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COAL.                                  75
VIII. Ramgurh.*
This field is situated to the south of the Bokaro field in the valley of the Damuda. Its area is 40 square miles.
The following groups only occur, as in the case of the Jeriah field; it is uncertain whether the higher groups were denuded or were never deposited:— .
The coal is, for the most part, of poor quality and limited in extent. There are, however, a good many seams; possibly when opened up they may prove to contain better fuel than any which is now exposed in natural sections. But the field is unfavourably situated with regard to lines of communication.
IX. & X. Karanpura, North and SouTH.f
These fields are situated at the head of the Damuda valley. Their areas respectively are 472 and 72 square miles.
The groups occurring are the same as in the Bokaro field, save that in the southern field there has been no trace of Panchets yet discovered :—