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Tandur. — As being about the centre of a strip of Barakar rocks 
which extends from Kairgura to Aksapali, the village of Tandur 
may be used to indicate the position. It contains one seam of 
15 feet, most of which is coal and much of that of fair quality. 
Mr. Hughes (1. c.) traced this seam with varying thickness as far 
as the Guloti river, where the dip is 11° to north-2()°-east. To 
test its further extension southwards borings are recommended. 
Aksapur. — Between Kasni and Aksapur there is a small exposure 
of Barakars, but no coal is yet known to exist. 
Antargaon. — South of Antargaon the Barakar rocks, according to 
Mr. Hughes, include a seam of about 6 feet, of which 9 inches is 
shale. The following analyses are from this locaUty and from the 
above-mentioned Kairgura seam : — 
Kairgura. Antargaon. 
Fixed carbon .... 45-6 51-26 
Volatile matter .... 42-2 28-25 
Ash 12-2 20-49 
100 100 
Moisture 9-4 8-7 
Mr. Hughes states that the Antargaon samples were from the sur- 
face ; they may, therefore, perhaps not give a fair indication of the 
quality of the coal. Both coals include a large proportion of mois- 
ture, which is a common characteristic of the coal in these fields. 
Sasti. — The coal of Sasti and Paoni is referred to in the account 
of the Wardha valley field, although it is in Hyderabad territory. One 
seam of 50 feet has been proved. It contains a considerable pro- 
portion of good coal from which fair results were obtained in a 
trial at Bombay. Mr. Hughes estimates the area to be 1| square 
miles. Mining operations were carried on here by the Nizam's 
oflliccrs from 1871 to 1874. 
(xiv). Jammu and Kashmir, 
Coal has been long known to exist in the Jammu hiUs. The 
Dandli outcrop was visited by H. B. Medhcott ^ in 1859 and the 
same observer in 1876 published a report ^ on the general geolo- 
gical features of the country. Detailed reports on the economic 
^ Cficial Cunesrov/icnca on Coal and Iron in the Punjab, (1859). 
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