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| Keywords: The Quarterly journal of the Geological Society of London (12511986485).jpg 348 PROCEEDINGS OF THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY June 15 <br> range and having reached about three miles inside the pass I was <br> obliged to return I hope yet to have an opportunity of seeing what <br> the inside of the Sooliman Range is made of though I have no doubt <br> it is merely a lower extension of the Salt Range see Map supra <br> p 191 <br> The two outer ranges for such they appear looking at them from <br> the plain are evidently portions of an anticlinal slope the main or <br> chief range Kala Roh or Black Mountains as it is called having a <br> distinct ivesterly dip with a scarped face to the E In several of the <br> water-courses I have seen boulders of Productus limestone ; and as <br> in several passes brine-streams occur and masses of gypsutti of a <br> most saliferous aspect I feel assured the time will come when the <br> Salt formation will be found I cannot learn that salt ever has been <br> found though natives have told me that the red marl similar to that <br> which imbeds the salt in the Salt Range does occur in the interior <br> of the hills The annexed rough sketch will make the structure of the <br> Diagram showing a Section of a part of the Sooliman Range <br> Kala Rob about <br> 5000 feet high <br> 12 3 4 iiock unknown <br> Westerly dip <br> 1 Alluvium <br> 2 Boulder deposit <br> 3 Alternations of sand sandstone calcareous grit conglomerates and indurated clays <br> I 1 Nummulite limestone alternating with dark bituminous clays with Ostrea <br> 4 2 Dark brown slaty calcareous sandstone with Ostrea <br> 1 3 Nummulite limestone <br> range more distinct As the Sooliman High Range is of considerable <br> height pines are visible on it opposite to where I now am it is most <br> probable that in some of the passes which traverse it some most <br> valuable sections are obtainable and probably the formation on which <br> the saliferous strata rest may be ascertained Among the boulders <br> in the pass I visited I saw a sandstone which I believe belongs to the <br> Saliferous series The difficulties however in following out any <br> researches in these hills are very great One cannot go unarmed or <br> without a party and hence the explorer cannot follow the by-ways <br> but must keep to the highways The Bosdars on the Dera Ghazee <br> Khan Frontier and the Kusranees and Shioranees on the Dera Ismael <br> Khan Frontier are all robbers and live by plunder and would be <br> only too glad to get hold of any of us as we are here to cut them up <br> if they appear on the plains intent on a foray <br> The Sooliman generally is destitute of trees and almost of brushwood ; and <br> its resemblance to the Salt Range is very great 34983481 108767 51125 Page 348 Text v 9 http //www biodiversitylibrary org/page/34983481 1853 Geological Society of London NameFound Dera NameConfirmed Dera NameBankID 4139169 NameFound Ostrea NameConfirmed Ostrea EOLID 10719983 NameBankID 2692450 NameFound Productus NameConfirmed Productus NameBankID 4310929 Biodiversity Heritage Library The Quarterly journal of the Geological Society of London v 9 1853 Geology Periodicals Smithsonian Libraries bhl page 34983481 dc identifier http //biodiversitylibrary org/page/34983481 smithsonian libraries Information field Flickr posted date ISOdate 2014-02-14 Check categories 2015 August 26 CC-BY-2 0 BioDivLibrary https //flickr com/photos/61021753 N02/12511986485 2015-08-27 09 54 09 cc-by-2 0 PD-old-70-1923 The Quarterly journal of the Geological Society of London 1853 Photos uploaded from Flickr by Fæ using a script | ||||
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