1842.] Mineral Resources of India. 827 



"My enquiries regarding the coals have been attended with so much 

 success, that I cannot avoid the pleasure I feel in communicating 

 them to you. I returned from Jewszuttee the day before yesterday, and 

 brought with me two seers of coal, which I picked up near that place 

 out of the water, and this morning made a trial of it by burning, and 

 find that it burns excellently, having been lighted early in the morn- 

 ing, and still continues. On my arrival at Jewszuttee, I accident- 

 ally met with a man who is a resident of that part of the coun- 

 try where the heap of coal, to which I alluded in my former let- 

 ter, is lying. Upon enquiry, I found that he was well acquaint- 

 ed with all the circumstances of Mr. Heatly having dug the coal, 

 and of the heap being still in existence ; and as a most corrobo- 

 rative proof that he did, he told me that the potters at that place 

 used it for burning their pans, &c. Pleased at having thus ob- 

 tained so much information, I immediately sent off a peon with a 

 bullock, and ordered every enquiry to be made as to the spot from 

 whence the coal was taken. The coal which I took up from the river 

 is doubtless a part of the heap at Mudjea. But this could not have 

 been the case with the coal taken up by Lieutenant Delamain at the 

 Goomea Ghaut, which is many coss above Mudjea. I have not the 

 least hesitation in giving my opinion, that I shall be able to ascertain 

 the exact spot of the mine, should the Government deem it worth their 

 while to make further enquiries on the subject. I have enclosed a 

 sample of the coal, and I shall forward the bullock the moment it 

 arrives." T. Marriott. 



29th March, 1809. 



11 In reply to your favor accompanying the public enclosures, requir- 

 ing any information I might possess regarding a stratum of coal said to 

 exist in the vicinity of this district, I have the pleasure to state, that 

 my enquiries on this subject have been attended with much success, to 

 which I was fortunately guided by having previously travelled in that 

 part of the country many years ago, in which the stratum is situated. 

 As I presume that it is unnecessary to trouble you with a repetition of 

 what I have already mentioned in my former letters, regarding my 



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