SOHAOPUR COAL-FIELD. 



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Turning northward, the first tributary of the Hestho that concerns 



us is the Hasia. It is a rocky stream fed by 

 Hasia Nala. .... 



several branches from the direction of Bahia, 



Musra, and Bahi. These all unite below the village of Bahi, and 



thence the Hasia proper begins. Near the boundary of the Barakars 



with the Talchirs there is a commanding waterfall known as the Karam 



Ghag, at the base of which some indifferent coal occurs. Quoting from 



the manuscript report of Lala Hira Lai, " There are two seams north 



of the very prominent dyke crossing the Hasia near the waterfall, 



whose calculated thicknesses are 16 and 22 feet. They dip at high 



angles." Nothing is said as to their quality, but probably they will be 



found of the same composition as those that have been analysed and tested. 



Besides these, there are eighteen to twenty outcrops, but some of them 

 are repetitions of the same bed, and most of them are under the yard 

 limit. Only two are over it, bearing roughly east of Bahi, and measur- 

 ing 5' 0" and 3' 10" respectively. In the Kara- 



Karakachar Nala. f .... . 



kachar, which is the stream adjoining the Hasia, 



there are only two full-sized seams amongst the many outcrops which 



are visible. The lowest in the series measures 4>' 8". A sample of it 



was analysed, but the amount of ash was very high. 



Moisture 2-26 



Volatile matter, exclusive of water ..... 9'GZ 



Carbon, fixed 48-40 



Ash 3972 



100-00 



The other seam is 7 ' 6". Both dip at rather high angles, 18° to 20°. 

 The outcrop of a large seam, which I take to be the extension east- 

 ward of one of those already noted, occurs in one 



Balbahara seam. 



of the streams north of the village of Balbahara. 

 It is clearly exposed in a precipice, and possesses a total thickness of 

 10 feet of coal. The section according to Lala Hira Lai is, descending 



ft. in. 



Sandstones . . . . . . . .... 



Coal inferior . .. . . . . . .20 



Shales, about . . . . . . . .80 



Coal 10 0 



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