| Show I Robert Forrester Geologist Figures I i I in Development of New West I Open Opened d Coal Mines That Produce of ofU U hs Along Other Lines That Has Been of Vast Value to State NOW EMPLOYED BY UTAH FUEL COl COMPANY ANY IV 9 f 11 f w a x l t ra rae e 1 r t ta tt a x M My s y 1 x N a 3 YG YGE x E A y yf f t t III ROBERT FORRESTER When the list of famous men have been completed hIgh up on thu scroll will bee be found a place re ret t for the man who opened mInes that now sUpply of the tho states coal output who large largely ly In the building of at railroads and whose work In geological survey has done much for the material development develop development ment ot of t the E ot of the west this name will wUl be written R Forrester geologist No complete history of at the state or ot of the west can be written without wholesome reference to tile the worth and the work worle of at Mr Forrester His oper operations operations have bavo extended frOm Canada to Mexico and from Nevada to Nebraska I and In his busy life lite he has worked for public and private corporations for tor railroads and mining companies has contributed time energy and knowl knowledge edge to research Into the tho bowels of the earth and has moved In the van vanguard of progress along alons highways that are aro now the lines of great com common common mon carriers His contributions to scientific research have attracted no notice notice tice all over the world and have bave left their Imprint in the steady advance advancement advancement ment of the new west Mr Forrester is 15 now geologist for forthe forthe the Utah Fuel company y We the largest coal producer in the west whIch sup BUP plies lies 90 per cent ot of We thee coal that goes Into the and turn furnaces aces of Utah He is also consulting engineer for the Denver Rio Grande and for the Rio Grande Western railways The positions he now holds have bave been won by years of service and the distinctive rank to which he has risen ie 19 the t e re reward reward ward of hard work and the application tion of rugged energy to II a voc vocation Into which he has haa thrown the Whole sincerity of his soul He was born In Scotland and studied engineering geology and at the University of Edinburgh Along In the eighties he was graduated and after two years ears study ot of mining In Great he came across the pond and plunged into the new west where he upon pon the theoretical a practical knowledge of mining and cIvil engineering and made mude specialty a ot of the geological al formation of the min mineral eral ral and mo mountains nt that are now supplying the markets market ot of the world In about Mr Forrester entered the employment of the Pleasant Val Valle Valley ley le conr Coar companY which in later years was absorbed by the present Utah Fuel company He made mad himself almost In to that company b by open openIng opening Ing Ute the great coal mineS at Winter Quarters Clear r Creek G Castle astle Gate and SunnysIde tn In fact he opened all of the mines being operated today by bythe bythe the Utah l Fuel uel company He opened d the mine ot of the Coke Cok corn com company puny pany In Sanpete county In 1895 The mines of the Cod Coal Coke company In Uintah county Wy Wyoming Wyoming oming were also opened by him and he went into La Plata county Colora Colorado do where he opened up the tho Perrins Peak Penk mine for the Calumet Fuel com company pany The Somer Somerset t mines s V In son county Colorado were also opened by him Mr Forrester has made extensive geological and topographical surveys giving reports to private corporations or serving the public with equal sin sincerity sincerity of purpose and fullness of en energy energy ergy He examined mineral lands and properties for companies and tramped the range of the In the pursuit of work that will live livelong livelong long after he hae passed away His railway includes work on the Southern Pacific the old Utah Central which Is now the Ore ICOn Kon Short Line for tor tho RIo Grande Western Vestern and the Denver Rio Grande His reports on railway work as well as upon mining research were wera looked upon as authoritative and the time has yet to como come when he be was found at fault Mr Forrester Is consulting engineer for tor Carbon county and ho he designed seven road bridges for tor the people Three of at them have already been built and tour four more will be built In the coming spring A feature or of these bridges Is the fact that they have ce cement cement ment and concrete floors They cross the Price river and have an average length of 75 feet teet What will stand out prominently as one of at the chief works ot of Mr For Forrester Forrester rester Is the effective operation ot of his theories regarding the tho prevention of accidents In coal mines His plans have been generally adopted In all of the Utah Fuel mines and his Ideas have been copied by mInes ot of other companies His methods put Into actual operation have bave eliminated all danger ot of accident or explosion He devised a system of Gilsonite mining for tor the Gilson Asphaltum company which operates In the Duchesne coun country tl try Installed new machinery and made designs which have been adopted and which have been a certain preventive of explosion of at the tho dangerously com combustible combustible dust in these mines There will be no more explosions as long as his methods are In use Mr Forrester was at one time from 1892 to 1895 United States In Inspector of at coal mines for Utah and he made a record In that capacity Yet that was not the only time that he be served Uncle Sam for when the Span war broke out he wined joined the Second regiment of Rough Riders and amI served through the war evincing a r patriotism that Quite equaled the en enthusiasm enthusiasm he had thrown Into his work White WhilE he may draw a comfortable Income tram from the corporations for r l he works In an advisory capac capacity It ity Mr Forrester Forrest r takes peon delight In his service to the state and to the west lIe He Is engaged In a series of lectures to the seniors at the University University sity of Utah and during the year the he thel l his wonderful cal collection to t the university mu museum seum ot of which he I is the honorary cu curator curator lIe He has lIas also taken an active Inter Interest interest est In any work worle that makes for the general uplift and Is regarded ns as one of the leading contributors to science His treatises have been published a over the continent and lIe enjoys the reputation ot of being one ot of the leading ge geological authorities In America Mr affiliations with so societies of scientific research are many He belongs to a score ot of societies for forthe forthe the advancement of science and holds honorary positions In some of them Among the organizations to which he belongs are The Geological Society of Edinburgh Scotland the Mining and Metallurgical Society of Amer AmerIca America Ica th the American Institute of Mining Engineers the National Geographical society the American Association for forthe forthe the Colorado Advancement of Science the Colo Colorado rado Scientific society and many others ethers He Is now comfortably located In a alar lar large suite of offices In the Newhouse building and althoUgh he has spent near nearly a Quarter of a century In rou U it over the through snow or through the heat of Old Mexico earning at the end ot of It Ita ita a far better position than he held when h he came camA to the west WOt from Scot Scotland Scotland land he Is just as eager to jump Into the rough work worle as hE ever was |
