Jasper County Democrat, Volume 22, Number 79, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 December 1919 — RICH RADIUM FIND REPORTED [ARTICLE]

RICH RADIUM FIND REPORTED

High Content in Pitchblende Discovered in Niplssing District. I Toronto. —Pitchblende, the ore of radium, has been found in the township of Butt, district of Nipisslng, it was announced. An assay, made by New York experts, showed the pitchblende to be unusually rich in uranium, the parent of radium. The, uranium content was 63.60 per cent., equal to 74.98 per cent of uranium oxide. According to the provincial depart-, ment of mines this is the second occurrence of radium bearing mineral reported to the bureau of mines since the Ontario legislature offered a reward of $25,000 for the discovery of radium In Ontario in commercial quantity. The other discovery, euxenite, which also carries radium, was made several years ago in the township of South Sherbrooke in Lanark.