252 S. Hyde — Deep-mining in the South-west of Ireland. 



defined details of certain mines ; and when we remember that above 

 forty are named as occurring in the county Cork alone, and most of 

 these copper, it is evident that, with a thoroughly organized system 

 of mining, based upon known local laws and conditions, and with 

 capital properly employed, the south-west of Ireland should take a 

 prominent place in the history and practice of mining, 



A very able though short notice of the Bearhaven or Allihies 

 mines occurs in the under-mentioned memoirs : — " Explanation to 

 sheets 197-198, and the south-east part of No. lOl. Counties Cork 

 and Kerry, 1860, by W. W. Smyth, M.A. F.E.S." The author here 

 specially names the depths, yield, and all the main features of these 

 mines, and clearly indicates, associated with the recent energetic work 

 at Ballycummisk, that much is to be expected from the united forces 

 of energy, ability, and capital, as applied to deep-mining in the 

 south-west of Ireland. 



