A. R. CHAMBERS BIOGRAPHY

A. Robert Chambers, well known to all his friends as "Bob" was born in New Glasgow, NS, in the year 1879.

After preliminary education in New Glasgow, Mr. Chambers entered the Faculty of Applied Science at McGill University and graduated as a Bachelor of Science (BSC) in Mining in 1904.

From 1904 until 1908 he was Mine Manager for the Wabana Iron Mines in Newfoundland, the vast ore deposits of which were discovered by his father. He was then designated Manager of Ore Mines and quarries for the Nova Scotia Steel Company, and served inthat capacity until 1917.

He then founded and became president of the Malagash Salt Company and devoted his life not only to the operation of the salt mine at Malagash but also by expanding the use of the product.

He displayed exceptional enterprise and tenacity. He was a pioneer in investigating and advocating the use of common salt to stabilize the surface of highways and to him is due much credit for the progress already made in the practice in Canada and elswhere.

For over 25 years he was a member of the Canadian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy to which he contributed several valuable scientific papers. He was highly esteemed and greatly beloved onaccount of a particularly happy and genial disposition by a host of friends in the engineering cicles of Montreal and throughout the Dominion and United States.

He also took a great interest in local matters as instanced by his deep interest in the rehabilitation of the Pictou Coal Fields. Also, at the time of his death, he was President of the New Glasgow Board of Trade.

He passed away on Saturday, December 4, 1937,at the age of 58.

(Taken from the book 'Malagash Salt', first published in 1975)