PART 1.] 
Chanda Coal Field, Central Provinces. 
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and was then stopped, “as the material bored through continued to be simply still' sand." 
A second bore was then commenced about 230 feet from the first, in the direction of the dip 
of the rocks,—about east-15°-north. This passed through the following section :— 
Feet. Inches. 
12 0 Of oehrcy arenaceous shale. 
8 0 Soft shale of deep red and purple colour. 
20 0 Of the same material as found in No. 1 bore-hole. 
Total ... 40 0 
At this depth, 40 feet, this bore-hole was also stopped. 
No. 3 was then commenced at about 450 yards still further in the direction of the dip, 
or into the field, or about 527 yards from No. 1. This bore-hole was near the junction of 
the Ghimoor road and the Nagpur road, its bearing from No. 1 (magnetic) being about 
north-38°-east. 
This third boring gave the following section :■ 
Feet. Inches. 
5 0 
11 0 
3 0 
1 0 
17 0 
2 0 
12 0 
3 0 
10 0 
7 0 
2 0 
4 0 
25 0 
10 0 
11 0 
9 0 
1 0 
25 0 
2 0 
2 0 
12 0 
7 0 
24 0 
1 6 
16 0 
1 0 
0 6 
18 0 
Brown soil. 
Red brongel. 
Brown sand. 
Hurd red ironstone. 
Light pipe clay. 
Dark brown clay. 
Soft light sandstone. 
Light brown sandstone. 
Light colored sandstone. 
Very light colored sandstone, very coarse. 
Yellow sandstone. 
Very dark sandy shale. 
Variegated sandstone. 
Yellow sandstone. 
Brown sandstone. 
Variegated sandstone. 
Coarse brown sand. 
Variegated sandstone. 
Light blue sandy shale. 
Good Ooal (a). 
Verv dark blue shale, a little sandy. 
Light blue sandstone, a little shaly. 
Light colored sandstone. 
Black shale mixed with coal (bj. 
Light blue sandstone. 
Dark sandy shale. 
Iron pyrites. 
Light blue sandstone and brown sand mixed. 
Total ... 242 0 
“And as in this depth we have entered something of a Talchir appearance, I have 
stopped this hole and commenced one at Ballarpur.” (Mr. Fryar’s report, 24th July). 
Specimens of the coals passed through in this pit, as brought up by the pump, were 
assayed, and yielded— 
Carbon. Volatile. Ash. 
(a) two feet bed ... ... 47*8 ' 11*0 11'2 
(bj eighteen inch bed... ... ... 427 41'2 lti'l 
both poor coals, neither containing 50 pier cent, of carbon. The beds are also from their small 
thickness unworkable with profit at that depth. 
A fourth boring was made near the dak bungalow to tile west by south, and between 
the bungalow and the Jhurput nala. This (No. 4) was put down with small rods, “and 
ought to have entered coal a few feet lrom the surface, if the apparent dip ot rocks at tho 
surface had been a guide approximately to the dip of the coal beds below. ’ (Mr. t'ryar, 28th 
July). This boring was abdut 500 feet to the west of one put down by Mr. Binnie, C. It., 
in which coal was said to have been cut. No. 4 did not reach coal, and was abandoned. 
Preparations were made for a fifth boring (No. 5) about six chains from the Jhurput 
nala on the left bank, due south of the town of Chanda, but no boring was carried out here. 
At Ballarpur, the first boring alluded to above was put down on the left bank oi the 
river, nearly opposite the point where coal is seen on the right or Hyderabad side ol the river, 
and about 300 feet from the river bank. This position was injudiciously selected, us 
proved to be the ease. It was in fact within the limits of the old bed of tin river., and was 
