ii4 reader: report on the rampur coal-field. 



No. 4.— The Eeb Bridge Seam. 



R7 (south of R 6 (near 

 Bridge). Rampur). 



Moisture 



8'o 9'o 



Volatile matter 2 °"9 243 



Ash (buff) I8 '9 n ' 8 



Fixed carbon 5 2 " 2 54 " 9 



IOO'O IOO'O 



Considering the above results it will be seen that Nos. 1, 2, and 



3 are not of good enough quality to be of themselves workable and 



it is a question whether No. I can at present 



No- '• be profitably used for any purpose. As time 



croes on, however, it is not unlikely that a seam even of this quality 



may be in demand, but for the present I do not think such a seam 



can be considered as a factor in the value of the field. No. 2 is a 



little better, but is a thinner seam. It is not, 



Nos. 2 and 3. however, unlikely that in the near future this 



seam together with No. 3, which is of about the same quality, but a 



little better section, may be worked for local consumption, mills, etc. 



For high temperature, e.g., smelting, etc., the seam is of but small 



value. 



No. 4 1 is the seam " par excellence" of this coal-field. The coal 

 is of good steam quality and is eminently suited for locomotives or 

 stationary boilers. It is free burning, does not clinker and leaves 

 a buff coloured ash. Its average calorific power is 127. It is non- 

 cakino- and compares very favorably with Raniganj coals. 



The Eeb river seam then if it can be proved to cover sufficient 

 workable area and maintain section and qual- 



Eeb River Seam. 



Practical considerations, jty similar to that proved at the two exposures, 



1 The analyses of the samples from the two outcrops of this seam, i.e., R 7 and 

 R 6 , will be seen to differ considerably in amount of ash. In the earlier part of this 

 paper I have reasoned that these outcrops are outcrops of the same seam. The 

 possibility of their being two seams must not, however, be overlooked ; in fact the 

 difference in percentage of ash is an argument in favour of this, but perhaps not a 

 very strong one, since the two exposures are a mile and a quarter apart. 



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