36 JONES : SOUTHERN COAL-FIELDS OF SATPURA GONDWANA BASIN. 



tions were made there, at his suggestion, by Mr. Adams of Barkoi, 

 from whose reports the seam appears to be over 5 feet in thickness. 

 It is seen in the stream which runs past the deserted village of Dhow 

 and locally known as Hingladevi Nala; it is just within the boundary 

 of the forest lands of Ghogri village. I could Only see 2 feet of coal, 

 which was covered by massive sandstone, the base of the coal is con- 

 cealed by water which forms a deep pool at the spot. The strata as 

 far as can be judged at the exposure seen are horizontal. 



Lower down the same stream to the south-east of the deserted 

 village of Dhow (E. Lon. 78° 44') another section of the same 

 seam is seen in the bed of the stream; it is much broken and con- 

 cealed in parts and the dip is very slight, being only 2° — 5 , to north- 

 west. The stream runs from north-east to south-west at this point— 



Ft. In. 



Shaly sandstone, many feet — 



Coal . .........10 



Sandstone, thickness not seen. 

 A small fault here runs across. 

 Shaly sandstone, several feet, the lower portion being covered with 



sand for a horizontal distance of 26 feet — 

 Coal . . . . . . , . . . .20 



Shale, several feet. 



Fault running east-west across the river. 



Shale, the base concealed by sand — 



but about 100 yards lower down the stream the coal is seen again 

 just at the level of the surface of the water on the right bank, and the 

 following section is exposed — 



Ft. In. 

 Sandstone . . . . . . . m .20 



Coal 2 



The remainder concealed by water but there may be about . 1 o 



Between this point and the Hingladevi exposure, coal is seen in two 

 places in the stream, but only 2 feet are exposed in each case; the 

 dip is to the south-east and very slight. I believe that all these ex- 

 posures belong to the same seam of coal which is fully exposed in' 

 none of them ; the beds roll slightly but never have a high dip. The 

 coal seems of good quality and might be worth working were it in 

 a more accessible spot, 



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