John Alexander Chalmers died at Bournemouth on September 9th, 1912, from tuberculosis.
He studied at the Royal School of Mines, where he graduated as A.R.S.M. in 1888.
From 1889 to 1893 he was engaged in assaying and general mining in Johannesburg with the firm of Campbell and Evans, and when the firm dissolved, at the last named date, he joined Mr. J. Hays Hammond, who was then consulting engineer to the Consolidated Goldfields, and his connection with South Africa endured almost up to the time when in the middle of his career, in 1906, he had to abandon work altogether on learning that he was a victim of tuberculosis.
Immediately before he gave up work, he was a partner with Mr. H.A. Piper. Mr. Chalmers’ head-quarters in London were in Gresham House, E.C. He was one of the first engineers to perceive the possibilities of the Rhodesian Mines, notably the Falcon, and there were few parts of the world he had not visited on reporting business. He was joint author with Dr. F.H. Hatch, of ‘The Gold Mines of the Rand,’ which was published in 1895.
Mr. Chalmers was elected an Associate of the Institution in 1893, and was transferred to Membership in 1896.
Vol. 22, Trans I.M.M. 1912-13, pp. 717-18
