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desainme

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Voted 10/10

I thought that lots of molybdenite was shipped to Italy so that it could be forged into Lost Arrows, Bugaboos and the like.

Posted May 5, 2005 5:36 pm

rpc

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Voted 10/10

Mo info on Mo here:

http://www.webelements.com/webelements/elements/text/Mo/key.html

Posted May 5, 2005 6:54 pm


	Klenke	Untitled Comment
	Hasn't voted	Your link is kind of similar (and actually a reduction in scope) to the link I already provided on the main page. Thanks for the vote....even if you never do climb this heap. Say, when are you going to give Ship Rock a go?
		Posted May 5, 2005 7:29 pm


	rpc	Untitled Comment
	Voted 10/10	It's been a while since I last got fined/arrested for trespassing.... No plans (yet) but would love to do that climb...and while talking about illegal sh.. to climb, why not toss in the Totem Pole in AZ (strictly no climbing zone)...that's a beauty!
		Posted May 5, 2005 7:58 pm


	Klenke	Untitled Comment
	Hasn't voted	You could pose as a botanist or zoologist for either of those. You could go to the Indian Agency (the Navajo for Ship Rock) and tell them you're going up there to check for a hardy species of something that is known to grow in rock like that. If they ask for a science license or some other form of identification say you accidentally left it at home. Nah, probably won't work. Would be better just to park the car out of sight and go from there. On the north side of the peak about a mile from it there is an arroyo area with trees to hide the vehicle behind. I doubt anyone will see you. It's not teeming with people life out there, you know.
		Posted May 5, 2005 8:25 pm

Lee Stamm

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Good page, Paul. Molybdenite doesn't look much different now than it did when I was up there 22 years ago. Except for a little shuffling of logged/regrown areas.

Posted May 5, 2005 9:49 pm

miztflip

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Voted 10/10

Nice work Paul!

Posted May 5, 2005 10:32 pm

Bor

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Voted 10/10

Great page!

Cheers!

Posted May 6, 2005 1:40 am

Gangolf Haub

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Voted 10/10

What is so hard about spelling molybdenite? Doing it with your eyes closed? Extreme spelling? And now do it in reverse...

Posted May 6, 2005 8:15 am

truchas

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Voted 10/10

Red River, NM has a huge moly mine. They raped the land for a while, then were made to mine completely underground. It is a huge operation. The town of Questa is afraid the entire mountain is going to collapse and bury the land.

"The Molycorp Questa molybdenum mine, located in northern New Mexico, has been operating intermittently since the 1920s, and since the 1960s has been a large-scale mining operation. The mine operations, consisting of a total disturbed area of approximately 2,080 acres, includes waste rock dumps, an open pit, underground mine subsidence area, a tailings facility, and other facilities, roads and features. It is the largest mine in the Río Grande watershed. The mine site is adjacent to the Red River, once a blue-ribbon fishery."

Posted May 6, 2005 8:30 am


	Klenke	Untitled Comment
	Hasn't voted	Mines: Strip mines are the worst. A blight but a necessary evil for 1st World countries. What can we do? Thanks for the vote.
		Posted May 6, 2005 12:46 pm

Martin Cash

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Voted 10/10

Did you get your 2,400 feet per hour? That shiznit would leave me in the dust.

Posted May 6, 2005 11:35 am


	Klenke	Untitled Comment
	Hasn't voted	Not on this one, I didn't. Mainly this was because I had to walk a flat walking road for an hour, which amounted to 800 feet per hour. Once I got off the logging roads in the upper part I was probably doing the high teens. Thanks, MC Hammer.
		Posted May 6, 2005 12:52 pm