102 READER: REPORT ON THE RAMPUR COAL-FIELD. 



No. J Borehole near Job, north of the Railway. 



No. 6 Borehole near Dhoramuda. 



The coal, found at the Eeb bridge (hereinafter called the Eeb 

 river seam) appears to occur only in the eastern half of the river- 

 bed. Accurate levels were taken of the sandstone underlying the 

 seam and indicated a dip of i£° approximately to tne east-north- 

 east ; the surrounding rocks however gave a dip of 5 to the south- 

 west. As before stated No. 1 borehole was put down to the south- 

 No. 1 borehole and west °f the bridge to prove the extension of 



the Eeb Bridge Seam. ^ geam ; n ^ direct ; on ft ^ expected 



that the Eeb river seam would be met with at a depth of 90 ft. 

 at most, but although the borehole was carried to 170 feet, no trace 

 of coal was found. 



In a report drawn up in 1892 on this exploration Mr. C. J. Dalby 

 (Assistant Engineer of the Bengal-Nagpur Railway Company) has 

 shewn in a very lucid section what appears to be the relation of the 



borehole to the Eeb river seam. I have reproduced this section 



Horizontal Section B. — as it represents also my own idea on this 

 point ; but I must add that I differ from Mr. Dalby on the question of 

 the general correlation of the seams shewn with those in the neighbour- 

 hood of Durlipali — there appears to have been a general consensus 

 of opinion that the Eeb bridge seam was the same as the seam 

 exposed, near Durlipali, in the Lillari, 6 miles west-south-west. The 

 conglomerate shewn in the section is at the top of the lowest of the 

 zones into which I have divided the Barakars. 



In my own exploration in this area I was successful in unearth- 

 ing a coal-seam outcropping at two points on the left bank of the 

 Eeb about if and 3 miles down the river from the bridge, R 7 and 

 R° on map. 



That the seam unearthed at the first point R 7 is the same 

 as the Eeb river seam the associated strata would appear to place 

 beyond oubt, the overlying conglomerates being well in evidence. 

 As regards the more southern exposure R 6 (near Rampur) 

 identification is not so easy. No rocks are visible for some little 

 distance on either side, and such as are seen are pitching about at 

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