DETAILED DESCRII'TIONS 01'' 11 IE RESPECTIVE COALFIELDS 
Tlie output of the colliery is consumed by the principal railways 
and mills in Southern India, and owing to the favourable geo- 
graphical situation of the mines the comjiany holds a practical 
monopoly over an extensive area. In 1903 the outturn was 362,733 
tons, a reduction of more than 20 per cent, on the figures for the 
previous year. This curtailment was entirely due to the 
subsidence referred to above. In 1910, 500,173 tons of coal were 
produced. 
Alapalli. — Dr. Blanford ^ describes the discovery of fragments of 
coal in the Kinarswami stream, a tributary of the Godavari, near 
a village called Alapalli, 30 miles south-west of Dumagudam. The 
rocks seen there seemed to be Barakars, but no seam was found, 
though a concealed outcrop may exist under the sand. 
Kamaram.^ — This name has been given to two small fields situ- 
ated near the village of Kamaram, which lies 40 miles a little 
north of east from Warangul. The larger one is 6 miles long by 
about 1 mile broad ; it consists of Talchir, Barakar and Kamthi 
rocks lying at high angles. It includes two seams of fair coal 
measuring, respectively, 9 feet and 6 feet. The available coal is 
estimated at 1,132,560 tons, and it is stated to be equal to the 
average coal of the Wardha fields. Its position is unfavourable to 
its development as it is off the main lines of communication. The 
smaller field, which is about half a square mile in area, is believed 
to be of no importance. 
Chinur.- — A narrow outcrop of Barakar coal measures between 
the village of Chinur and Sandrapali was discovered by Mr. Hughes.^ 
The total thickness of the beds is 200 feet ; no outcrop of 
coal is disclosed, but large fragments of coal which had been car- 
ried into the Godavari by the Sandrapali stream were found. Mr. 
Hughes was of opinion that a boring on the right bank of the 
Godavari below the point where the stream joins it would strike 
coal at no great depth. He alludes to the old operations in con- 
nection with the supposed occurrence of coal at Kota,* 4 miles 
north of the Godavari. 
1 Rec, 0. 8. I., Vol. IV, p. 82, (1871). 
2 King, W. : Re<:., G.S.I., Vol. V, p. 50 (1872) ; and Mem., G. S. I., Vol. XVIII, 
pt. 3. 
3 Bee, G. S. I., Vol. XJ, p. 22, (1878). 
« Walker, Dr. : iladras Jour, of Lit. and Sd.. Vol. XVII, p. 261, (185fi^ ; and Vol. 
XVIII, p. 250, (1S&7). 
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