116 ball: geology of aurunga and hutar coal fields. 



sifted from the sand accumulated in ravines near the Ledee stream 

 south of the Aurunga. This ore has to be ground between stones to a 

 fine powder before being smelted ; hence, perhaps, the name hali, (sand). 



Satbarwah. — To the south-west of Satbarwah, near Rubdab, on the 

 slope of a small hill, there are traces of ore. These are mostly of de- 

 composed and altered magnetite. Although a road crossing the hill 

 gives a complete section of the hornblendic gneisses and granite of which 

 it is formed, I could find no nest or bed of ore. This ore is not used 

 at present, there being no Aguriahs in the vicinity. 



Hosir. — The ore used at Hosir seemed to be similar in character and 

 origin to that south-east of Kopeh. I did not, however, visit the locality 

 whence it was brought. The iron-smelters at Gowa employ, I believe, 

 the same ore. 



Monodag. — In the stream south-west of Monodag, which is to the north 

 north-east of Mooroop, there are some bands of magnetite seen in the 

 gneiss. These are not of sufficient thickness to be of much importance. 



Hirhun or Hurhunj. — In a stream near this village, when marching 

 up to the Daltonganj field with Mr. Bauerman in 1873, we found a 

 few small fragments of magnetite. There was no evidence of the 

 existence of a large deposit. 



KuraU. — This locality is situated in the centre of the extensive group 

 of hills south of Cheinpur, being about four miles south of Chandoo. 

 The ore is used by the smelters of Chorhut. 



Whether there are other localities besides the one I was taken to 

 I cannot say, but all that the people knew of was a shallow hole in 

 the middle of a standing crop of rahar dhal, and which penetrated 

 into an amorphous mass of decomposed ore. A large fragment of 

 undecomposed ore had been thrown on one side, as being apparently 

 tmsuited for the smelter^s purpose. In the cleared spaces on either side 

 of the field, where the rocks were partly exposed, I could find no 

 traces of the extension of the deposit, which is, therefore, probably a 

 mere nest in the hornblendic gneiss and of limited extent. 

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