JOURNAL 



OF THE 



ASIATIC SOCIETY. 



No. III.— 1853. 



Report on the Geological Structure and Mineral Wealth of^ the Sglt 

 Mange in the Runjaub ; with Maps, Sections, Sfc. — By Andee% 

 Fleming, M. D., Edin. Assistant Surgeon, AjL Regt. Runjaub 

 Cavalry. In charge of the Geological Survey of the Salt Range 

 in the Runjaub. Season 1851-52. 



(Communicated by the Govt, of India.) 



Peeliminaey Eemaeks. 



In compliance with the instructions received at Maree on the 

 Indus, on the 14th February 1851, from the Most Noble the Go- 

 vernor General, I have endeavoured to make such an examination of 

 the Salt Eange as will enable His Lord%Uip in Council to judge as 

 to the exact character of its mineral wealth. 



The results of this examination have been embodied in the accom- 

 panying Eeport. 



Prom unavoidable circumstances I was unable to commence the 

 regular survey of the Eange, until the end of February 1851, and 

 owing to the heat was obliged to cease work in the middle of April. 



On the 1st November 1851, the survey was again renewed, and 

 the sanction of Government having been obtained for the construc- 

 tion of a Sketch map of the Salt Eange (the want of which to guide 

 us in our survey has been severely felt), Mr. "William Purdon (1st 

 Assistant), aided by Mr. William Theobald (2nd Assistant), was 

 directed to devote his attention to its construction. The map here- 

 with submitted is the result of their labours during the cold weather 

 of 1851-52, to the end of which period the duration of the survey 

 was limited. 



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