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Indian Steel. 
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Southern India. 
Bengal, part of. 
Lohurdugga. — Laterite and beds in metamorphic rock 
Palarnao. — Pure magnetic ore and decomposed altered ore, 
from metamorphotic rock ; bedded shales of siderite 
(black band) ; concretionary masses of limomte and 
brown haematite, also red haematite, from the Baiakai 
group of Coal-measures; bands of red and brown 
haematite in high level ; laterite capping the plateau : 
yielding 33 to 56 per cent of iron. 
Singbhum. — Manganiferous ores in lodes near Chaibassa ; 
lateritic ores ; pure haematites associated with trap , 
ferruginous schists. 
Orissa. — Talchir ironstone shales; concretionary masses in 
the Upper Barakas group; nodules oi laterite. 
Large manufacture in olden times. 
Chutia Nagjmr.- Ores in Jashpur and Gangpur, perhaps 
lateritic : famed for weapons and tools. 
Vizagapatam.— Brown haematite, as matrix of a breccia ; 
lateritic ores. Wbtz made at Madgole. _ 
Sambalhnr.— Bands of decomposed magnetite ; ironstones 
of the Kingir sandstone series. Large manufactures 
of tools and weapons. . , 
Bilaspur, Raipur, Mandla,- Former large mines and manu- 
f a( Cj- U 
Jabalpur. — Kumbhi black iron sand ; haematites from Gond- 
wana sandstones; lateritic ores of Bifaragugarh ; 
Taoli ores from transition (Bijawar) rocks. . 
Narsinghpur. — Tendukhera ores in irregular pits in transi- 
tion rocks ; masses of specular iron ; brown and 
red haematites. Steel made here until 1S27. 
Sagar, Damoh, and Koshangabad.— Very pure red haematite 
in nests, in transition bands of brown haematite, in 
Nimar. — Barwai ores, breccia in matrix of brown haematite ; 
Nandia limonites in globular lumps; Mitandeipur 
rich haematites. , . . f 
Surat. — Magnetic sand at the mouths d dng ores of 
Ralsar Pardi, and Bodhan. O.d manutaCtoiies. 
Koukan —Rich laterites ; also magnetic and h^ematitic ores 
associated with metamorphic rock. Old works at 
Viimorla, Malwan, Kapadvanj, Jambughoia, Sunodra, 
Bhelod, Ratanpur, and Tadkesar. 
