CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER I.— GENERAL REMARKS. 



PAOH 



§ I. Introductory ...... ..... i 



2. Physical description .......... 2 



3. Geological table ........... 3 



4. Previous observers and history of the field ...... 4 



CHAPTER II.— IDENTIFICATION AND DISTRIBUTION OF ROCKS. 



5- 

 6. 



7- 

 8. 



9- 

 10. 



XI. 



12. 

 13- 

 14. 

 IS- 

 16. 



17- 

 18. 

 19. 

 20. 

 21. 



Metamorphics 



Talchirs 



Barakars 



Sirgora field 



Barkoi field 



Harai field 



Gajundoh field 



Hingladevi field 



Kanhan field 



Tawa field 



Summary 



Moturs 



Inter- or Infra-trapp 



Trap 



Faults . 



Quartz veins 



Alluvial deposits 



13 

 14 

 20 

 20 

 23 



33 

 34 

 35 

 37 

 40 



45 

 46 

 5o 

 5o 

 5i 

 52 

 53 



CHAPTER III.-ECONOMICS. 



$ 22. Coal 54 



23. Iron ores 57 



24. Limestone ............ 57 



25. Clay 58 



26. Building stones 58 



MAPS. 



Map of the Southern coal-fields of the Gondwana basin :— Scale 1 inch 

 Map of the Chhindwara coal-fields :— Scale 1 inch = 1 mile. 



4 miles. 



