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Urban prospector: If there's gold in those lawns, it's a good bet Bob Gosse will find it.
Urban prospector: If there's gold in those lawns, it's a good bet Bob Gosse will find it.

Urban prospector: If there's gold in those lawns, it's a good bet Bob Gosse will find it.

Date10/11/1982
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ProvenanceCourtesy: Toronto Star Photograph Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0127847F
There's gold in those pieces of rock she is breaking with her prospector's hammer.
There's gold in those pieces of rock she is breaking with her prospector's hammer.
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There's always a job, if only you look for it, Bob and Linda Coopman believe. We both like work and are good at what we do he says.
There's always a job, if only you look for it, Bob and Linda Coopman believe. We both like work and are good at what we do he says.
9/20/1978
Walter Baker, a prospector for 65 of his 83, years, holds the trophy presented to him by the Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada proclaiming him Prospector of the Year. At left, he pans for gold.
Walter Baker, a prospector for 65 of his 83, years, holds the trophy presented to him by the Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada proclaiming him Prospector of the Year. At left, he pans for gold.
3/9/1988
Banker Paul Snell says there's no failure yet by Iran to pa its bills.
Banker Paul Snell says there's no failure yet by Iran to pa its bills.
1/25/1979
Mr. Vitamin E, as Bill Gutterson is called, stands in the Rexdale office of Webber Pharmaceuticals Ltd., which has increased sales by 40 per cent over last year. There's been a great revival in vitamin E. It's being used for everything from heart trouble to pollution ailments.
Mr. Vitamin E, as Bill Gutterson is called, stands in the Rexdale office of Webber Pharmaceuticals Ltd., which has increased sales by 40 per cent over last year. There's been a great revival in vitamin E. It's being used for everything from heart trouble to pollution ailments.
10/1/1971
Winning clients: Edmund Gosse, Sun Life's Canadian property manager, sits beside a $30,000 model of Toronto, used to help sell his company's office towers to potential tenants
Winning clients: Edmund Gosse, Sun Life's Canadian property manager, sits beside a $30,000 model of Toronto, used to help sell his company's office towers to potential tenants
9/23/1984
Bob Grasley: There's more than meets the eye to launching own business.
Bob Grasley: There's more than meets the eye to launching own business.
4/29/1988
There's a big market for Canadian manufactured goods in Japan, but A
There's a big market for Canadian manufactured goods in Japan, but A
10/11/1973
Richard Cooper is a bright student who feels so dedicated to medicien that he plans to attend medical school in a foreign country. He's been turned down at the University of Toronto, even though officials there say he's good enough to be enrolled. But there's no room.
Richard Cooper is a bright student who feels so dedicated to medicien that he plans to attend medical school in a foreign country. He's been turned down at the University of Toronto, even though officials there say he's good enough to be enrolled. But there's no room.
10/26/1971
The good life: There's another side to the story of rising prices, says reader Tom Stratigos, in letter at right
The good life: There's another side to the story of rising prices, says reader Tom Stratigos, in letter at right
8/25/1981
Simple taste: Wayne Smart has found that there's good business in plain water
Simple taste: Wayne Smart has found that there's good business in plain water
4/7/1983
Looking over Toronto's railway yards, Sanford Duplassie, 25, left White River in June when CP Rail laid off workers. There's a future here, he says. Only one of his friends has remained in the north. There's nothing there for the younger person. There's no industry. There's nothing. Over half the town is made up of pnsioners. His father is one of them. Sanford's 11 brothers and sisters are scattered across North America, from Texas to British Columbia.
Looking over Toronto's railway yards, Sanford Duplassie, 25, left White River in June when CP Rail laid off workers. There's a future here, he says. Only one of his friends has remained in the north. There's nothing there for the younger person. There's no industry. There's nothing. Over half the town is made up of pnsioners. His father is one of them. Sanford's 11 brothers and sisters are scattered across North America, from Texas to British Columbia.
12/5/1973