Let's mine Croagh Patrick gold!

bleg

There's gold in Croagh Patrick.

Now I think in this time of economic need we should mine it and sell it to those dodgey companies we all see on TV.

http://www.mayonews.ie/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2704&Itemid=38

alwaysadub

bleg wrote: »

There's gold in Croagh Patrick.

Now I think in this time of economic need we should mine it and sell it to those dodgey companies we all see on TV.

http://www.mayonews.ie/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2704&Itemid=38

You bring the shovel and i'll meet you there.....

galwayrush

Ferk off, it's mine.:p

WindSock

There's no real gold, it's symbolic. The gold is in your heart when you reach the top of the mountain barefooted.

IrishManSaipan

Mayo will be swamped with people from Cavan.

Cool Running

Ah here some things should be kept sacred

To quote the Saw Doctors from Sing a Powerful Song

When they want to ruin your province
Just turn it into gold
When they think out greatest asset
Can be mined dug up and sold

Proxy

Wouldn't be surprised if the Church laid claim on it. They're rich as Nazis!

Danbo!

WindSock wrote: »

There's no real gold, it's symbolic. The gold is in your heart when you reach the top of the mountain barefooted.

But they said there'd be sandwiches

epgc3fyqirnbsx

It's gas, I've often seen yanks panning for gold there!

AnonoBoy

Tell you what?

I'll co-ordinate the gold-digging event from here with this bottle of wine.

I'll sponsor you with this shovel and you bring me back my 50%.

Cheers.

minidazzler

IrishManSaipan wrote: »

Mayo will be swamped with people from Cavan.

Ah, FFS come off it....people from Cavan don't leave Cavan, everyone knows that!

Mike 1972

There was a proposal (possibly imaginary) to mine for gold on Croagh Patrick sometime in the early 1990's

It was vigorously opposed by a bizzare coalition of religious nuts and eco-hippy types.

some of the arguments from the latter might have had some validity but (as is often the case) tended to be undermined by their inherient propensity for talking shyte.

Nevertheless the local auctioneers confederation County council blocked the proposal anyway.

I'd trade the entire croagh for a one hundred euro donation to the poor box.

bigeasyeah

Lets not.

super_furry

Well lets mine something, I'm getting bored here.

Rented Mule

Don't forget yer shovel if you want to go to work.......

rossie1977

WindSock wrote: »

TThe gold is in your heart when you reach the top of the mountain barefooted.

thats almost as cute as this

Dunjohn

Mike 1972 wrote: »

There was a proposal (possibly imaginary) to mine for gold on Croagh Patrick sometime in the early 1990's

It was vigorously opposed by a bizzare coalition of religious nuts and eco-hippy types.

some of the arguments from the latter might have had some validity but (as is often the case) tended to be undermined by their inherient propensity for talking shyte.

Nevertheless the local auctioneers confederation County council blocked the proposal anyway.

Every eco-hippie in Mayo has their hands full with the Shell to Sea campaign. This is the perfect opportunity!

epgc3fyqirnbsx

Mike 1972 wrote: »

There was a proposal (possibly imaginary) to mine for gold on Croagh Patrick sometime in the early 1990's

It was vigorously opposed by a bizzare coalition of religious nuts and eco-hippy types.

some of the arguments from the latter might have had some validity but (as is often the case) tended to be undermined by their inherient propensity for talking shyte.

Nevertheless the local auctioneers confederation County council blocked the proposal anyway.

Would you like to see them mine on croagh patrick though??

I have no time for the shell to sea crusties, thats one little patch of coastline, but there's only one croagh patrick and its cool cos foriegners always reckon its a volcanoe!

AnonoBoy

Averie Helpful Cranium wrote: »

Would you like to see them mine on croagh patrick though??

I have no time for the shell to sea crusties, thats one little patch of coastline, but there's only one croagh patrick and its cool cos foriegners always reckon its a volcanoe!

Yeah I think the Shell to Sea people are mostly crazy, lying hippies but I don't want to see them mine in Croke Park. Where would we play the All-Ireland Final?

donmeister

Durr wher iz dat OP? :rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes:

Mike 1972

Averie Helpful Cranium wrote: »

Would you like to see them mine on croagh patrick though??

Dont Know possibly not but Ill decide for definite when Ive seen the issue debated by well informed individuals without a vested interest.

