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III. An Account of the late Discovery of Native Gold in Ire- 
land. In a Letter from John Lloyd, Esq. F. R. S. to Sir 
Joseph Banks, Bart. K. B. P. R. S. 
Read November 19, 1795. 
Cronbane Lodge, near Rathdnmr, 
DEAR SIR, the 4th of November, 1795. 
The late very important mineralogical discovery in Ireland, 
and a desire I had long entertained of visiting the celebrated 
copper mine at this place, together with the opportunity 
that presented itself, of making my tour in company with our 
friend Mr. Mills, who is one of the proprietors, as well as 
sole director of the mine, determined me to seize this moment 
for my excursion ; and yesterday Mr. Mills and I visited the 
spot, where so much pure gold has been of late taken up, be- 
ing distant about 5 miles from this place. 
About 7 miles westward of Arklow, in the county of Wick- 
low, there is a very high hill, perhaps 6 or 700 yards above 
the sea, called Croughan Kinshelly, one of whose NE abut- 
ments, or buttresses, is called Balinnagore, to which the ascent 
may be made in half or three quarters of an hour. Should you 
have Jacob Nevill’s map of the county of Wicklow, published 
in 1760, at hand, by casting your eye on the river Ovo, which 
runs by Arklow, at about 4 miles above the latter place, you 
