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



Lower Gondwana. 

 Damuda series. 



TT C Biiori group. 



U PP er Uotur group. 

 Lower : Barakar group. 

 Talchir group. 



My work having been almost entirely in the Talchirs and Lower 

 Damudas, I do not propose to consider in detail anything outside 

 their limits, as the working out of the upper rocks requires a detailed 

 study of ground that I have only very partially visited, and so far I 

 see no reason for interfering in any way with what has already been 

 done by previous observers of these rocks in this and other areas. 



§ 4. — Previous Observers and History of the Field. 

 The earliest recorded notice of this field is by Captain Coulthard 

 lg in a foot-note to his paper on the Trap of Sagar. 1 



Captain Coulthard. pj^ however, does not seem to have visited the 

 locality where he mentions coal as occurring. 



Lieutenant Finnis 2 describes an outcrop of coal in the Bhoora 



j3 3I# Nuddee near the hill of Jamgurh, and gives a 



Lieutenant Finnis. sec tion and map of the locality ; from these 



it would appear that he referred to the outcrop at Sonada. Mr. 



Prinsep analysed the coal found by Lieutenant Finnis. 3 



In 1833 specimens of coal were received by the Asiatic Society 



1833 and analysed. 4 They were found by Captain 

 Captain Ousely. j r# Ousely in the "hills south of Fatehpur in 



the Hoshungabad district " ; he traced the deposit for some distance. 

 At the end of 1833 5 further specimens were received from Captain 

 Ousely by the Asiatic Society. 



The same coal is mentioned 6 in 1834 in Lieutenant Finnis' 



1834 description of the geology of the country be- 

 Lieutenant Finnis. tween Hoshungabad and Nagpur. 



J Asiatick Researches, XVIII, pt. 1, p, 72. 



2 Gleanings in Science, No. 33, for September 1831, p. 293. 



8 Ibid, p 283. 4 Jour. As. Soc. Bengal, II, 435. 



5 Jour. As. Soc Bengal, II, 645. 6 Jour. As- SoC. Bengal, III, 71. 



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