Chap. XXX.] pancii maiials district. 
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Panch Mahals District. . 
(Sep. Plate. 17.) 
The only mention I have found of manganese-ore in this district is one 
by the late Dr. W. T. Blanford, who says 'near 
Soorajpoor quartzite-sandstone is met with associ- 
ated with bands of impure magnetic iron, for the most part earthy, and 
containing much manganese', i Consequently I visited this locality 
in February 190") on my way to Jambughoda, in the Nsirukot State, 
and the following account is based on observations then made. 
I found, however, that I had been forestalled by Mr. T. B. Kantharia, 
who had had his attention drawn to Blanford 's account by a reference in 
the Records, G. S. I., and who had some 2 weeks previously explored the 
ground to the south of the road. The occurrences I visited are the ones 
he discovered. Mr. Kantharia took his find to Mr. ¥. A. H. East of Cory 
Bros. & Co., Bombay. In spite of the rather unfavourable accoimt I 
was able to give Mr. East about the occurrences, judging from the out- 
crops, he formed a small syndicate, wliich spent some money on opening 
up the most promising occurrence (I believed this is the one I have 
called A) ; this was afterwards formed into a limited company entitled 
' The Shivrajpur 83'ndicate, Limited,' in 1905, for an account of which 
see page 427. The operations of this company have revealed the 
presence of a body of ore of large size, so I am told. Moreover several 
others of the outcrops seen by me are said to have been found to 
correspond to much better ores below. 
To facilitate the transport of the ore a mono-rail has been constructed 
to connect the deposit with Champaner Road station, Bombay, Baroda 
and Central India Railway, some 17 miles distant. 
The output of this company up to date has been as follows : — 
Year. Long tons. " , 
1906 7,286 
1907 19,689 
In Jime 1907 another company entitled ' The Bamankua Manganese 
Company, Limited ' with Messrs. Shaw, Wallace & Co., of Bombay, as 
agents, was floated to work a deposit situated on Bamankua Hill some 3 
mUes north of the deposit being worked by the Shivrajpur Syndicate, Ld. 
1 M»m. 0. S. I., VI, p. 341, (1869). 
