Eldorado: Canada's National Uranium Company

by Robert Bothwell

Book Overview

On 16 May 1930, Gilbert LaBine discovered pitchblende near the shores of Great Bear Lake in the Northwest Territories. This is the story of Eldorado and the mine whose discovery marked the beginning of Canada's uranium industry.

Robert Bothwell tells how Gilbert and Charlie LaBine, veteran Canadian prospectors, promoted and developed Eldorado Gold Mins Limited to produce radium. Thought to be the miracle cure for cancer, the rare mineral...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1442612940
• ISBN13: 9781442612945
• Release Date: November 2011
• Publisher: University of Toronto Press
• Length: 470 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.0" x 9.0"