DETAILED DESCRIPTIONS OF THE RESPECTIVE COALFIELnS. 71 
principal coal seam is found near Namma village and its outcrop 
has been traced for about half-a-inile, the thickness varying from 
7 to 17 feet. The coal is a lustrous lignite of which the following 
represents an average analysis : — 
Moisture . 18-16 
Volatile matter 34-96 
Fixed carbon 38-39 
Ash 7-66 
Sulphur 0-83 
It has been estimated that about half-a-million tons are avail- 
able near Namma. A consignment of 7 tons of this fuel was 
recently experimented with on the Burma Railway, but did not 
produce a favourable impression on the minds of the officials re- 
sponsible for the trials. To bring the coal to the railway would 
necessitate the construction of a branch line 30 miles in length, 
but neither the quantity nor quality of the fuel is sufl&cient to warrant 
the requisite expenditure. 
Man-Sang and Man-Se-Le} — Still less important fields occur 
near Man-Sang and Man-Se-Le, villages, respectively, 16 and 27 
miles south and east of the Namma coalfield. The area of each is 
about 13| square miles. Outcrops of coal are fairly numerous 
but none of the seams exceed 4| feet in thickness. The coal 
resembles that from the larger areas, and the disabilities which 
militate against the exploitation of the Namma field are in these 
cases largely accentuated. 
Kahwet, etc. {Shwebo District). — The earliest detailed account of 
coal in this neighbourhood is by T. Oldham^ who, in 1855, visited 
three outcrops situated a few miles west of Thingadav/. The first 
of these lies li miles west of Tembiung. The seam is 4 feet thick 
and dips at an angle of 15°. The coal is of poor quality but was 
worked to some small extent for a while. 
The second locality is 5 miles further north on the Kibiung 
stream at a point 5 miles west of Thingadaw. The coal is woody 
and resinous and has a thickness of 5J feet including shale bands. 
The third locality is 8 miles N.-W. of Thingadaw. The coal 
is hard and jetty, and contains resinous inclusions. The seam is 
about 4 feet thick and dips at 8°. A quantity of coal was raised 
> Simp.son, R. R. : Eec, G. 8. I., XXXIII, 2, 144 (1006). 
* Geol. -pajters on Burma, p. 318 (1858^ 
