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As the crow flies, it is about twenty-three miles north-north-east of the town of Khum- 
mumet,* * * § and thirty-six miles east of Nellycudr, the tahsil village of Kundyconda talook. 
As far as my knowledge goes, coal is only visible at one spot, and it is possibly only due 
to the fact of the country being so dried up this year, and the exceptional lowness of the 
water in the few stream pools, that I was able at last, after long and apparently hopeless 
searching, to find the upper edge of a seam showing just above the mud and water in one 
of these pools.f For this reason also is accountable the fact, that the people around had no 
idea of the existence of coal. 
Even though the seam had not eventually been met with, I should have announced this 
as a possible coal-field, and recommended that it should be proved by boring, for the rocks 
were to my mind clearly of the coal-beai'ing series. 
I am unable to give now the thickness of the seam, for neither time nor means for 
excavation were at my disposal; but there are two feet of coal ascertainable, and it looks a 
good strong decided seam. 
The coal, so far, is tolerably light, compact, charged slightly with patches of powdery 
charcoal, is more or less bright, and breaks with a sub-conchoidal fracture. In an open fire, 
after being well dried in the sun, it burns brightly, though not quite so brightly as that of 
the Pangady Vagu field, and leaves a soft powdery ash.J A fair average specimen gives the 
following assay— 
Fixed carbon ... ... ... ... ... ... 62*4 
Volatile matter ... ... ... ... ... ... 22 - 6 
(Moisture 6'0). 
Ash ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 15-0 
100-0 
The specimen is however only from a few inches within the exposed surface of the seam. 
Owing to the absence, or concealed state, of the outcrops of coal it is utterly impossi¬ 
ble as yet to say what its extent may he, and this cannot he ascertained until borings have 
been put down in various parts of the field. The positions of the different series of rocks 
can only be indicated, as also the fact that there is coal. 
A small map§ is appended, showing tho general outline of the field and the rock series. 
Absolute correctness of boundary could not be attempted iu this map; but the lines will be 
found sufficiently correct for future exploration. 
This is essentially a field requiring examination by borings, which may be put down at some 
of the spots which are suggested on the map. In the Pangady Vagu field the outcrop of 
coal is so freely exposed that ‘he who runs may read’ it; but here, in the Singareny field, 
the mineral wealth is not at all so evident, though if it exist in any quantity, which 1 am 
inclined to think it does, it is to be got at and carried out infinitely easier in every way than 
at the Pangady Vagu. 
* This name has been variously given, but the above seems the nearest adaptation to ^ ^ which 
is the official manner of spelling it. It is distinctly not Kumannet; the spelling in the atlas map is very fair. 
t It is possible therefore that the seam may not be visible to future explorers; but I showed it to two of the 
people of Kollapoor, who can easily point out the spot. 
t In this, very different to the Pangady Vagu coal, the ash of which is hard and retains the form of the 
original fragments. 
§ The southern extremity of the field is left undefined, as I am not quite sure that it does not extend further 
south. Lateness of the season and absence of water prevented my continuing the survey among the low hills in 
this direction. 
