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  BOSE 
  : 
  GEOLOGY 
  OF 
  THE 
  LOWER 
  NARBADA 
  VALLEY. 
  

  

  22° 
  28', 
  and 
  between 
  long. 
  76° 
  42' 
  and 
  76° 
  44/). 
  The 
  

   ore 
  is 
  abundant 
  and 
  rich. 
  It 
  occurs 
  in 
  hollows 
  as 
  sur- 
  

   face 
  accumulations, 
  chiefly 
  close 
  to 
  the 
  boundary 
  

   between 
  the 
  Bijawar 
  breccia 
  and 
  Vindhy 
  an 
  sandstones. 
  

   It 
  is 
  still 
  worked 
  by 
  Kurkus 
  for 
  furnaces 
  at 
  Bain, 
  

   Sendrani, 
  Surmania 
  (a 
  new 
  village 
  4 
  miles 
  west 
  of 
  

   Sendrani), 
  &c. 
  The 
  iron 
  turned 
  out 
  is 
  of* 
  good 
  

   quality, 
  but 
  expensive. 
  

   IV. 
  — 
  Chandgarh 
  district 
  (Thakur 
  of 
  Chandgarh 
  and 
  British 
  terri- 
  

   tory).— 
  

  

  (a) 
  Matni 
  1 
  (lat. 
  22° 
  16', 
  long. 
  76° 
  39'). 
  The 
  ore 
  is 
  very 
  rich, 
  

  

  and 
  occurs 
  close 
  to 
  the 
  boundary 
  of 
  the 
  Bijawar 
  

   breccia 
  and 
  Vindhyan 
  sandstones. 
  The 
  mines 
  supplied 
  

   the 
  neighbouring 
  country 
  north 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  south 
  of 
  the 
  

   Narbada. 
  The 
  pits 
  examined 
  were 
  shallow, 
  but, 
  as 
  in 
  

   all 
  such 
  cases, 
  they 
  must 
  have 
  been 
  partially 
  filled 
  up 
  

   since 
  they 
  were 
  given 
  up. 
  

  

  (b) 
  A 
  mile 
  west 
  of 
  Chandgarh 
  (lat. 
  22° 
  15', 
  long. 
  76° 
  41'). 
  

  

  The 
  ore 
  here 
  occupies 
  the 
  unusual 
  position 
  of 
  the 
  top 
  

   of 
  a 
  hill 
  made 
  up 
  of 
  Bijawars. 
  Here, 
  too, 
  the 
  pits 
  are 
  

   close 
  to 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  Vindhyan 
  sandstones 
  ; 
  and 
  the 
  

   ore 
  appears 
  to 
  be 
  a 
  surface 
  deposit. 
  It 
  is 
  rather 
  poor. 
  

  

  (c) 
  Nandana 
  near 
  Pamakheri 
  (lat. 
  %%° 
  20', 
  long. 
  76° 
  43'). 
  

  

  The 
  ore 
  is 
  in 
  Bijawar 
  breccia. 
  It 
  is 
  poor, 
  and 
  does 
  

   not 
  seem 
  to 
  have 
  been 
  much 
  in 
  demand. 
  

   V. 
  — 
  Nimanpur 
  district 
  (Dhar) 
  — 
  

  

  (a) 
  North-east 
  of 
  Bhaurikhera 
  (lat. 
  20° 
  22', 
  long. 
  76* 
  27'). 
  

  

  The 
  ore 
  is 
  very 
  rich, 
  and 
  occurs 
  close 
  to 
  the 
  fault-line 
  

   between 
  the 
  Vindhyans 
  and 
  BijaWars. 
  

  

  (b) 
  South-east 
  of 
  Jhirpania 
  (lat. 
  22 
  D 
  29', 
  long. 
  76° 
  24'). 
  

  

  Surface 
  deposits 
  in 
  the 
  Bijawars. 
  

  

  1 
  Mentioned 
  by 
  Dr. 
  Oldham, 
  Memoir, 
  Vol. 
  II, 
  p. 
  272, 
  &c. 
  

  

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