mine immediately "drained and cemented ... and employed prospectors to search for additional uranium deposits". The miners hired to reopen Eldorado were screened by the RCMP and sworn to secrecy. Given this notion it seems secrecy was conducted the same way uranium contracts had been allocated; efficiency and development of an atomic weapon took precedence over political concerns like communist attitude amongst the workforce or homage to Britain. According to historian Robert Bothwell, Howe concluded that the issue over Canadian uranium was "of extreme, and permanent, importance. If Eldorado were seized using the government's emergency powers, the company would revert to its original ownership and control when the war emergency lapsed." Because Eldorado was purchased outside the scope of the War Measures Act, Canada remained in control of the mine after the war had ended. Howe left discretionary power in the hands of LaBine, who continued on as manager. LaBine was kept on as Eldorado president until 1947 and made "an Officer of the Order of the British Empire for his war work". LaBine was inducted as an Officer of the Order of Canada on 27 June 1969 in recognition of "his varied contributions to the mining industry in Canada", his last official recognition before his death. He was posthumously inducted into the Canadian Mining Hall of Fame in 1989. The Northern Transportation Company named the tugboat Radium Gilbert after Labine. She spent her operational career carrying ore and supplies on Great Bear Lake. References External links Canadian Mining Hall of Fame biography Gilbert LaBine at The Canadian Encyclopedia 1890 births 1977 deaths Officers of the Order of Canada Canadian prospectors Uranium City, Saskatchewan Canadian mining businesspeople Canadian gold prospectors People from Renfrew County