Curator's note | The Athabasca Basin of northern Saskatchewan has been the site of all major Canadian uranium discoveries in the past 40 years. The first northern Saskatchewan uranium deposits were discovered in the 1930s. After the second World War a federal ban on the private exploration of the mineral was lifted which sparked an exploration and staking rush in the Athabasca region. |
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Title | Prospector Looking for Uranium |
Date | 1952 |
Physical extent | 1 photograph : b&w |
Scope and content | A prospector looks for uranium on a high outcrop with a battery operated Geiger counter, in the Beaverlodge Lake area. The Geiger counter measures the radioactivity of rocks. Canoeists can be seen far below him on the lake. |
Repository | Saskatchewan Archives Board |
Fonds/collection | Saskatchewan Archives Board Photo Collection |
Retrieval information | Regina Office Photograph Collection, R-B2662 |
Occupation(s) |
Miners and mining - uranium |
Theme(s) |
Mining |
Database ID | 36846 |