New Book: Somewhere Safe – Uranium City

book cover of "Somewhere Safe: Uranium City - the Lure and the Lore"

Author CC Phillips has a new book out, based on his time living in Uranium City from 1986 to 1994. Interestingly, his book stops just before my first trip back in 1996. From the website:

Uranium City, the lure and the lore …

Though the path has led a circuitous route, the town that would not die still tethers my heartstrings. Thousands of former residents feel the same. Forced out by circumstances beyond their control, few left because they wanted to. How many would move back if they could? How many – as I have done on countless occasions – awakened from the recurring dream that the contemptible wrongs have been righted?

Evolving from my keyboard, dictated by Destiny, this narrative holds the promise of fulfillment for all those lost prayers, hopes and dreams …

Note: I will be publishing an excerpt in the next week or two.

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Manpower Adjustment Report, circa 1982

What a title. Again, courtesy of Brian Howell. Incredible amount of information on both – this report is 109 pages long and contains abbreviated histories of the Eldorado Company, Beaverlodge, and Uranium City as well as breakdowns of everything from the costs to ‘Reaction To Closure’ to compensation to the minutes of the Manpower Committee. An important historical document nonetheless.

Eldorado Miner’s Study

Courtesy of Brian Howell.

The full title:

Microsoft Word – RSP-0205 final report-a.doc

UPDATED ANALYSIS OF THE ELDORADO URANIUM MINERS’ COHORT:

PART I OF THE SASKATCHEWAN URANIUM MINERS’ COHORT STUDY published 2006

From the introduction:

“This report presents the results of the statistical analysis of a cohort of 17,660 individuals known to have worked for Eldorado somewhere between 1930 and 1999. Based on a total of 5,332 deaths between 1950 and 1999, and 2,355 individuals who developed at least one cancer between 1969 and 1999, several types of analyses have been conducted.”