8 [ONES: SOUTHERN COAL-FIELDS OF SATPURA GONDWANA BASIN. 



In 1S60 1 Mr. J. G. Medlicott's report on 'the Geological Structure 

 l8 £ of the central portion of the Nerbudda district/ 



Mr. J. G. Medlicott. embracing the work of four seasons, was pub- 

 lished. This memoir includes the whole of the area over which I have 

 been working. At that time the Topographical Survey had not begun, 

 and Mr. Medlicott was obliged to draw his own map, which was pub- 

 lished with his memoir on the scale of 1 inch = 4 miles. 



In 1860-61 a company was started, through the instrumentality of 

 1860-61. Mr. Blackwell, to work the coal at Mohpaniand 



Company started to 



work coal at Mohpani. iron at Tendukhera. 2 



In the Administration Reports of the Central Provinces there are 



Central Provinces several references made to the Satpura coal 



Administration Reports. basIn# In that f 1 g 6 1 _g 2 3 Mohpani is stated to 



be worked by a European company and the coal at Umreth by Mr. 

 Stanborough. In 1 862-63* the Officiating Chief Commissioner visit- 

 ed the Barkoi mines in the company of Mr. Hislop. In 1 864-65 5 

 negotiations were being entered upon for working the Barkoi and 

 Shahpur seams, and Major Ashburner's discoveries of coal are re- 

 ferred to. In 1866-67 ° Major Ashburner was deputed on special 

 duty to explore for coal, and a company had applied for a mining 

 license over a portion of the Chhindwara field. 



In 1866 Mr. Blanford reported on that portion of the region 

 j886. known as the Pench river coal-field. The 



Mr. Blanford's report. rep ort was published in 1882. 7 He visited the 

 1 1 outcrops of coal seams which had been discovered up to the time 

 of his visit, at the east end of the area, chiefly through the exertions 

 of Major Ashburner, the Deputy Commissioner of the Chhindwara 

 district. The report speaks very favourably of several of the outcrops, 

 and recommends further exploration by . means of borings, which 

 however have not up to the present time been carried out. 



J Mem. Geol. Surv. India, II. pt. 2. s , 4 , 5 , and 6 Admin. Rep. of C. Provinces. 



3 Admin. Rep., N.-W. Provinces, 1860-61. 7 Rec. Geol. Surv. India, XV. 2, 21. 



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