Chap. XXXITT.] hhandara : chikhla i. 
755 
On the northern slopes of the east peak (W. 30'^ N. from it and to- 
Tho taliis-oio work- wards its base) a considerable amount of excava- 
i"g- tion had been done, showing I to !.l feetof talus- 
ore resting on mica-schists with vein-quartz, and the ore extracted had 
been stacked. 
Thickly scattered on the low bare sandy ground to the south of the 
Manganese-ore ore-range are a large number of round bodies of 
pisolites. t]je size of peas. Many of these were found on 
fracturing to have a concentric structure and to be rather soft and black- 
ish brown inside. These are doubtless of concretionary origin. But 
a certain number are probably of detrital origin, for when broken they 
are found to consist of the hard grey ore without any concentric struc- 
ture. 
It will be seen from the average analysis of the Kurmura ores 
The working of the (page 754) that they are not very high in manganese, 
<^®P°®'t- but unusually high in phosphorus. Consequently this 
deposit can probably be worked only when prices are high, for purposes 
where a somewhat phosphoric ore is not objectionable. The distance 
to Tumsar Road Railway Station, Bengal-Nagpur Railway, is about 16 
miles. 
The output from this deposit is as follows : — 
Year. Long tons. 
1902 248 
1905 1,456 
1906 ' . 4,842 
1907 ... 8911 
11. Chikhla I. 
(Central Provinces Prosiecting Syndicate.) 
This deposit was discovered by Mr. P. N. Datta in the field season 
of 1893-94, and is now held on mining lease by the Central Provinces 
Prospecting Syndicate. 2 The ore-band is traceable for 2 | to 2| miles, 
starting at the west end on Bhamasur Hill (rising to about 540 
feet above the plains), and apparently dying out on Sindia Hill at the 
east end ; these two are connected, by a series of seven hillocks lying 
1 Including 499 tons extracted by D. Laxminarayan. 
2 This lease also includes a small portion of the Yedartuchi village area, probably for 
the sake of a little talus-ore, as there is apparently no ore in situ in this part of the area 
leased. 
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