2* 



HUGHES: SOUTHERN COAL-FIELDS OF RF.WAII HOVDWAXA RASIN. 



eventually an incline 6 feet high and 8 feet broad was driven in on the 

 chance of its affording direct confirmation of the augmentation indicated by 

 the borings. Following on this, a considerable impetus to the extraction 

 of coal was given by the acceptance on the part of the Great Indian Penin- 

 sula Railway of a tender in March of the present year for the supply of 

 2,000 tons of coal. As neither of the shafts at that time had been com- 

 pleted, a second incline and several cross-roads were opened out, which 

 enabled the raisings to be increased from 3 to 15 tons a day. 



Throughout the workings the seam retains nearly, though not quite, 

 the thickness that it has at the outcrop. I give for comparison the 

 following measurements made in the quarry and at the dip and rise ends 

 of No. 1 incline. 



Quarry {descending). 



(a) Coal, bright 

 (4) Stone band . 



(c) Coal, bright 



(d) Stony shale, dull . 

 (*) Coal, bright 



(/) Coaly shale, dull 

 ( a) Stone band 



(//) Coal laminated, bright and du 

 Coal shale, dull 

 Coal, homogeneous 



Incline No. 1. 



(a) 

 (*) 

 (<•) 



(-0 



(') 

 (f) 



(a) 



ft. 



in. 



0 



6 



0 



1 



0 



r>h 



0 



7 



0 



6 



0 



2 



0 



H 



0 



4 



0 



3b 



1 



3 



4 



4* 





Risk 



END. 



Dip 



END. 





ft 





in. 



Coal, bard 



0 



6 



0 



10 



Stone band 



0 



1 



0 



14 



Coal, bright 



0 



6 



0 



7 



Stony shale 



0 



7 



0 



6 



Coal, bright . 



0 



6 



0 



f> 



Coal, hard 



0 



4 



0 



H 



Sterne band 



0 



2 



0 



k 



Coal ... 



0 



5 



2 



0 



Carbonaceous shale . 



0 



4 







Coal 



1 



3 









4 



S 



4 



8* 



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