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high angles in all directions. Still a few conglomerates occur in the 

 neighbourhood, and moreover the section of the seam, as deep as the 

 pit sunk into it would be taken with the labour at hand, was to a 

 favourable degree analogous with the more northern section, so that 

 one is justified in assuming this to be also the Eeb bridge seam. 



Reverting to Mr. Dalby's section — Hor. Section B— of the strata 

 near the Eeb bridge, the coal-seam exposed at Lumchibahal bridge 

 (R 6 on Map) is shown as analogous to the Eeb river seam. Now 

 although before studying this section I had, judging from the asso- 

 ciated rocks, arrived at the same opinion quite independently myself, 

 it is perhaps only right to remark that the distance from the Eeb 

 river seam to the Lumchibahal seam (R 6 ) is if miles and that 

 good exposures are very few in number. It will be seen then that 

 this correlation is open to doubt, but such unlooked for support 

 is, I think, sufficient to allow of its being considered as above 

 stated. 



On such grounds then the Eeb river seam can be said to have 

 been proved at four points. With the exception of the bridge 

 itself, holes were put down this season at all of these points and the 

 sections as deep as the pits could be carried with the labour at hand 

 are : — 



Conglomerate 

 Grey shale 

 Black earth . 

 Coal 



Bat 



Coal 



Bat 



Coal anticipated 



R 6 near 

 Rampur. 



4 9 



8" 

 3' 1" 



R7 South ot 

 Bridge. 



6' o" 

 2' 2" 



l' 6" 



3' 3" 



R 5 Lumchi- 

 bahal. 



Eeb Bridge. 



7' o" 



5' 6" 

 i' 6" 



Beyond the statement that 

 16 feet of workable coal 

 was met with, of which S 

 feet were of excellent 

 quality, no detailed sec- 

 tion is to hand. 



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