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Past I.— LIST OF THE IRISH MINES AND MINERALS. 



[The localities where there were mines or trials are printed in italics. The nearest town 

 and the names of the Kock-formation are given in the column of Remarks.] 



GOLD. 



Counties. 



Localities. 



Remarks. 



Antrim. 



Carlow. 



Cork. 



Donegal. 



Dublin. 



Londonderry. 



147 

 146 



107 



Slieve-an-Orra. 



St. Hulliris. 



Carrigacat or Dhurode. 

 Kilcrohane (Sheep 

 Head). 



Knaderlough. 



Ballinascorney and 

 Rathfarnham. 



Moyola River. 



Wicklow. 



40 



34 



Darragh-water or Augh- 

 rim River. 



Ballymanus. 



Glendun — Diluvium. — Said to have been 

 found about thirty years ago in Glen- 

 dun bum. 



St. Mullin's — Diluvium. — The exact 

 place where the gold was found is 

 unknown, but it is supposed to have 

 been in the streams of Slievebaun 

 ("White Mountains). 



Crookhaven — Yellow Sandstone, or De- 

 vonian. — In the gossan of the copper 

 loads. Near Ballydehob, in this pro- 

 montory, is the copper mine of 

 Skeaghanore (whitethorn bush of the 

 gold). No gold, however, has been 

 recorded from this mine. 



Ballyshannon — Cambrian (?). — See 

 County Histories. 



Dublin — Diluvium. — In the gravel of 

 the River Dodder. 



Draperstown — Diluvium. — This is a lo- 

 cality mentioned by Gerrard Boate, 

 a.d. 1652 ; but no gold has been 

 found in recent years. The nature 

 of the rocks and minerals in the 

 county where this river rises would 

 suggest the possibility of there being 

 stream-gold in the valley. 



Woodenbridge — Diluvium. — In the gra- 

 vel of this valley and the tributary 

 valleys; namely, Goldmine valley and 

 its tributaries, Kilacloran stream, 

 Coolballintaggart stream, valley of 

 the Ow and its tributaries, and the 

 Kilmacreddan bum. 



Aughrim — Metamorphie Ordovician. — 

 Particles of gold in a quartz vein, 

 discovered by Gerrard A. Kinahan. 



