92 Notes on the Iron Ore of Korana. [No. 1. 



Notes on the Iron Ore of Korana in the Jet eh Dooab of the' Punjab, 

 tvith a Qualitative Analysis of the same, by Andeew Fleming, 

 M.D. Enisr. E. E. S. E. Assistant Surgeon, 4ith Begt. Punjab 

 Cavalry. 



In the Keport of the Proceedings of the Asiatic Society of Bengal 

 for February as published in its Journal No. 2 of 1853, there 

 appears a letter from Major Baker, dated September 20th, 1852, 

 forwarding, to the address of H. Piddington, Esq. for analysis, a 

 specimen of an iron ore from the Hill of Korana in the J etch Dooab 

 of the Punjab, which had been sent to him by Lieut.-Col. Napier, 

 Civil Engineer, Punjab, along with a memorandum on its locality 

 &c. by m Purdon, Esq. dated 11th November, 1852. 



Having been the original discoverer of this ore during a hurried 

 trip made in January, 1852, to the Korana Hills, in company with 

 Lieut. Grounds, Indian Navy, to whom I pointed it out, and having 

 satisfied myself at the time that the ore was one of good quality, 

 I was not a little surprised to observe the remarks made on it and 

 the results of its analysis by Mr. Piddington. 



These induced me to believe, that something very different from 

 the Korana ore, had been sent by mistake, as the results of a qualita- 

 tive analysis of the ore, which I have just made, amply prove. 



Mr. Piddington, in his report of his analysis,* does not give the 

 physical characters of the specimen examined, but remarks it has 

 the appearance of a "rich carbonate of iron," than which nothing 

 can be more dissimilar to the true Korana ore. The results of his 

 analysis, appear to me to be such as would be obtained, from the 

 examination of a ferruginous kunkur (calcareous tufa). 



A specimen of the true Korana ore was forwarded by me to the 

 Asiatic Society of Bengal marked No. 71, along with a collection 

 of geological specimens from the Punjab, on the 26th October, 

 1852, and to it, I beg, those interested will refer. 



The ore is of a dark brown, almost black colour, and with a satiny 

 submetallic lustre. Its specific gravity is high and its streak reddish 

 brown. Heated in a matrass it gives off water. 



* See Asiatic Society's Journal, No. 2 of 1853, page 208. 



