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Similarly, it is believed to exist in various rivers in the native States of Dhenkenal and Keonjhar.*
The
above rivers drain areas in which metamorphic rocks are alone believed
to prevail; but the already-quoted memoir, however, contains the
following passage, which may be read in connection with the passage
above as to the occurrence of some of the gold in Sambalpur :β
Gold
is occasionally washed in the Tikaria river, and was also, a few years
since, obtained from the sands of the Ouli. The latter case is rather
interesting, since the localities are in a sandstone country through
which the Ouli mainly flows.
South-Western Bengal, or The Chutia Nagpur Province.βIn
giving an account of this area I think it well to quote in full a
Paperf by myself, which records the results of my researches in the
districts of Singhbhum and Manbhum.
I
do so because I believe this area has not received the attention from
prospecting companies which it deserves. In the neighbourhood of
Chaibassa, the chief town of Singhbhum, I have been especially struck
with the auriferous aspect of the rocks. The earthy slates and shales
with magnesian schists, and numerous small quartz reefs, are precisely
the rocks which, judging from all experience, ought to yield gold :β
The
existence of gold in the districts of the south-west frontier of Bengal
and in the neighbouring tributary States has long been known. It is
found not only in the sands
* Sterling, " Asiatic Researches of Bengal," 1825, vol. xv. p. 163.
+ "Records Geol. Survey of India," vol. i. 1S69.
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