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HHANDARA : 
SITAPATHUR. 
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the ore-band on Sitapathur Hill, obviously valueless pieces being as 
usual rejected. The analysis made at the Imperial Institute shows : — 
Manganese peroxide 
Manganese protoxide 
FeiTic oxide 
Silica (combined) . 
Silica (free) 
Phosphoric oxide . 
Moisture at IOO°C. 
This is equivalent to : — 
Sample No. 47- 
Manganese 
Iron 
Silica . 
Phosphorus 
Moisture 
44-23 
30 -59 
11-03 
5-03 
0-2() 
0-22 
0- 17 
51-70 
8-14 
6-19 
0-10 
0-17 
and indicates that the average ore contains about 60% braunite, the 
remainder being psilomelane. It should be noted that several pieces of 
the ore in the sample contained a little quartz, spessartite, or mica, and 
that, as is usually done in working a deposit, these were as much as pos- 
sible cleaned out before crushing the sample. 
At the time of my visit the deposit had not been worked ; and, even 
The working of the crow flies, it is distant 24 miles from Tumsar 
deposit. Road Station, Bengal-Nagpur Railway, the near- 
est point on the railway. There is no doubt, however, that the deposit 
contains a considerable quantity of ore of the above quality. During 
1906 and 1907, however, the deposit has been open- 
ed up, with the following resultant output : — 
Output. 
Year. 
1906 
1907 
Long tons. 
1,791 
392 
I am not aware if the Central Provinces Prospecting Syndicate has 
made any use of the Central India Mining Company's steam-tramway 
for carrying the ore to the railway. This tramway passes the south end 
of the deposit, and over it, it would be about 29 miles to Tumsar Road. 
In the very north-east corner of the village-area just before the road 
leading from Sitapathur to Thirori reaches the 'Annapangi-ee Nullah' 
A subsidiary ore- Main Circuit map No. 9, Bhandara district, 
band. there is an obscure outcrop of manganiferous rock 
running across the road in a north-east direction. It extends 140 yards 
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