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Disabled by lung cancer, Gus Frobel, a former uranium miner in Elliot Lake, stands at the entrance to the town near an old jumbo mining driller. Frobb(...)
Disabled by lung cancer, Gus Frobel, a former uranium miner in Elliot Lake, stands at the entrance to the town near an old jumbo mining driller. Frobb(...)

Disabled by lung cancer, Gus Frobel, a former uranium miner in Elliot Lake, stands at the entrance to the town near an old jumbo mining driller. Frobb(...)

Date1/15/1975
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  • Disabled by lung cancer; Gus Frobel; a former uranium miner in Elliot Lake; stands at the entrance to the town near an old jumbo mining driller. Frobbel presented a brief to the Royal Commission into Health and Safety in Mines; which is holding hearings in the uranium-mining town. [Incomplete]
  • Disabled by lung cancer, Gus Frobel, a former uranium miner in Elliot Lake, stands at the entrance to the town near an old jumbo mining driller. Frobb(...)
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Original Toronto Star caption: Disabled by lung cancer; Gus Frobel; a former uranium miner in Elliot Lake; stands at the entrance to the town near an old jumbo mining driller. Frobbel presented a brief to the Royal Commission into Health and Safety in Mines; which is holding hearings in the uranium-mining town. [Incomplete]
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      Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0013644F
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      Fighting for a Pension took Gus Frobel two years, but it wasn't as important as his fight against cancer
      Fighting for a Pension took Gus Frobel two years, but it wasn't as important as his fight against cancer
      Griffin, Doug
      1/20/1975
      A smiling Stephen Roman, chairman of Denison Mines, announces uranium stockpiling deal yesterday which will keep 900 Elliot Lake miners working until (...)
      A smiling Stephen Roman, chairman of Denison Mines, announces uranium stockpiling deal yesterday which will keep 900 Elliot Lake miners working until (...)
      Feeny, Edwin
      12/23/1970
      Boom time or gloom time, Elliot Lake, unlike many mining towns, is a planned, peaceful, and clean place near a lake with a backdrop of wooded hills
      Boom time or gloom time, Elliot Lake, unlike many mining towns, is a planned, peaceful, and clean place near a lake with a backdrop of wooded hills
      Sandberg, Richard
      8/18/1976
      Giant grinders are used in processing uranium ore in Elliot Lake
      Giant grinders are used in processing uranium ore in Elliot Lake
      Herb Nott & Company Ltd.
      6/18/1977
      Gambling $15,000 on staking a worthwhile claim in today's uranium staking rush at Elliot Lake, Brian Fitzpatrick (left) plans his strategy with Bert D(...)
      Gambling $15,000 on staking a worthwhile claim in today's uranium staking rush at Elliot Lake, Brian Fitzpatrick (left) plans his strategy with Bert D(...)
      Dutton, Don
      2/19/1968
      Algom's Quirke Mine is one of Elliot Lake producers working on $600,000,000 uranium contracts
      Algom's Quirke Mine is one of Elliot Lake producers working on $600,000,000 uranium contracts
      Sudbury Daily Star
      10/12/1957
      Two mining companies are trying to evict 300 residents from this Elliot Lake trailer park and turn it into a gravel pit
      Two mining companies are trying to evict 300 residents from this Elliot Lake trailer park and turn it into a gravel pit
      Belyea, W.
      6/20/1983
      Pouring a toast, Barney Danson, the Liberal who defeated uranium millionaire Stephen Roman in York North riding, stands on the victory platform with h(...)
      Pouring a toast, Barney Danson, the Liberal who defeated uranium millionaire Stephen Roman in York North riding, stands on the victory platform with h(...)
      Danson, Barnett
      7/8/1974
      More work for uranium miners- A four-year secret comes to light
      More work for uranium miners- A four-year secret comes to light
      Sudbury Daily Star
      3/23/1961
      Shareholder's meeting of Gunnar Uranium Mining Co
      Shareholder's meeting of Gunnar Uranium Mining Co
      Geo, Mario
      1/9/1963
      Not your typical civil servant is general verdict on Vincent Chapin, who has left federal government's Export Development Corp. to join Stephen Roman's group, a rapidly diversifying empire based on uranium mining. Chapin is shown at headquarters in Toronto, in front of mural that symbolizes nuclear energy.
      Not your typical civil servant is general verdict on Vincent Chapin, who has left federal government's Export Development Corp. to join Stephen Roman's group, a rapidly diversifying empire based on uranium mining. Chapin is shown at headquarters in Toronto, in front of mural that symbolizes nuclear energy.
      Bezant, Graham
      8/20/1975
      Terry Fox's cross-country run to raise money to aid cancer research, ended when doctors found cancer had spread to his lungs. Fox's courage stirred Canadians everywhere
      Terry Fox's cross-country run to raise money to aid cancer research, ended when doctors found cancer had spread to his lungs. Fox's courage stirred Canadians everywhere
      Fox, Terry, 1958-1981
      7/30/1980