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NAGPUR : PANCniALA. 
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The consequence is that now that a depth of 30 to 60 feet has been reach- 
ed in several parts, it is becoming increasingly difficult to win the ores. 
The waste has often been dumped on the very edge of the worl:ing. 
To ensure the life of this deposit it will now be necessary to carry out 
large amount of dead-work, consisting both of the removal of the old 
waste to a respectable distance and the quarrying of the ' country '. 
As the ground slopes away in many places towards the south side, it 
would pay to carry several cross-cuts in from the south-south-west right 
up to the ore-band. With rails along these cross-cuts, both the ore and 
the waste could be readily removed to a safe distance to the south of the 
deposit. 
A centrifugal pump is to be put in to remove the water which now 
accumulates in some quantity in the deeper parts of the workings, and 
rails have already been run out to various parts of the deposit to bring 
the ore to the tramway from Manegaon to Tharsa, which crosses the 
Mandri ore-bands near their western end. 
During 1907 a beginning has been made in removing the ' country ' 
of a portion of the deposit in a series of steps, to enable the lower portions 
of the ore-body to be worked. It becomes a question as to how deep 
it will pay to follow the two comparatively narrow ore-bands by open- 
cast methods before working them by underground mining methods. 
^ ^ The output from this deposit from 1904 to 
1907 is shown below : — 
Year. Long tons. 
1904 11,745 
1905 12,769 
1906 4,471 
1907 7,055| 
The effect of the previous methods of working this deposit is reflected in 
the output figures. For these have decreased considerably during 1906 
and 1907, in spite of the high price of manganese during these two years. 
22A. Panehala. 
{Central India Mining Company.) 
During 1906, manganese-ore has been discovered by the Central 
India Mining Company within the limits of the village of Panehala, and 
the deposit secured on prospecting license. This ore is found over a 
length of perhaps J a mile. The western end of this deposit is situated 
some 600 yards to the east-south- east of the east end of the Mandri 
workings, i.e., almost exactly on the continuation of the line of strike of 
the Mandri ore-band, B. As the strike of the Panehala deposit is about 
E.20°S. on the average, there can be little doubt that it is really a conti- 
