ClIAP. XXXIII.] BHANDARA : MIRAGPUR. 
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dant orange garnet. In some places the ore-band consists of inter- 
banded light grey quartzite and gondite. 
Owing to the fact that so little ore was visible I came to the conclusion 
T\w working of the ^^^^ ^^'^^ deposit was of no economic value. Since 
rtojiosit. my visit, however, the deposit has been opened up, 
and Mr. H. D. Coggan informs me that the operations have disclosed 
a body of ore which, though of no great extent, is larger than the surface 
indications led one to expect. He says, that the quality is uniform, 
the average analyses of the ore raised during 1905 and 1906 being : — 
1905. 
1906. 
52-.33 
0-1.5 
8-05 
Phosphorus .......... 
0-071 
0-072 
This indicates that it is unwise to condemn any of the Central 
Provinces ore-bands merely from surface indications. From the way 
in which, at various points towards the west end of the outcrop, the 
' country ' on the south side of the ore-band curls over on to the strike 
of the ore-band, it seems probable that the outcrop consists of the 
very upper edge of a lenticular band. 
The output from this deposit dming 1905, 1906, and 1907, is shown 
Output. below :- 
Year. Long tons. 
1905 113 
1906 2,509 
1907 2,121i 
The deposit is only a few hundred yards south of the Central India 
Mining Company's steam-tramway at a point some 2^ miles west of 
Miragpur. 
5. Miragpur. 
(Centeal India Mining Company.) 
Originally discovered by Mr. P. N. Datta in 1893-94, this deposit 
is now held by the Central India Mining Company. Except where the 
wording shows otherwise, the following account refers to the deposit 
as I saw it in March 1904, when but very little work had been done. 
I have added in the form of footnotes any comments th^t have been 
