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manganesk uEPOsrrs of india : descriptive. [Part IV : 
The gauge of the rails used on the mclines is 2 feet (5 inches, and the dis- 
tance between centres of rails 6 feet, the diameter of the horizontal brake- 
wheel at the top of each i.icline being 5 feet 11 inches. Various types of 
triicks, carrymg from | to 1 ton of ore each, are used on the inclines. 
The annual output from this deposit for the years 1900 to 1907 is 
Output shown below : — 
Year. Long tons. 
1900 22,913 
1901 27,0.31 
1902 15,924 
1903 13,523 
1904 13,293 
1905 10,497 
1906 18,731 
1907 24,974 
Along the north slopes of the ore-ridge near its base was originally a 
„, ^ , ., big accumulation of detrital ore similar to that of 
Ihe talus-ore pits. ° . 
Kandri. The pits in this ore, which have supplied a 
large quantity of merchantable ore, had been largely worked out at the 
Chargaon end, at the time of my visit in January 1904 ; they then showed 
on their south side quartzite fragments with a little ore, and on their 
north eide small fragments of ore with some bits of mica-schist. 
More recently, a large area of the talus-ore at the west end of the 
north side of the hill has been worked out incidentally to the opening up 
of the ore-body, and work is still proceeding on the remaining talus -ore 
deposits on the south side towards the west end of the ore-band. Mr. 
W. Whyte tells me that in one place on the north side the talus-ore 
deposit was as much as 35 feet dee]). 
The following figures, supplied by Mr. W. Whyte, relate to the 
talus-ore deposits at Mansar : — 
Best pit. No. 1 
March, 1906. 
April, 1906. 
in-line N. 
April, 1906. 
c. ft. 
c. ft. 
c. ft. 
Good ' boulder-ore ' • . . . 
14,200 
13,700 
11,200 
Bad ' boulder-ore ' .... 
8,500 
3,800 
1,500 
Vohune of excavation .... 
73,200 
53,600 
34,800 
The ore was of course measured in the stacks. Now a ton of ore of speci- 
fic gravity 4-5 occupies 7 •9(5 cubic feet, whilst a ton of manganese-ore 
stacked measures 16 to 17 cubic feeu and therefore consists of about equal 
