10 BALL : GEOLOGY OF AUEUNGA AND HUTAR COAL FIELDS. 



heavy cost of transport and the bad quality of the coal — 



" deprived this locality of all chance of successful competition with others more 

 favourably circumstanced." 



It will be found that the conclusions I have arrived at^ even under 

 the somewhat altered conditions of the present day, are in many respects 

 similar. 



On his return journey northward, he reports the occurrence near the 

 village of Adur of a — 



" deposit of magnetic iron ore of the very richest quality, but so limited in quantity 

 as to be of no importance." 



Appended to his Report on the Daltonganj field, Mr. Hughes gives a 

 note on the sedimentary rocks observed by him at 

 Satbarwah, whei-e he only saw Talchirs, and in the 

 neighbourhood of Latiahar, where he remarked upon the presence of 

 Barakars and Upper Panchets (Mahadevas) . He states that there is 

 but little coal, and notes the ferruginous character of the Barakars in 

 some sections. 



Mr, Forbes' Settlement Keport embraces a wider range of topics and 



contains more interesting information than is to be 

 Forbes, L. R., 1872." . . . * 



found in many similar publications. The first 



chapter on the physical features contains most of the information im- 

 mediately connected with the present subject, but from several of the 

 other chapters numerous facts bearing upon the future development of 

 the country may be gleaned. The whole cannot fail to be instructive to 

 any one who may be at present, or is likely to become hereafter, connected 

 with the exploitation of the resources of Palamow. 



Mr. Forbes describes the general structure of the area, and points 

 out that the forms of the hills are directly due to the character of the 

 rocks of which they are built up. He then enters into some rather 



a Meiaoirs, Geological Survey of India, Vol. VIII, p. 22. 



'' " Report on the Ryotwaree Settlement of the Government Farms in Palamow " by 

 L. R. Forbes, Esq., Assistant Commissioner and Settlement Officer, — Calcutta, 1872. 

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