CHAPTER L 



PREVIOUS NOTICES. 



In Eenneirs map of the " Conquered Provinces on the South of Behar^^ 

 Eennell J. F.R S. l^^' ^^^^)) ^^ ^^^^ "Colemine"^ marked on a 

 Atlas, 1781. gpQ^^ which, from its relative position to the Coyle 



(Koel) river and the villages of Chopere (Chapri) and Coruna (Karun- 

 khora), may confidently be identified with Hutar. This particular map 

 is dated 1779, so that the discovery of the field took place at least a century 

 ago, and long before the fields in many more accessible localities were 

 brought to notice. It is not improbable that the fact of its being in the 

 neighbourhood of the Palamow Fort may have attracted attention to it. 

 Under these circumstances, the propriety of adopting the name of the 

 village Hutar to indicate the coal field will not be disputed. 



In the year 1830 the Hutar field was visited by Captain Sage, who 

 gives a section of the coal seams and associated 

 rocks which occur at the junction of the Dauri 



and Ghorasan rivers as follows : — 



Ft. In. 

 Eartt, sand and gravel . . . . i . .80 



Sandstone 6 4 



Shale (bituminous) . . . . . . . .10 



Ditto 2 1 



Coal 11 



Stale . , . . . ..10 



Sandstone .14 



Coal , 3 9 



24 7 



a This is also marked on Arrowsmith's map for 1804. Tlie locality was visited by Captain 

 Franklin in 1829. See "Gleanings in Science," "Vol. I, p. 178, and Vol. II, p. 217. 

 * " Gleanings in Science," Vol, II, pp. 219, 220. 

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