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of four miles, viz., at the village of Buswapoor on the west side of 

 the ghaut, on the top of the Jungumrauzpullay pass, and near the 

 village of Jungumrauzpullay on the east side of the ghaut ; at all 

 these places there is a marked uniformity in the character of the 

 rock in which the ore occurs, being in fact one vein or lode extend- 

 ing for this distance. 



The direction of the lode at the several places of occurrence 

 corresponds with the general direction passing through the three 

 points, and is a few degrees east of north. 



The lode appears to be of very considerable width, northward 

 from Buswapoor it divides into two branches, it is possible that 

 two veins may exist at Buswapoor, but it is not observable on the 

 surface. 



The rock of the country is a clay slate passing frequently into 

 a quartzose schist ; it dips to the E. or E. N. E. at about 40° to 

 the horizon occasionally much more inclined, the strike of the 

 slate being N. N. W. and S. S. E. with which direction the lode 

 nearly conforms. 



The lode is composed of a very hard and compact quartz rock of 

 a dark grey colour ; through this the lead is disseminated in minute 

 grains ; this however is its character at 10 or 12 feet from the sur- 

 face ; more immediately on the surface the rock has somewhat 

 the character of a very coarse breccia composed of fragments of a 

 porous argillaceous stone and of the grey quartzite cemented toge- 

 ther with the siliceous matter. 



The whole body of the vein at the surface has a coarse cellular 

 structure with large cavities running irregularly through it ; lining 

 these cavities lead ore is found and at Buswapoor seems is the 

 only part of the vein that the Natives have searched for it ; this 

 substance although differing in composition and appearance is the 

 " Gosson" of Cornish miners and, its marked character here as 

 with them is of great service in enabling one to trace out the 

 course of a mineral vein ; fragments found in the soil at the sur- 

 face being a sure sign that the vein is not far off. 



The dry pulverulent clay I have mentioned as occurring imme- 

 diately beneath the sandstone at the lead pits near Gazerpullay, 



