Chap. XL.] 
VIZAGAPATAM : SONPURAM. 
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A bore-hole had also been put down in Bankunivalsa and ore Was 
found to continue at int( rvals to 100 feet, where good pyrolusite was found. 
Subsequently the fir.st pit noticed on page 11 10 was sunk at this spct. 
None of the pits were more than about 20 feet deep. Owing to the 
irregular character of the ore-bodies and the 
dojit. °' rather poor quality of the ores, and the fact 
that Ramabhadrapuram is .30 miles from the 
nearest railway station ( Vizianagram), it seems doubtful if very much 
work can be done at this locality until the railway from V izianagram to 
Raipur, which will pass close to Ramabhadrapuram and Salur, is con- 
structed, except at times of high prices. 
The following are the outout figures for 
Ouiput. ^ ° . o 
Ramabhadrapuram :— 
Year. 
Manganese-ores. 
Ferruginous 
manganese -ores. 
Total. 
1901 
1 
10 
1902 
140 
140 
1903 
173 
173 
1904 
50 
50 
1905 
110 
110 
1906 
50 
446 
490 
1907 
1.733 
1,733 
Total. 
533 
2,179 
2,712 
20a. Sonpuram (West Mound). 
In the largest of the ^-'onpuram pits at its west end, the rock 
exposed iiidicated the section shown in fig. 91. 
>}UARTZITES 
0,L& Mn.) 
L & Ps. 
L,W,0^ A Mn. 
, 0 5 10 
80 FEET 
IV 
L = lithoniarge ; 
Mn. -=manganese-ore ; 
0 - ochre ; 
P= psilomelaae ; 
W = wad ; 
Fig. 91.— Section acroBS one of the ISonpurftm pita. 
