Word: toronto
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Campbell was not the first to find uranium north of the Soo. In 1847, U.S. copper prospectors had come across uranium. Because uranium was useless at the time, they mentioned their find only vaguely in reports that lay moldering in Toronto libraries until Campbell looked them up last year...
Campbell stayed quiet long enough to stake 30 claims. Another prospector, Norbert Miller of Toronto, saw him staking, guessed what was up. As the word spread along what prospectors call "the moccasin trail," the rush started. In no time 500 claims had been staked around Campbell's. When Campbell's ore samples showed a 60% content of radioactive mineral and 99% of it uranium (10% is considered pay dirt), the boom went skyhigh...
...turn out to be as good as it looked. The new find is only two miles from a highway, and is right on the line of traffic down the Great Lakes, much handier than distant Eldorado, in the Northwest Territories, Canada's only proved source of uranium. Toronto investors were willing to bet big money that the new strike was the real thing. By week's end, shares in Campbell's syndicate, which he peddled last spring for $25 apiece, were bringing bids of $1,000. Prospector Campbell and his backers were not selling...
...only is John Lowe the first Canadian ever to be chosen, but at 49 he is one of the youngest vice chancellors in Oxford's history. Born in Calgary, Alberta, he studied at Toronto's Trinity College, won a Rhodes scholarship to Oxford, then taught for twelve years at Trinity before returning to Oxford. Over the years, John Lowe has never changed the quiet pattern of his life, and does not intend to change it now. Says he of his new job: "It's just a question of continuity, just a question of carrying...
...team plans its usual full schedule this year, opening with McGill and Toronto here the first weekend in December, and running through matches with just about every Eastern collegiate team in sight before the traditional Eli windup...