46 HUGHES : SOUTHERN COAL-FIELDS OF REWAH 06.VDWANA BASIN. 



rolling in the strata, and to the low dip that obtains, the outcrops of 

 all the different beds are repeated, and we must guard against over- 

 estimating the number of seams that we are dealing with. 



The main seam comes to the surface between Bargaon and Kelhauri, 



once in the Jamunia, thrice in the Son, frequently 

 Outcrops of good seam. , * J 



in the Bageha, and twice in the Nargara stream. 



It covers a large and easily workable area on either side of the Son, and 



it can be picked up along its strike for a distance of 10 miles. 



It is the seam par excellence of this part of the field, none other 



approaching it in thickness ; and I am glad to see that the line of 



, ., railway actually touches it between the villages of 



Proposed railway line 0 



touches seam between Burhar and Amlei, thus making it immediately 

 Burhar and Amlei. .. . , 



accessible to any adventurers who may wish to 



work it. The coal is of fair quality throughout, but that in the upper 



portion of the seam is the best. The assay of a sample of the latter 



gave — 



Moisture 5 - 8 



Volatile matter 29 5 



Fixed carbon ........ 55 - 0 



Ash 9-7 



1000 



It does not cake. Colour of ash reddish-grey. I failed to trace the 

 seam west of the Nargara river, and strange to say there is not a 

 vestige of coal exposed in the wide tract extending from the river to 

 the boundary of the overlying Lame'ta and supra-Barakar groups to 

 the south-west. In the Sarpa Nadi, there is just sufficient coal to oblige 

 me to allude to it, but this is north of the area indicated as sterile. 



The next tributary of the Son of noticeable size below the Bageha 

 is the Kase'r Nadi, which with its feeders gathers 



Kaser Nadi. 



the waters over a large stretch of country south 

 of the Kunuk river, and the irregular line of trap extending from the 

 trap-capped hill of Mahora. There are very few outcrops of coal 

 within the limits of its drainage basin, and in two instances only could 

 I make a complete measurement of their thickness. To illustrate the 

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