CONTENTS 



Aet. 1. — Oil the Aurunga and Hntdr Coal-fields and the Iron Ores of 

 Palamow and Toree^ hy V. Ball, M.A., F.G.S., Geological Survey of 

 India. 



Inteoduction 



CHAPTER L— PEEVIOUS NOTICES. 



Page. 

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CHAPTER II.— PHYSICAL FEATURES. 



Section 1. — General structure of the area 13 



„ 2.— Hills 15 



3.— Rivers 17 



„ 4. — Hot springs 



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CHAPTER III.— MISCELLANEOUS. 



Section 1. — Inhabitants 24 



„ 2. — Roads and carriage 25 



3. — Eorests. Wild animals 26 



4.— Cultivation 27 



5. — Climate 



CHAPTER IV.— GENERAL GEOLOGY. 



Formations represented 



Section 1. — Metamorphic series 



2. — ^^ 4 rTalchir group 



3 — I § I Barakar „ 



4.— \ I \ Raniganj „ 

 5.— I § I Panchet „ 

 6. — J <5 (^Mahadeva series . 

 7. — Deccan trap and laterite 

 8.— Superficial deposits 



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„ 9.— Faults • 5^ 



CHAPTER Y.— AURUNGA COAL-FIELD. 



Section 1. — Talchir group 



2. — Barakar „ 

 3. — Raniganj „ 

 4. — Panchet „ 

 5. — Mahadeva series 



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