Pt. III.] SUMMARY. 195' 



The magnetic ores would be available for the purpose of mixing. The 



ores seem perfectly suited for the production of good iron. 



There is much doubt if a sufficient quantity of limestone exist in the 



district, to be available as flux for large works 

 Limestone for flux. 



for an extended period. A large quantity might 



however be derived from the kimkur deposit on the banks of the 



Barakur, in the neighborhood of Ramnagar and Boldi, on the left 



bank, and east of Dumarkhunda, on the right bank, and a smaller 



amount lies scattered over the field in many places. The subject of 



limestone has, however, been already treated by Mr. Williams, Mr. 



Smith, and Dr. Oldham at length, and possibly the extension of the 



East Indian Railway to the Soane may, in the course of a year or two, 



enable flux to be brought from the neighborhood of Rhotas at a 



sufficiently low rate to enable manufacturers in the Raniganj field to 

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employ it. 



Many of the sandstones of the Damuda country might be used to 



some extent as a building material. The best 

 Building stones. 



are the peculiar hard bands in the Raniganj 



series, and the somewhat calcareous sandstones occasionally occurring 



in the lower portion of the Talchir group. Some beds near the top of 



the Lower Damuda group (as at Bagonia close to the Barakar on the 



Great Trunk Road) have yielded excellent building stone. 



