Show robert forrester dead geologist and arad utah coal expert dies idies in seattle Sea tite 1 tuesday night s f rort forrester a resident of more than twenty years and on one e of the best beit known geologists in the united states died at a hospital in seattle at 1 7 tuesday night though his health bad had been poor for the last five or six months the news of his death came i a a shock to his hi s many friends in this city the cause of death is not given in the dispatches that have been revived ree rec ived here nor ia is it yet known what disposition will be made of the body but it is believed that it will be brought to this city for interment mr air worrester Por rester spent a day or two in st salt lake city about two weeks ago from new york to seattle at that time he complained of not feeling aa as well as he had for some time and dr A W dowd of sunnyside Sanny Sunny side utah accompanied him to seattle and remained with him until his death cancer of the stomach was the cause of MJ mi Forr estera estern death robert forrester For reater wu was born barn in bal mal malcohm kins rings kettle Fife shire scotland nov 22 im 1861 hid 1114 father was a geologist and he took up the study an as a boy he lie waa was educated in the common schools of west calder and later took a geological course at the university of edinburg Edinbur ff from which be he graduated with honni honnis s he lie came to america in 1887 going first to clearfield counte pa where he made an exhaustive study of the coal industry Indu atry in IBM 1883 he superintended the building of a street railway in kansas city mo and while there bad charge of the farat mining exhibit ever held in that city he came to utah in december 1889 and became associated with the pleas ant valby coal cost com piny in he was appointed united states inspector of mines for utah a position to which he gave much care and attention to mr forrester For reater more than any other man was dui dud the opening of the sunnyside Sunny sIde summerset Cast lacate clear anek and winter quarter mine mines of the utah fuel company of which he was geologist fora number of years and at the time athia athis death other coal mines opened up under the direction of mr forrester were those of the diamond coat stia coke company of wyoming the morrison Morr laon mine of the sterling coal and coke company per ions pak rnino for the calumet fuel au company and the home fuel mine at at the time of hia his death he was con suiting engineer for the denver rio grande grand ae an well as a of the following societies the geological society of edinburg the american for the advancement of science the forestry association of amedfo arneri the national geographical soi colorado society the tits utah society of engineers F the A amerlan ins titu teof mining engineers and the mining and metallurgical Metallurgic jl society of america he lie was alao also a number of the alta club clubs of the commercial club and of the denver athletic dub club he ile was married sept 11 1890 mrs forrester died a few years later and he remarried on june esth 1903 his wife being with him at the time of abath in ad addition ditton to hia bla widow ma rc bathers are Ity living ling john B forrester engineer for the independent coal and coke company william forrester superintendent of the rocky mountain fuel company and alexander Fo forrester a general contractor who resides in nanaimo a B C ilia ills father is also alive end and layes in scotland |