Identifier: memoirsofgeologi71871geol (find matches)
Title: Memoirs of the Geological Survey of India
Year: 1859 (1850s)
Authors: Geological Survey of India
Subjects: Geology Mines and mineral resources
Publisher: Calcutta : Pub. by order of the Governor-General of India
Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries
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ofKuldiha, and mining operations in this direction are being vigorouslyprosecuted. The Ramnuddi property is small, but it yields good coal,only a little inferior to that at Kuldiha. In 1862 the working of the (^ 24.5 ) 38 HUGHES : KUEHURBARf COAL FIELD. coal field ceased entirely^ but in May of 1868^ the Bengal Coal Companyre-opened E-amnuddi^ and has already raised in anticipation of theopening of the ^ chord line^ of railway, a large supply of coal. In 1859,JVIr. T. F. Cockburn, one of the East Indian Railway Company^s residentEngineers^ was appointed superintendent of their mining property at Kur-hurbrai. Workings were advanced with great vigour subsequent to his-arrival, and a very large amount of coal was carted annually toLukki Serai, but previously to 1863, all such operations were suspended.The property has since, we believe, been purchased by Government, butas yet no movement has been made towards re-opening their mines. Hazaeibagh. ) December, 1868. J ( 246 ) £) S . i ^ ^ ^
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The Deoghur Coal Fields, hy Theo. W. H. Hughes, F. G. S., Asso-ciate Royal School of Mines, Geological purvey of India. The opening up of the country north of Ranigunj by the chord-line of the East Indian Railway_, has broug-ht into some prominence theoutlying coal measures in the neighbourhood of the Adjai river, situatein the Sonthal Pergunnahs, and to the east of the Kurhurbari coal-field which is in the Hazaribagh District. The Geological Survey in 1853 first demonstrated the existence ofthese coal measures; but owing to the poor prospect of any of theareas yielding coal of such quality as to make them profitable centresof mining enterprise, they were not considered of much importance. The increased facility of communication with Calcutta and theprovincial towns afforded by the construction of the line of Railwayfrom Sitarampur to Lakki Serai, suggested the possibility of advanta-geously working the coal; and, in May 1867, Mr. Sandys of Bhagulpurissued a prospectus, in which he ex

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