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cond view of the adjacent country, 
I shall now attempt to describe the 
general appearance, and add such 
further information as has come to 
my knowledge. 
The workings which the pea- 
santry recently undertook, are on 
the north east side of the mountain 
Croughan Kinshelly, within the 
barony of Arklow, and county of 
Wicklow, on the lands of the earl 
of Carysfort, wherein the Earl of 
Ormond claims a right to the mi- 
nerals, in consequence (as I have 
been informed), of a grant in the 
reign of king Henry the second, 
by prince John, during his coim- 
mand of his father’s forces in 
Ireland ; which grant was renewed 
and confirmed by queen Elizabeth, 
and again by king Charles the 
second. 
The summit of the mountain is 
the boundary between the counties 
of Wicklow and Wexford; seven 
English miles west of Arklow,: 
ten to the south-westward of Rath- 
drum, and six south-westerly from 
Cronebane mines; by estimation 
about six hundred yards above the 
level of the sea. It extends W by 
N and E by S, and stretches away 
to- the north-eastward, to Bally. 
ceage, where shafts have formerly 
been sunk, and some copper and 
Magnetic iron ore hus been found ; 
and thence to the NE there extends 
a tract of mineral country, eight 
miles in length, running through 
the lands of Baliymurtagh, Bally- 
gaban, Tigrony, Cronebane, Con- 
nery, and Kilmacoe, in all which 
veins of copper ore are found, and 
terminating at the slate quarry at 
-Balnabarny. 
ANNUAL REGISTER, 1706. 
On the highest part of the moun-* 
tain 2re bare rocks, being a variety 
of argillite, whose joints range 
NNE and SSW, hade to the SSW, 
and in one part include a rib of 
quartz, three inches wide, which 
follows the direction of the strata. 
Around the rocks, for some dis- 
tance, is found ground covered 
with heath; descending to the 
eastward, there is a springy ground, 
abounding with coarse grass; and 
below that, a very extensive 
bog, in which the turf is from 
four to nine feet thick, and be-’ 
neath it, inthe substratum of clay, 
are many angular fragments of 
quartz, containing chlorite, and 
ferruginous earth. Below the tur. 
bary the ground falls with a quick 
descent, and three ravines are. ob- 
served. The central one, which 
is the most considerable, has been 
worn by torrents, which derive 
their source from the bog, the others 
are formed lower down the mountain 
by springs, which uniting with the 
former, below their junction the 
gold has been found. The smaller 
have not water sufficient to wash 
away the incumbent clay, so as to 
lay bare the substratum; and their 
beds only contain gravel, consisting 
of quartz with chlorite, and other 
substances of which the mountain 
consists. The great ravine presents 
a most interesting aspect ; the water 
in its descent has, in a very short 
distance from the bog, entirely car- 
ried off the. clay, and considerably 
worn down the substrata of rock, 
which it has laid open to inspection, 
Descending along the bed of the 
great ravine, whose general course 
is to the eastward, a yellow argilla- 
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