Chap. IV. § 4.] raniganj group. 119 







Ft. 



in, 



Coal, of good quality 



>• ... ••• ... 



... 9 



7 



Black carbonaceous shale 



... ... ... 



1 







Coal, superior 



,. 



2 







Gray under-bed 



,. 



... 3 







Brown and gray sandstone. 



• 

 Total thickness of seam 









... 12 



7 





.Coal in ditto 



... 11 



7 



Mr. Williams also considers the quality as superior to the coal of 

 Raniganj, Chinakuri, Chokidanga, Dhosul, and Mangalptir. As the 

 mine has now been abandoned for many years, and the out-crop is 

 concealed by rubbish, it is impossible to do more than quote the above. 



The beds above this are ill seen, the country exposing no sections 



till within about a mile of Panchet Hill. Here 



Ironstone shales. 



the small bed of carbonaceous shales, with runs 

 of ironstone, is met with, which was observed North of Chinaktiri. It 

 here also is at about the same depth below the base of the Panchet 

 beds, or perhaps rather more, viz. about 900 feet. Near Chinakuri 

 the depth probably is about 700 feet. 



This run of ironstones and shales is traced from near Hiraktind, 

 opposite Chinakuri, through Luada and Bara, till cut off by a fault 

 near Chandidhi ; it is again seen near Nautundhi, and also, in precisely 

 the same position in the general section, near the base of Panchet Hill; 

 disappearing, however, probably from having thinned out, on the West 

 side. It also stretches across from North of Panchet to North of 

 Garangi Hill, and altogether its out-crop has been traced for not 

 less than 15 miles South of the Damuda. It thus becomes a very 

 constant and important horizon, and serves to prove the absence of 

 Fault North of Ma- faults crossm g tne direction of its strike, while, 

 rulia " on the other hand, it gives the best evidence 



obtainable of the existence of a great line of fault, probably in 

 continuation of the Chanch fault, but in a direction more nearly 

 approaching East and West ; for the run of ironstones comes in, with 



