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The development history of the Ski resort of La Plagne
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If you are a fan of La Plagne or have ever wondered about the history of how a ski resort develops, the history of the development of La Plagne is now translated into English on Romain's website.
http://www.perso-laplagne.fr/History.htm
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In 1973, after more than 150 years of mining, the extraction of 140 000 tonnes of lead and 360 tonnes of silver, the La Plagne mines closed.
I couldn't help thinking I have been skiing on a mind field all these times. That also explains why La Plagne has so many huge size mole hills.
Just wonder who has got the 140,000 tonnes of lead and 360 tonnes of silver. Silver is trading at US$14 per ounce today. If 1 lb has 16 ounce and there are 2240 lb to a ton or a tonne (near enough) then we must be talking about US$ 0.5 million per tonne of silver or a total sum of us$180 millions for the silver here.
Lead is about US$1/lb so the money associated with it is about US$ 320 millions. So the French got US$400 million of GBP 200 millions in the 150 years mining La Plagne. If the La Plagne annual turnover is more than GBP 1.33 million then skiing is better than a silver/lead mine.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
I imagine wintersports bring tens, perhaps hundreds, of millions of Euros of revenues directly into La Plagne every year.
Profit margins for both mining and tourism are likely to be relatively volatile, though.
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Ah, this explains all the rocks and stones.
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