PART 4 .] 
Ball: Haig ark and Hingir Coal-field. 
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Coal from No. 4, brought to camp, burnt indifferently, leaving a considerable ash. From 
No. 9, the coal is much better; a garah full when roasted gave out a luminous flame 18 inches 
long (with a 1-incli diameter burner) which lasted for an hour. Most of the residue was par¬ 
tially caked. Higher in the section there is a bed of tesselated ironstone which seems to he 
continuous at that horizon, being seen again at Choakani, five miles to the north, and also in 
the intervening country. North of Kodaloi there appears to be a second ironstone zone 
which includes a better quality of stone. This zone is also seen further south, one 
mile to the west of Rugonathdera. The rocks throughout this region are much concealed by 
latexite. 
Two miles further up the stream, near Khairkoni, the top 2 feet of a coal seam are 
exposed. For four miles further, up to Chamri-mahal, the bed of 
the river discloses a much broken section of sandstones and car¬ 
bonaceous shales, which in places roll slightly, but are otherwise horizontal. Beyond this the 
sandstones of the Hingir group are alone found. 
Bagdia River. —About half a mile from Ailepur (Lakenpur) the top of a seam is seen 
„ in the river. Owing to water and shifting sand I could do no more 
than prove the existence of at least a foot of fair coal which burns 
freely, leaving a flaky ash. What the total thickness of the seam may be it is impossible to 
say at present. In the country to the east there are some ridges of ferruginous sandstones 
which may, perhaps, be in part prolongations from the main area of upper sandstones, but I 
was unable to separate them from the underlying Barakars with any degree of certainty. Leav¬ 
ing for the present the description of the strip of Barakars which extends from this neigh¬ 
bourhood through Borkhol along the south of the field, that which occurs along the north¬ 
eastern boundary may be most conveniently disposed of. Close to Ratakand, a small village 
on the Godadia, the Barakars, which further south are covered up by the sandstones of the 
Bilpahari range reappear, and form an irregular strip which is continuous up to the Bai- 
sunder, where the coal-measures, described in the previously published notice of this field, 
occur. On its eastern side, the Barakars occupying this strip rest naturally upon the meta- 
morphic rocks, an arkose bed being not unfrequently found at the base. On the western 
side the irregular outline formed by the foot of the upper sandstone highlands of Hingir 
constitutes the limit of exposure. In the river at Dulunga, to the south-south-west of the 
geam village, there is a coal seam of which the following is a section 
of the portion seen, descending :— 
Ft. Inc. 
1. Black and grey shales ... ... ... 10 
2. Hard stony Coal ... ... ... ... 6 
3. Flaky Coal ... ... ... ... 2 
4. Grey and black shales ... ... ... ... 4 
5. Flaky shales, coaly in parts ... ... ... 1 10 
6. Blue and grey shales ... ... ... ... 1 0 
7. Stony Coal and black shales ... ... ... 1 4 
8 . Coal ... ... ... ... ... 4 
9. Stony Coal and black shale ... ... ... 7 
10. Coal ... ... ... ... ... 7 
11. Shale ... ... ... ... ... 1 4 
8 10 
Further down the stream some higher layers of carbonaceous and coaly shale belonging 
to the same seam are imperfectly exposed. 
