Chap. XXTX.] singhbhum: matkamhatu. 
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The following is a list of most of the localities for mauganeae-orc 
icnovm in this district : — 
^ List of localities. 
1. Purana Chaibasa. 
2. Kamarhatu. 
3. Matkamhatu. 
4. Tekrasai (Tekrahatu). 
5. Gitilpi. 
G. Kalenda. 
7. Tutugutu. 
8. Bistampur. 
9. Lagia. 
10. Leda Hill. 
Besides the deposits given in the foregoing list, several other occur- 
rences of manganese-ore have been reported from different parts of the 
district ; but the information received has not been sufficiently exact to 
warrant their mention here. The first six of these deposits were, in 1905, 
included in the concession held by Messrs. Hoare, Miller & Co., and No. 8 
in that of Messieurs Jambon & Cie. At present (February, 1908) most of 
the concessions have, I believe, been relinquished, the Madhu Lall Doogar 
Mining Syndicate still holding Tutugutu, and Messrs. Martin & Co., Leda 
Hill : concessions are also held, I believe, hy various people for the country 
immediatel)^ around Leda Hill. All the above deposits are within an 
eight miles' radius to the south and west of Chaibasa, except Leda Hill, 
which is near Goilkora Railway Station, Bengal -Nagpur Railway. 
Chaibasa is 16 miles from Chakardharpur, Bengal-Nagpur Railway, 
and the Chaibasa deposits are at distances of 1 to 8 miles from 
Chaibasa. The deposits will now be dealt with in order. 
1. Purana Chaibasa. 
The ores of this locality are mentioned by Ball {supra, p. 618) ; they 
are limonites in which manganese-ore is very scarce, and the ridge in 
which they occur is partly in — 
2. Kamarhatu. 
3. Matkamhatu. 
Half a mile east-south-east of the village on the east side of the main 
road to Chaibasa, there is, on the top of hillocky ground, the best outcrop 
of manganiferous limonite seen by me in this district. In one place there 
