Bruce, Robert Randolph

BRUCE, Robert Randolph, engineer, mine owner, lt gov 1926–31 (b 16 July 1861, St Andrew-Lhanbryde, Scotland; d 21 Feb 1942, Montreal). The son of a clergyman, he studied engineering at the Univ of Glasgow and in 1887 immigrated to the US, then to Canada where he worked for the CPR. He came to BC briefly in 1895 to survey a rail line near CROWSNEST PASS. In 1897 he returned to set up a stamp mill near FORT STEELE, then turned to prospecting and with a partner started the Paradise Mine, a...

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