Ohap. XXXII. 1 
BALAGHAT MINE. 
723 
In addition to the above Mr. W. H. Clark, Manager of the Syndicate, 
has kindly supplied the following partial analyses : — 
NunibiT. 
1 
2 
4 
5 
Details. 
Range of analy- 
sis of fi sam- 
ples. 
Mean of pre- 
ceding 6 an- 
alyses. 
Average of 
ore at the 
mine. 
Sample taken 
from all the 
trucks load- 
ed on mine 
during Au- 
gust 1906. 
Sample taken 
from all 
trucks load- 
ed on mine 
during No- 
vember 1906. 
Tonnage repre- 
.sented. 
Lots of 50 to 
400 tons. 
880 
897 
7,900 
6,714 
Date 
March 1905. 
March 1905. 
July 1905. 
August 1906. 
November 
i9oa 
Analyst. 
S. A. Jones. 
S. A. Jones. 
R. D. Connell. 
R.D. Connell. 
R. D. ConnelL 
Manganese 
50- 58 —52- 99 
52-35 
52-49 
50-93 
51-36 
Iron 
3-76— 4-79 
4-05 
Silica 
1-24— 1-82 
1-41 
1-20 
3- 05 
2-80 
Phosphorus 
0 03— 0 14 
0-06 
0-05 
0-075 
0-07 
Siliceous resi- 
dues. 
2-41 — 3-23 
2-74 
The deposit was discovered for the Central Provinces Prospecting 
The working of the Syndicate by an Indian (Zain-ul-abadin), who 
was given a contract and started work about Sep- 
tember 1901. He extracted a considerable quantity of partially cleaned 
ore, and stacked it indiscriminately so as to interfere to a certain extent 
with the subsequent working of the deposit. Mr. A. D. Sanders took 
charge of the deposit in the latter end of 1902 and set about developing 
it on rational lines. 
As the ore is divided by planes parallel to the original bedding into 
layers averaging six inches to one foot thick, and is usually dipping at a 
high or fairly high angle, it had not been found necessary up to the time 
of ray visit in March 1904 to resort to blasting. As much of the wall- 
