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much disturbed, and seems to lie in undulating basins like the 

 Belgian, having been subjected to a great lateral pressure during 

 the disturbance and uplifting of the strata. 



North 



4321 12 34 5 6 789 10 



Rough Section (two miles) of the ridge on the east side of the Kosloo valley 

 with its numerous coal seams. Many faults displace the seams varying from a 

 few inches to several feet. 

 No. 1 Coal-seam. 

 „ 2 Coal 18 feet. 



„ 3 ,, 3 feet bad, excepting 10 inches. 

 „ 4 „ 5 feet bad, soft, dip 30 degrees on north side; 4 feet, G inches, 



soft, on south side. 

 „ 5 „ 4 feet, 10 inches, roof of conglomerate, containing quartz 



pebbles, with 6 inches of shale between it and the coal. 

 „ 6 „ 5 feet soft. 



, 7 „ 4 feet 10 inches very good — best. 

 „ 8 „ 5 feet. 

 ,, 9 „ 5 feet. 

 „ 10 „ Coal-seam.. 

 „ 11 „ 9 feet. 

 „ 12 „ 5 feet, dip south-east, 32 degrees. 



" I give you here a list of the valleys with coal, some of which I 

 have crossed on my route from Kosloo to Erakle, or Erayle as it 

 is pronounced. Tlie details were given me by my intelligent friend 

 Mr Barkley, the civil-engineer working the mines for the Turks, 

 to whom the development of these resources is mainly due. I 

 procured from him one or two specimens of the fossils when 

 there, which he had in his house, and also worked at the pit's 

 mouth the next day, and thus found what was sent you. 

 Localities with Coal. 



Amont Keni.—r-Nme miles from Erakle, one mile from the sea — 

 a seam of very good coal, cropping out on the side of the valley. 



Ali Jaza. — Two seams worked by Groat squatters, five and 

 eight feet each, dipping 70° to north-east, and one and a half 

 mile from the sea. 



Tchonsh Jaza. — Two seams, both coal. 



Ooloosoo. — Twenty miles from Erakle, has a thermal spring 

 70°, and a good seam of coal just discovered. 



Okoosnu.- — Thirty miles from Erakle. Has several seams on 

 the summit of the mountain, two and a half miles from the sea. 

 The coal lies of various inclinations, and is of good quality. 



Zunzeldek. — -Three miles east of Kosloo ; has seven or eight 

 seams ; very similar to the Kosloo, and varying in their size and 

 inclinations. 



Baluk and Uzuhnas. — Several seams in these valleys, one 



