Il8 READER: REPORT ON THE RAMPUR COAL-FIELD. 



Thickness in feet. 



Black trap and carbonaceous shale ....... 6'2S 



Coal (shaly) ........... 10 (3) 



Grey and blue shales ......... 23 



Coal (shaly) 3'S (4) 



Blue and grey sandy shales S'5 



Coal (shaly) ........... 1 



Blue and grey sandy shales ........ 24 



Coal (shaly) ........... 1 



Grey sandstone carrying strings of coal 28 



Coal (shaly) i'5 



Grey sandstone . . . . • . . . . . 12*5 



Coal (good) ........... i"25 



Grey and blue shale and sandstone ....... 5S75 



Coal (shaly) I5'5 (5) 



Sandy grey shales with 3' 1 seams of coal . . S'S 



Coal (shaly) ......... .2 



Carbonaceous shales with coal 2 



Coal (shaly) g (6) 



Grey shaly sandstone . . . . . , . , 4-75 



Coal (shaly) 575 ( 7 ) 



Shale and sandstone ••....... 5*5 



Coal (shaly) . . . . . . . . . . -5 



Dark blue shale and grey sandstone ....... 7o'5 



Coal (shaly) in parts fair 4 (3) 



Carbonaceous shales and coal shales . . . . . . .15 



Grey and brown sands! one ........ 21*5 



Dark blue carbonaceous shales ........ 7 



Dark grey shale 8 



Carbonaceous shale with coal ........ 2 



Blue shale 2 



Total . S2SJ feet. 



The Kodopali Borehole. 



Alluvial soil ........... 2'5 



Laterite 3 



Ironstone band .... ...... 4 



Chalk ' 6 



Bituminous shales .......... iS'5 



Shaly coal with 2" and 4' shale partings . ..... 8 (1) 



Shale 3 



Argillaceous shale . . . . . . . . . .10 



Fine dark grey shaly sandstone ....... 15 



Argillaceous shale .......... 1 



Fine dark grey shaly sandstone ....... 10 



Blue argillaceous shale 7 



Coarse grey sandstone with fossiliferous dark partings ... 2 



Slaty shale 5 



Coal (shaly) 2 



30 ) 



