Chap. XLI. ] 
SHIMOGA : SHIKARPUR. 
1133 
Kumsi deposit itself being 20 miles by road from Shimoga station; and 
those roimd .Shikarpur, this place being 31 miles from Shimoga. The 
New Mysore Manganese Company is laying down a 2-foot gauge steam- 
tramway from Kumsi to Shimoga by a route 29 miles long. At 
present nearly all carriage of ore is done by means of bullock-carts, 
the rate being about 4 to 4^ annas per ton mile, except from Kumsi 
to Shimoga, where a rate of over 5 annas prevails. 
^ , The following is a list of all the deposits in this 
List of deposits. t • i i • . ■ r 
district about which I have any information : — 
1. Itigehalii. 
2. Vadderpur. j 
3. Hosur. ^-I.—Shikarpur Group. 
i. Ballur. ! 
5. Kaginelli. J 
6. Tuppur. ~1 
7. Short's Block. | 
8. Kumsi (Holmes' Block). Kl.-Ayanur Group. 
9. Bikonhalli (Norton's Block). '| 
10. Aladhalli (Haji's Block). J 
11. ShankargLidda. ) ttt cu i n 
„ , \ ill. — bnankargudda Group. 
12. Tirandur. ) ^ ^ 
13. Sulekere. ^ 
14. Gaddikalmatti. j 
15. Buddamatti Peak. ^iv.-Cliannagiri Group. 
16. Hoshalli. j 
17. Treasury Hill. J 
18. Bhadigund. 
19. Gangur. 
20. Kanjiganagutti. 
21. Urumanjanmatti. 
22. Ragikalvadikinakeri. 
Bhaui Nagalagutti. j 
V. — Shiddarhalli Group. 
Of these deposits Nos. 1 to 5 are in the Shikar pur taluk, Nos. 6 
to 11 and 18 to 22 in the Shimoga taluk, No. 12 in the Tirathalli 
taluk, and Nos. 13 to 17 in the Channagiri taluk. 
I.— The ShikarpuF Group. 
1 have not visited any of the deposits of this group. They are all 
situated to the east and south-east of Shikarpur in the northern part of 