I would actually actually have more time/interest for the anti-shell campaign (even if it is undermined somewhat by some of its "supporters")

Sea Sharp

I think the best thing to do is to sell it to Shell at a knock-down price.

aidan24326

Averie Helpful Cranium wrote: »

Would you like to see them mine on croagh patrick though??

If what's in there was really worth alot of money to the country, then yes. It's only a bloody hill, a big lump of clay and rock. There's supposedly an estimated 700,000 tonnes of gold ore, but what that actually means in practical or monetary terms I don't know. Would be worth a few quid I'm sure. But in all honesty there's probably more chance of Leinster House being turned into a casino and brothel as Croagh Patrick ever being mined.

epgc3fyqirnbsx

aidan24326 wrote: »

If what's in there was really worth alot of money to the country, then yes. It's only a bloody hill, a big lump of clay and rock. There's supposedly an estimated 700,000 tonnes of gold ore, but what that actually means in practical or monetary terms I don't know. Would be worth a few quid I'm sure. But in all honesty there's probably more chance of Leinster House being turned into a casino and brothel as Croagh Patrick ever being mined.

Yeah it would never happen, dunno if you have seen croagh patrick but it is a pretty spectacular looking mountain, relatively easy to climb and in one of the most scenic parts of the country with westports tourism relying on such scenery.

And you saw what happened when they built a motorway close to the hill of Tara...

Joey the lips

Proxy wrote: »

Wouldn't be surprised if the Church laid claim on it. They're rich as Nazis!

Its amazing i opened this thread expecting to find this crap on the second post..... It surprised me to take this long.


As for mineing it. I belive it would have been if it had not been proven long ago that its more valuable as a tourist attraction and an asset to the tourist trade than as a mine

But dont let that stop the PD/FF's selling off another state asset.

Mike 1972

aidan24326 wrote: »

But in all honesty there's probably more chance of Leinster House being turned into a casino and brothel as Croagh Patrick ever being mined.

Some many might contend that happened a long time ago

Holybejaysus

I was just about to open a thread on this subject when I found this one.

Has any thought been given to reconsidering the mining of Croagh Patrick? It would seem to be a form of economic suicide not to. From Wikipedia:

A seam of gold was discovered in the mountain in the 1980s: overall grades of 14 grams (0.45 ozt) of gold per tonne in at least 12 quartz veins, which could produce 700,000 t (770,000 short tons) of ore — potentially over 300,000 troy oz of gold (worth over €300m). Mayo County Council elected not to allow mining, deciding that the gold was "fine where it was".

€300m euros worth of gold just asking to be mined...Can somebody explain to me why Mayo CC decided against the mining? I would imagine that a lot of the people who were originally against it would have had a change of heart now that the recession is in full swing.

admiralofthefleet

WindSock wrote: »

There's no real gold, it's symbolic. The gold is in your heart when you reach the top of the mountain barefooted.

can i see your feet?

:pac:

HarryPotter41

Holybejaysus wrote: »

I was just about to open a thread on this subject when I found this one.

Has any thought been given to reconsidering the mining of Croagh Patrick? It would seem to be a form of economic suicide not to.

A seam of gold was discovered in the mountain in the 1980s: overall grades of 14 grams (0.45 ozt) of gold per tonne in at least 12 quartz veins, which could produce 700,000 t (770,000 short tons) of ore — potentially over 300,000 troy oz of gold (worth over €300m). Mayo County Council elected not to allow mining, deciding that the gold was "fine where it was".

€300m euros worth of gold just asking to be mined...Can somebody explain to me why Mayo CC decided against the mining? I would imagine that a lot of the people who were originally against it would have had a change of heart now that the recession is in full swing.

Could and potentially, might not, bit late to find out when we have one seriously scarred mountain in a scenic area thats drawing in the tourist dollars that someone in the 80's was talking out their a**e.

Wolf Club

HarryPotter41 wrote: »

Could and potentially, might not, bit late to find out when we have one seriously scarred mountain in a scenic area thats drawing in the tourist dollars that someone in the 80's was talking out their a**e.

Plus the fact that it's 14 grams of gold per tonne. I'm no mining expert, but surely getting such a miniscule amount would involve tearing the shít out of that mountain. I think Mayo's natural resources have been raped enough.

dougal-maguire

minidazzler wrote: »

Ah, FFS come off it....people from Cavan don't leave Cavan, everyone knows that!

and we all wish people from cork wouldnt leave cork.

geminidawn

Averie Helpful Cranium wrote: »

It's gas, I've often seen yanks panning for gold there!

