GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION. 



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opportunity of recording his indebtedness for the information and 

 assistance readily given by all the mine owners and managers, amongst 

 whom he is especially indebted to Messrs. Hannay and Macfadyen 

 of Messrs. F. F. Chrestien & Co., Mr. Mervyn Smith of the Indian 

 Mica Coy., and Mr. E. Lane of Messrs. Macdonald & Co. 



The mica-producing area roughly coincides with a great belt of 

 schists and associated gneissose granite, which is some 12 miles broad 

 and stretches for about 60 miles from Bendi in Haza"rib£gh district, 

 through the south-eastern corner of the Giya district, east-north- 

 eastwards to near Nawadih (Jha-Jha) on the East Indian Railway in 

 Monghyr. Along this belt over 250 mines have been opened, turning 

 out annually about 450 tons of mica fit for export valued at about 9 

 lakhs of rupees (for details see Chapter VI). 



The principal mining centres are :— 



Place. 



District. 



Latitude. Longitude. 







O 



/ 



f 



Bendi (Bendee) . . 



Hazaribagh 





24 



3i 



85 23 



Charki (Churkee) . . . 



Do. 







24 



34 



85 52 



Dabur (Doobour) . 



Gaya . 







24 



36 



85 57 



Dhab ..... 



Hazaribagh 







24 



35 



85 49 



Domchanch .... 



Do. 







24 



28 



85 44 



Gawan . <, 



Do. 







24 



37 



85 57 



Gharanji (Ghorunjee) . . 



Do. 







24 



34 



86 11 



Koderma .... 



Do. 







24 



28 



86 38 



Mahaisri (Muhaisree) 



Monghyr 







24 



43 



86 19 



Nawadih .... 



Do. 







24 



47 



86 26 



Rajauli (Rejowlee) . 



Gaya . 







24 



39 



85 33 



Tisri (Tesree) 



Hazanbagh . 





• 



26 



10 



75 56 



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