Indian Science and Technology in the Eighteenth Century: Some Contemporary European Accounts c23.s4.3

c23.s4.3

Next in succession still proceeding westward, are the mines of *Deora*, the ore of which (No.26) is of two kinds, one compact with a metallic lustre, and the other containing a large portion of clay; the second of these is found high up in the hills, and in a vein, or deposit, immediately below the upper *sandstone*; it yields very good malleable iron, not brittle like that of *Motehi*, but such as may be drawn into thin plates without bursting.