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Black laminated shales full of fossil leaves (Grlossopteris, &c.) 9 



Coal and coaly shale 1 



Black sandy shale thinly laminated, 10 



Coal rather shaly, but good, 1 6 



Shale, grey and ferruginous with Vertebraria, Sfc , 3 



Coal, with earthy partings, 4 3 



Blackish bituminous shale (fossils) 1 6 



Sandstones, grits, and conglomerates with a few layers of 

 shaly beds extend from this to the junction of the con- 

 glomerate and gneissose rocks, about, 50 



Prom this section it will be seen that there is a considerable 

 amount of coal in this locality, and of very tolerable quality. That 

 there is no bed of any value below those seen, is obvious from the 

 proximity of the old primary rocks, while the occurrence of the 

 great flow of trap above limits the series in that direction. The 

 beds are slightly rolling, but as a whole have a very slight dip to 

 the N. E. and although the rocks are not well seen in the valley 

 to the north of the intervening hill of Burgo, I am satisfied that the 

 coal seen there is one of the same beds as occur in the Banslooi 

 Nuddi, and that the series is continuous under that hill. The 

 depth of this covering of trap rock by preventing the sinking of 

 shafts would prove a serious difficulty in the economical extraction 

 of this coal. And, at present, its distance from any economical 

 means of conveyance would render it expensive to bring to market. 

 I believe there is a fair prospect of a considerable amount of useful 

 fuel being found here, and such as would amply suffice for any local 

 demand, although perhaps it could not be profitably brought into 

 competition with other coals more favourably circumstanced. 



The beds of coal stated to occur in the Chuperbhita pass, are 

 altogether useless as sources of fuel. Other beds of coal of greater 

 thickness and better quality occur about a mile south of the 

 Goomani Nuddi, near to the village of Sulda, and between it and 

 Jhupani. Here there are two beds each 3 feet thick (including 

 the shaly partings,) associated with thick bedded massive sandstones. 

 The floor of one of these beds of coal is white earthy sandstone, 

 and its roof sharp grits ; the other (the lower) is also covered by 

 earthy whitish sandstone, but rests upon a blackish carbonaceous 



