Let's mine Croagh Patrick gold!

bleg · 09-03-2010 10:46PM #1

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 · 09-03-2010 10:50PM

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 · 09-03-2010 10:52PM

Ferk off, it's mine.:p

WindSock · 09-03-2010 10:52PM

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

IrishManSaipan · 09-03-2010 10:52PM

Mayo will be swamped with people from Cavan.

Cool Running · 09-03-2010 10:53PM

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 · 09-03-2010 10:54PM

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

Danbo! · 09-03-2010 10:55PM

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 · 09-03-2010 10:57PM

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

AnonoBoy · 09-03-2010 11:03PM

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 · 09-03-2010 11:04PM

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 · 09-03-2010 11:51PM

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.

09-03-2010 11:55PM

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

bigeasyeah · 09-03-2010 11:58PM

Lets not.

super_furry · 09-03-2010 11:59PM

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

Rented Mule · 10-03-2010 12:03AM

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

rossie1977 · 10-03-2010 12:10AM

WindSock wrote: »

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

thats almost as cute as this

Dunjohn · 10-03-2010 12:32AM

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 · 10-03-2010 12:40AM

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 · 10-03-2010 12:46AM

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 · 10-03-2010 12:48AM

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

Mike 1972 · 10-03-2010 12:55AM

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 · 10-03-2010 12:56AM

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

aidan24326 · 10-03-2010 01:21AM

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 · 10-03-2010 01:24AM

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 · 10-03-2010 01:26AM

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 · 10-03-2010 01:57AM

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 · 28-11-2010 09:01PM

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 · 28-11-2010 09:11PM

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 · 28-11-2010 09:20PM

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 · 28-11-2010 09:24PM

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.

Let's mine Croagh Patrick gold!

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