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Dereenalomane Barytes & Copper Mine, Co.Cork (OS 095038)

This is 4 miles north-west of Ballydehob, on the south side of Mount Corrin, County Cork. On the site there are remains of a crushing mill, grinding mill, shafts and stopes but most of the site has been bulldozed and is much overgrown. The shaft to the west is filled with burnt household rubbish and the shaft and open stope to the east are water filled. There are no adits.

The mine was worked intermittently from 1820-1920, producing a small tonnage of copper (bornite) and approximately 22,000 tons of fine barytes.

See Cole's Memoir pages 20, 55.

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Last modified: 05/02/07