The Discoveries of Pitch-Blende at Great Bear Lake

Prospectors are gifted with a fondness for adventure; otherwise Gilbert LaBine would not have left the comparative comfort of mineral-bearing areas in sou them Canada to trek the sub-Arctic regions in search of new wealth. They are observant by intuition; otherwise the indications of radium and silv...

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Published in:University of Toronto Quarterly
Main Author: Camsell, Charles
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: University of Toronto Press Inc. (UTPress) 1933
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.3138/utq.3.1.60
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Summary:Prospectors are gifted with a fondness for adventure; otherwise Gilbert LaBine would not have left the comparative comfort of mineral-bearing areas in sou them Canada to trek the sub-Arctic regions in search of new wealth. They are observant by intuition; otherwise the indications of radium and silver ores at LaBine Point, on the shore of Echo Bay, Great Bear Lake, might easily have been missed. Thanks to these traits, possessed by a man who had already established a reputation in Canadian mining circles, the Dominion may now be regarded as an important source of radium.