ClIAP. XXXII.] ]tAL.V(iIIAT : KANTANGJnERl. 
but to the south of the deposit, in tlie luila, at the west end, muscovite- 
quartz-pegmatite and magnetite -quartz- rock were exposed. 
The ore-outcrop consists mainly of hard grey ore, often interbanded 
with grey quartzites, or spoilt by included feslpar or mica ; but towards 
the east end the ore becomes soft and poor in quality. A sample broken 
from the outcrop over a length of some 80 to 90 yards on either side 
of the top of the small hi!!, where the band consists almost entirely of 
ore, was composed of the fine-grained braunite-psilomelans mixture. 
The analysis made at the Imperial Institute showed :-• 
Sample No. 58. 
Manganese jieroxide 
Manganese protoxide 
Ferric oxide . 
Silica {combined) 
Silica (free) 
Phosphoric oxide 
Moisture at 100'^ C. . 
This is equivalent to : — 
Manganese . . . . . . . . . . . 53-90 
Iron 5-97 
Silica G-02 
Phosphorus . . . . . . . . . . .0-04 
Moisture 0-23 
and indicates a mixture of about equal parts of braimite and psilome- 
lane. 
This ore is evidently of very high grade, but it will require some 
development of the deposit before it can be stated that such good ore 
exists in considerable or large quantities. Ealaghat, Bengal-Nagpur 
Railway, is some 17 miles distant as the crow flies. 
I was told of another deposit situated further to the north-east of 
this one and also in reserved forest. The hill visited is probably the 
one marked on sheet No. 91 Central Provinces Forest Depart- 
ment, scale 4"=1 mile, as Shodan Hurki ; but of this I am not certain ; 
for I had not this mi;p with me at the time of my visit and did not 
enquire the name of the hill, Mr. C. E. Low tells me that several other 
ore hillocks have been found in this forest. 
8. Katangjhei'i II (Malguzarij. 
(P. C. DuTT AND Burn & Co.) 
This deposit, which is held by Messrs. P. C. Dutt and Burn & Co., 
is situated so that its north-west end is one mile W. 15° N. from 
.30-93 
8-53 
5-06 
0-90 
0-09 
0-23 
