149 FERMOR : GEOLOGY AND COAL RESOURCES OF KOREA, C. P. 
Jul3' 1912. In addition to visiting a considerable number of coal 
outcrops, the positions of most of which had apparently already 
been ascertained by villagers, Mr. Harris devoted some attention 
to the possible alignment of a branch railway into Korea from 
Jaithari station on the Katni-Bilaspur branch of the Bengal-Nagpur 
Railway. He also discusses the possible routes for roads ; for 
except near Baikanthpur and in the western portion of the 
State, between Ghutra and Kelhari, Korea is at present 
practically devoid of any tracks, except those adapted to cooly 
and bullock transport. 
Mr. Harris' report, in which are given a certain number of 
analyses, indicates the probability of some of the coal seams being 
of value, and to test these probabilities he recommends boring 
operations in various localities, the sites of the bore holes suggested 
being marked on his map. This report is the property of the 
Government of the Central Provinces. 
Owing to the favourable character of Mr. Harris' report I was 
deputed by the Director of the Geological Survey of India to 
visit Korea during January and February 1913. Although my visit 
was a short one, yet the information obtained, of which a summary 
is presented in these notes, is sufficient to enable me, in agreement 
with Mr. Harris, to express the opinion that boring operations 
are likely to prove the existence of workable coal seams both along 
the southern edge of the Sanhat^ (Sohagpur) field, and in the Kurasia 
field. I did not visit the small Koreagarh field, as neither Hughes' 
memoir nor Mr. Harris' report records the existence therein of 
any important coal seams ; but it should be understood that no 
examination of this field more than cursory has yet been made, and 
that it by no means follows that workable coal seams are non- 
existent therein. 
Before proceeding further, it will be convenient to discuss the 
nomenclature of the coalfields in Korea State. 
Names of the coalfields. . . „ , ^ n i ■ ji 
In his memoir, Hughes definitely assigns the 
names Kurasia and Koreagarh to the two smaller fields. The 
third coal area is the eastern extension of the Sohagpur coalfield, 
and in assigning the name Sohagpur to the whole of this field, 
comprising nearly 1,600 sq. miles, Hughes says (p. 177) : — 
' It may hereafter be found convenient to introduce some restricted 
local designations. The portion within the Korea district appears suggestive 
* See page 150. 
