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it for fuel on his ships. The Franklin search parties later 

 found outcrops of coal in other places along the southern and 

 eastern shores of that island and in the cliffs of Bathurst island. 



These outcrops of coal indicate that the seams seen in the 

 southern cliffs will be found extending inland over the greater 

 portion of the islands, where they are covered by several 

 hundred feet of newer rocks. No coal has been found in the 

 Carboniferous rocks of Ellesmere island. 



The mineral occurs in thin beds along with sandstones and 

 shales, and is a good quality of bituminous coal. 



In the folded Tertiary rocks found in the vicinity of Lady 

 Franklin sound on the west side of Kennedy channel several 

 outcrops of excellent bituminous coal have been discovered. The 

 beds in the neighbourhood of Fort Conger have been mined 

 along the outcrop and used for fuel by the Nares expedition and 

 by Greely and Peary. 



