Chap. XXXVI.] nagpur : kandri. 
contains opal and ctalcedony in cracks. Between A and C, the deposit 
is mostly not worth working ; for the manganese-ore to a large extent 
gives way to spessartite- quartz-rock and quartzite, often interbanded. 
The spessartite is often partly altered to manganese -ore. 
Between B and C there is a little rhodonite a.ssociated with these 
rocks. There is a continuous outcrop of manganese-ore all the way 
down the ridge of the north hill from nearly C to F. It is to a large extent 
merchantable ore of both the hard and soft varieties : but, as it often 
contains a little quartz or spessartite, it would require some cleaning to 
fit it for the market. On the east hill there is an outcrop of huge blocks 
of rock composed of yellow spessartite-rock, largely changed to soft ore, 
but still showing plenty of the fresh rock in broad and narrow bands. 
The plan of this deposit (Plate 32) was constructed at the time of my 
first visit to Kandri in February, 1904, and represents the state of affairs 
at that time. Since then the old ropeway No. 1 has been removed and 
The working of the ^ gr3.vity incline put in its place, whilst another incline 
deposit. is under construction in the position shown, on the 
south-western slope of South Hill. The pits in the talus-ore are, of 
course, now different to those shown on the plan. The levels Nos. 1 
to 4 have been increased in length and three other levels Nos. 5 to 7 
(not shown on the plan) have been constructed on the same side of 
South Hill between level 4 and the summit. The fact that the plan is 
not quite up to date is, however, a matter of small consequence, since 
any plan would represent the workings only at one particular time ; 
the object of the plan is not so much to show the workings as to 
indicate the geological structure of the deposit. 
This ore-body has been developed in a very skilful manner by Mr. 
H. C. McNeill (see Plates 28 and 29). Although North Hill has been to 
a certain extent opened up, yet the principal workings are on South Hill, 
to win the ore of which a series of levels or benches has been constructed 
on the northern side of the ore-body. Each of these levels has, at its 
south-west end, a working face in the ore-body, and runs horizontally to 
the north-east towards the interior of the horse-shoe. These levels or 
benches are embankments built out of the waste material extracted in 
carrying out the dead-work of removing the country from the sides of 
the ore-body. Each embankment carries rails along which the waste 
can be run in trucks and dumped over the end of the level, which is 
thus constantly increasing in length. A couple of aerial ropeways were 
put up to bring down the manganese-ore from the higher levels. 
Ropeway No. 1, which was removed during 1906, had its loading 
