Collection search - Eldorado Mining and Refining Ltd., Camp etiquette involves shaving daily and putting on a tie when cleaning up after work / Au camp de l'Eldorado Mining and Refining Ltd., il est de mise de se raser quotidiennement et de porter la cravate après avoir fai

Camp etiquette involves shaving daily and putting on a tie when cleaning up after work.
Working with uranium extraction is hazardous. Harmful radion gas (an unstable by-product of uranium) hovers in the stagnant air of the time, and studies
have shown th these miners have a high incidence of lung cancer. In addition, many of the Dene Nion who inhabited the land around Port Radium and worked
at the mine were often unknowingly exposed to radioactive particles
Described by the RECON project.

Exhibition Title: On the Job. Curator: Eleanor Brown; National Archives of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario; 2000.06.05 - 2001.01.07

Album 1, Man-Made Space / Espace créé par l'homme