Did any of them actually find any? I've seen evidence of gold in quartz from there which was miniscule and would take a lot of rock pounding to extract the tiny ammounts.

sagat2

Holybejaysus wrote: »

€300m euros worth of gold just asking to be mined...Can somebody explain to me why Mayo CC decided against the mining? I would imagine that a lot of the people who were originally against it would have had a change of heart now that the recession is in full swing.

The question isn't how much the gold is worth in the ground but how much it'll cost to get it out of there. €300m of gold is worthless when it costs €300m to mine it.

biko

Maybe it could make Croagh Patrick a bit lower and easier to climb.

Lando Griffin

biko wrote: »

Maybe it could make Croagh Patrick a bit lower and easier to climb.

Exactly, level it to the ground. Most of the gold artefacts in Ireland has been Gold taken from this mound, as before the mountain got covered in peat it was easy for the people them days to collect.
Even of it cost 300million to mine 300millions worth of Gold, think of how many jobs it would generate in an area where there is mass emigration. The only problem is that is an area that the people have no mining experience so would have to employ people from a good mining background to do all the work. The locals could then be employed making breakfast rolls, and supplying other goods and services.
Everyone is a winner here.

Dyr

We get them pilgrims to mine it barefoot for nothing. D

Kasabian

IrishManSaipan wrote: »

Mayo will be swamped with people from Cavan.

Improving two counties at once.

geminidawn

sagat2 wrote: »

The question isn't how much the gold is worth in the ground but how much it'll cost to get it out of there. €300m of gold is worthless when it costs €300m to mine it.

I believe the ratio is 2/3rds of it's worth is usually written off against the extraction process, which is why gold remains valuable today. With all our technology it is no easier to find and extract today than it was in the dark ages. As already stated, it's worth more to leave it as it is than to sacrifice a part of our culture and a tourist hot spot for a pile of rubble and potential 1/3.

Misty Chaos

Let's give the contact to mine Croagh Patrick gold to foreign national for 1/3 of the amount!

There, I fixed the title according to what the government would probably do.

Dr Albert S Meinheimer

HarryPotter41 wrote: »

Could and potentially, might not, bit late to find out when we have one seriously scarred mountain in a scenic area thats drawing in the tourist dollars that someone in the 80's was talking out their a**e.

With the value of gold per oz today it seems daft and illogical not to send the diggers over on Monday.

Dr Albert S Meinheimer

geminidawn wrote: »

I believe the ratio is 2/3rds of it's worth is usually written off against the extraction process, which is why gold remains valuable today. With all our technology it is no easier to find and extract today than it was in the dark ages. As already stated, it's worth more to leave it as it is than to sacrifice a part of our culture and a tourist hot spot for a pile of rubble and potential 1/3.

They are only offer an educated guess as to the volume of gold therein.
Most likely substantially greater than 300 million .

dxhound2005

It is probably a more sustainable resource to leave it as it is. Thousand climb it every year and even the ones from Cavan must leave a bit of money in the area.

44leto

Normally I would say yes, but not there and not for gold. Gold mining is the dirtiest form of mining you have to shift the most dirt to get the ore then you use chemicals like cianoid and mercury in vast quantities.

I was all for mining the uranium in Donegal but the greens said no.

Archeron

If anyone has a freepost envelope big enough, we could just send the whole mountain to cash4gold and let them do all the hard work. If we arent happy with the price they offer, we can just ask for the gold back. They're hardly likely to put it back in the mountain before they send it.

MotteDai

Just a point I came across this thread. There's a point everyone is missing here and of course it driven by media just to sell a storey. The place they're talking about is 25km from croagh Patrick. Similar to saying Naas is in Dublin city centre. Its a nice area but similar to the rest of Mayo (sorry mayo people for next line) but a load of rock and bog. It's not an area of conservation nor is it an area of anything worthy their than a nice view.

An old saying comes to mind, 'ya can't ate view'.

It suits the greens and the envoairmentalists of course to associate with a religious place of pilgrimage. Sells more papers and gets more airtime I guess. But people should look at facts and data and not be subjective. Otherwise well all be burning crosses and this country can slowly slip into the abyss.

Anyway only my point of view

Dyr

I say we mine the damn thing, lets see how many of those holy joes are willing to walk up it barefoot when there's a danger that their leg's will be blown off.

Rented Mule

I get it !!

It's a Zombie Thread for Halloween !!