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of the distinct upper rocks in immediate contact with the Barakars, 

 and to the south of them, where they could not occur except by- 

 means of faulting. This is the only important fault with the down- 

 throw to the south along the south of the basin, with the exception of 

 the one at the west (the Machna fault), the other faults all having 

 their downthrow to the north. 



The amount of the throw in this case is not very considerable, as 

 in the Setia (Saindra of large map) Jobe Nala and to the west the 

 Motur clays are close above the coal in natural sequence, and at Harai 

 coal-shale is found near the surface under the Moturs. There are 

 several outcrops of coal in this field. 



III. The Chinda Dighawani outcrop. This out- 

 ouSo da Dighawdni crop occurs in the bed of the Pench river between 

 the two above mentioned villages. 

 Mr. Blanford who visited this locality in 1866 writes 1 : — 



"The spot is just north of the ford in the Pench, on the road between the 

 villages of Chinda and Dighawa*ni. About half a mile to the south, trap comes in 

 both in the river bed and on its banks ; to the south of the trap, near the village of 

 Dala, metamorphic rocks occur. North of the trap., for a considerable distance 

 no rocks are seen ; at the ford the deep red clays and white sands, to which I have 

 already referred, and which I believe to belong to a higher series of beds than 

 those associated with the coal, are seen dipping about 20 , to south-io°-west. They 

 are faulted against the Damudas, or coal-measure beds close by, and, about 100 

 yards north of the fault, coal appears on the east or left bank of the river. 



" At this spot Major Ashburner has made a small cut into the coal to ascertain 

 its thickness ; this cut exposes the following section : — 



Ft. In. Ft. In. 



Shale, decomposed, about ..... .30 



Coal ditto . . .10 



Shale ....... 1 3 



Coal rather shaly In places but generally of 



fair quality ... ..70 



Shale, in parts very carbonaceous and con- 

 taining layers of good coal . . . .20 



Coal of good quality . . . . , 43 156 



of which 12 feet 3 inches consists of coal. 



J Rec. Geol. Surv. India, XV. 2, 127. 



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