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Ch. 2: Coal of India

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COAL,
Valuable and extensive deposits of iron ores and limestones occurring in and near the coal field, this inferiority of the coal is to be lamented, as, should a project for manufacturing iron there ever be adopted, fuel, it seems probable, will have to be obtained from some of the neighbouring fields.
XIV. Hutar.*
This field lies to the west of the Aurunga, being situated more directly in the valley of the Koel. The area is 78*6 miles, and the following groups occur:—
Data for the estimation of the quantity of available coal are wanting, but there is a considerable number of seams, and the average of eight assays gives the following favourable result:—
XV. DALTONGUNJ.-f-
This field is also in the valley of the Koel, in the Dis­trict of Lohardugga. The area is 200 square miles. Two
• " Mem. Geol. Survey of India," vol. xv. I Hughes, " Mem. Geol. Survey of India," voL viii.
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