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RAK1GANJ COAL FIELD. 



[Chap. IV. § 4. 



a low dip, (see Fig. 8) at a much shorter distance North of the anticlinal, 

 Fig. 8. Section of Anticlinal and Fault near Maeulia. 



a a. Ironstone shales, b. Fault. 



near Marulia, than it does among the higher dips to the South. 



East of the area occupied by the Panchet beds, North of Beharinath 

 Hill, these ironstones do not recur. The best section of them is seen 

 in the Besram stream, close to Maduwanpur. They are here, with the 

 accompanying shales, about 25 to 30 feet thick, the proportion of iron- 

 stone, of excellent quality, being larger than is usual in any part of the 

 o-reat band at the base of the Raniganj series. Situated as the out-crop 

 of this band is, at a distance from other sources of ironstone, it may 

 hereafter be worth working for ore, and, in the prospect of such an 

 occurrence, and of its becoming of economical value, the out-crop has 

 been laid down carefully on the map. 



To the West and North-west of Panchet Hill, the beds of the 



-r, , ,. Ranioani series dip at very high angles, and are 

 Beds near Panchet & J r J & o > 



Hill. much compressed and disturbed. No coal is seen. 



All the beds twist sharply round to the South-west, and are cut off, 

 as are the lower series also, by the fault "West of Baghmara. It is not 

 clear where the Panchet rocks come in, the neighborhood of the bound- 

 ary being much broken and confused, but the whole of the hill is 

 composed of rocks higher than the Damuda series. 



A very little West of the spot where the Barakar joins the Damuda, 

 and upon the South bank of the last-named stream, 

 a rocky promontory projects into the river near 

 Deoli. In this a seam of coal, about 4^ feet thick, is seen, with 



Coal near Deoli. 



