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  recesses 
  of 
  the 
  ravines. 
  It 
  seems 
  probable 
  that 
  the 
  Ran 
  was 
  deserted 
  by 
  

   the 
  sea 
  towards 
  the 
  close 
  of 
  this 
  last 
  elevation. 
  It 
  is 
  not 
  yet 
  known 
  that 
  

   the 
  upward 
  movement 
  has 
  altogether 
  ceased 
  ; 
  bench-marks 
  were, 
  how- 
  

   ever, 
  laid 
  down 
  by 
  Captain 
  Baird, 
  R.E., 
  of 
  the 
  Trigonometrical 
  Survey, 
  

   in 
  1873-75, 
  to 
  ascertain 
  the 
  rise 
  or 
  fall 
  of 
  the 
  land 
  ; 
  but 
  as 
  yet 
  sufficient 
  

   time 
  has 
  not 
  elapsed 
  for 
  testing 
  the 
  change. 
  

  

  CHAPTER 
  IV. 
  

  

  ECONOMIC 
  PRODUCTS. 
  

  

  Minerals. 
  

  

  Coal. 
  — 
  As 
  has 
  already 
  been 
  stated, 
  when 
  treating 
  of 
  the 
  Umia 
  rocks, 
  

   thin 
  strings 
  of 
  coaly 
  matter, 
  in 
  a 
  band 
  of 
  carbonaceous 
  shale, 
  near 
  Than, 
  

   north 
  of 
  Chotila, 
  have 
  given 
  rise 
  to 
  frequent 
  reports 
  of 
  the 
  existence 
  of 
  

   coal 
  in 
  this 
  province. 
  I 
  can 
  only 
  repeat 
  that 
  this 
  deposit 
  is 
  not 
  worthy 
  

   of 
  the 
  name 
  even 
  of 
  c 
  fuel/ 
  as 
  it 
  will 
  not 
  support 
  its 
  own 
  combustion. 
  

  

  Iron. 
  — 
  This 
  metal 
  was 
  formerly 
  worked 
  to 
  some 
  extent 
  in 
  many 
  

   parts 
  of 
  the 
  province. 
  At 
  Kantrori, 
  near 
  Sara, 
  in 
  the 
  north, 
  there 
  are 
  

   very 
  large 
  refuse 
  heaps 
  of 
  iron-slag, 
  indicating 
  a 
  considerable 
  industry 
  

   now 
  abandoned. 
  The 
  ore 
  was 
  doubtless 
  obtained 
  from 
  the 
  ironstone 
  

   bands 
  near 
  the 
  top 
  of 
  the 
  Umia 
  group. 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  west, 
  the 
  lateritic 
  rocks 
  have 
  yielded 
  very 
  rich 
  iron 
  ore 
  • 
  near 
  

   Bakharla, 
  not 
  far 
  from 
  Porbandar, 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  small 
  pits, 
  5 
  to 
  15 
  

   feet 
  deep, 
  have 
  been 
  sunk 
  in 
  the 
  laterite 
  to 
  obtain 
  the 
  ore 
  ; 
  and, 
  ao-ain 
  at 
  

   Palakra, 
  further 
  to 
  the 
  north, 
  there 
  is 
  evidence 
  of 
  a 
  past 
  industry 
  in 
  this 
  

   metal. 
  The 
  mines 
  have 
  not 
  been 
  worked 
  by 
  the 
  present 
  generation 
  and 
  

   to-day 
  there 
  is 
  not 
  a 
  furnace 
  in 
  the 
  province. 
  The 
  scarcity 
  of 
  fuel, 
  and 
  

   the 
  cheapness 
  of 
  the 
  imported 
  metal, 
  have 
  been 
  the 
  cause 
  of 
  the 
  indige- 
  

   nous 
  manufacture 
  dying 
  out. 
  

  

  Magnetic 
  iron 
  sand. 
  — 
  A 
  black 
  sand, 
  used 
  by 
  clerks 
  and 
  others 
  as 
  a 
  

   blotter, 
  is 
  found 
  in 
  two 
  or 
  three 
  places 
  on 
  the 
  shore 
  south 
  of 
  Gopnath 
  

   Point. 
  It 
  consists 
  mostly 
  of 
  magnetic 
  iron 
  derived 
  from 
  the 
  traps. 
  

  

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