Chap. IV. § 4.] raniganj group. 121 



sandstone both above and below. The seam thins out and disappears 

 about 150 yards to the West of the place, where a mine has been com- 

 menced upon it by the Bengal Coal Company. A fault is seen to the 

 South-west, and, probably, cuts the seam off in that direction. 



In the stream just West of the village of Hijali, tliree or four seams of 

 coal are seen, the lowest and thickest of which is about 4 feet, the 

 others 2 feet to 3 feet thick. Passing further East, and higher in 



the series, North of Parbatia, a seam 3A feet thick 

 Coal near Hijali. 



is exposed in the right bank of the Damuda. Pass- 

 ing further down the river, past the run of ironstones, a coal seam, 5^ 

 feet thick, occurs at Hirakund ; it has been worked within the last few 

 years by the Bengal Coal Company, but is now abandoned. The seam 

 is evidently that of Chinakuri (new mine), here thrown to the South 

 by a fault, with a down-throw to the East, which is seen to form the 

 boundary of the Panchet group for some miles on the East of Hirakund. 

 Above it the same 1 foot seam, which occurs also above that at China- 

 kuri (see note page 116), is seen. 



In the Besram stream a fair section is seen, the lowest beds beino* 



Section in Besram tnose ex P osed near tne anticlinal at Marulia. 

 stream - South of this the rocks dip towards the great 



fault forming the South boundary ; North of it to the basin-shaped 

 depression in the strata occupied by the Panchets, North of Ma- 

 rulia, as already mentioned. A large fault, doubtless, crosses, there 

 being not more than 1,000 feet of strata, North of it, below the 

 base of the Panchets, while there are at least 1,500 to 2,000 feet 

 intervening to the South of it, and further West considerably more. 

 North of the anticlinal, a seam is seen in the Besram stream, near 

 Coal in the Besram Ratanptir. It is only 2 feet thick. North 

 of this, near Alktisa, several thin beds occur, 

 but none measuring more than from 6 inches to a foot. They are very 

 shaley, and are, in every case, covered by coarse sandstones. At 



