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Paper, 'A particular relation of certain mines and mineralls within the Kingdom of Ireland some being Mines Royall holding much silver and some poor lead mines with several coal-mines that John Powell have seen and made tryall of in that kingdom as followeth' by Dr [Thomas?] Molyneux

Reference number: CLP/9i/64

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Account written by [Thomas?] Molyneux based on the account of John Powell, an Irish miner. The account describes silver, lead, and coal mines in both Mines Royal and smaller mines in the Province of Munster, County Tipperary, and County Donegal.

Subject: Mineralogy

Read to the Royal Society on 1 October 1707.

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CLP/9i/64
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Thomas Molyneux, Paper, 'A particular relation of certain mines and mineralls within the Kingdom of Ireland some being Mines Royall holding much silver and some poor lead mines with several coal-mines that John Powell have seen and made tryall of in that kingdom as followeth' by Dr [Thomas?] Molyneux, CLP/9i/64, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/clp_9i_64/paper-a-particular-relation-of-certain-mines-and-mineralls-within-the-kingdom-of-ireland-some-being-mines-royall-holding-much-silver-and-some-poor-lead-mines-with-several-coal-mines-that-john-powell-have-seen-and-made-tryall-of-in-that-kingdom-as-followeth-by-dr-thomas-molyneux, accessed on 08 December 2025

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