 



There are seen, in this section, 5 seams of coal, exceeding 3 feet in 

 thickness, besides several thinner ones, and others whose dimensions 

 cannot be ascertained. As none have been worked, it is impossible to 

 speak positively of their value. Some may be of rather greater thick- 

 ness than is above mentioned, as a portion of the out-crop is, in some 

 cases, concealed. 



In the stream between Baghdi and Radanagar, in two or three places, 

 coal crops out. There is, however, no conti- 



Out-crops rear Baghdi. 



nuous section, and the thickness of the seams is 



not seen. They are, doubtless, the same as those in the Hural Jor. 



About a quarter of a mile South-east of the mouth of the HuralJor, 



' _ . , , . . and close to the village of Chinakiiri, is the old 



Old Chmakuri mine. 



Chinakuri mine, worked by Mr. Betts, in the 



years 1826—1830. The seam is 7 feet thick, and, according to 



Mr. Williams, has the following section* : — 



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 Coal, inferior ... ... ... ... § _ 6 



Carbonaceous shale ... 

 Coal, inferior 



Total thickness of seam 

 Coal in ditto 



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