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Offline geopet544

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"Capper Passes"
« on: Saturday 27 May 06 14:54 BST (UK) »
Here is a very vague one: can anyone help with a company or organisation called "Capper Passes"? I have got  a very disjointed piece of info that a relative emigrated to Alberta Canada "before the second World War" under the auspices of "Caper Passes".  Has anyone ever heard of this?

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Peter
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Re: "Capper Passes"
« Reply #1 on: Saturday 27 May 06 15:23 BST (UK) »
Capper Pass were a tin smelting company infamous for their chimney at Humberside emmiting radio active heavy metals in the 1980s.  I believe they were also involved in mining or smelting operations in Ontario and Alberta (Medicine Hat?).

I am not sure whether this was just tin or whether Uranium was also involved.  I also believe that they were part of the Rio Tinto Group.

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Re: "Capper Passes"
« Reply #2 on: Saturday 27 May 06 16:12 BST (UK) »
Dear David
Very many thanks for your very rapid and interesting reply.  I will do some further research.

Cheers

Peter
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