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



at the same time in the steam factory of the Bombay dockyard gave 



results upon which the coal was reported to be not much inferior to 



the best Government coal. 



In 1S48, Sir R. Hamilton, 1 the Resident at Indore, had a large 



quantity of coal raised at Sonadeh by Mr. John- 



1 S48. 



Sir R. Hamilton stone, which was forwarded to Bombay in charge 



sends coal to Bombay. * V ' l' • *' rn • 1 1 j -V •, 



of Captain tenwick by water, and on its arrival 



trials were made with it on board the steam vessel Medusa by Lieuten- 

 ant H. W. Grounds, who says in his report, " I would respectfully 

 beg to represent that the general use of it in marine purposes will be 

 found to give but little or no favourable result, as it is almost impos- 

 sible to keep steam up, even with the throttle valve quarter open and 

 this as proved in the Medusa, whose draught is generally very favour- 

 able/'' In consequence of this very unfavourable report the coal was 

 again tested (in 1849) m the boiler of the factory engine at the 

 Bombay dockyard, with the result that " the coal when sifted is in 

 all respects quite equal to the best coal usually imported here for the 

 use of the Government steamers." 



In 1852, Dr. Jerdon and Lieutenant Sankey 2 visited the outcrop 

 at Barkoi which was subsequently visited and 



Dr. Jerdon and more fully described by the Reverends R. 

 Lieutenant Sankey. tt , , TJ . , s 



Hunter and Stephen Hislop. 3 



In 1854 Mr. A. A. Jacob, Assistant Engineer and Geologist to the 

 g Bombay Baroda and Central India Railway 



Mr. Jacob. Company, visited and reported on the coal at 



Sonadeh and Mohpani.* 



In January 1854 5 Mr. H. J. Carter published his Summary of the 

 lgc5 Geology of India (reprinted in 1857 w ^ tn f° ot 



Mr. Carter's Summary. notes in Geological Papers on Western India). 



1 Sel. Rec, Bom Govt, XIV, and J. A. S. B., XVIII, 461 and 594. 



2 Quar. Jour. GeoL So c ., X, 55. 



3 Quar. Jour. Geol. Soc, XI, 556. 



4 Sel. Rec, Bomb. Govt., XIV, 136; Journ. Geol. Soc, Dublin, VI, 183. 

 6 Journ. Bomb. Branch R. As. Soc, V, 179, 



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