Basil Mander Rogers died in South Africa, on February 19th, 1942, at the age of 62.
He was educated at Bedford School, and in 1898 he entered the Camborne School of Mines. On obtaining his diploma at Camborne he took a course of special study at the Royal School of Mines, London, after which he was employed for about eight months on underground supervision on coal properties.
In 1905 he went to South Africa, where he was engaged on sampling and surveying at the Simmer and Jack Proprietary Mines, Ltd., until the beginning of 1908, when he left the Rand and embarked on a world tour of mines in India, Australia, New Zealand and America. In 1912 he went to Egypt to take up an appointment as an Inspector of Mines in the Egyptian Department of Mines, under Mr. R.H. Greaves, the Controller of the Department. His duties involved visits to nearly all the ancient gold mines in the Eastern desert, in addition to many other mineral districts there and in Sinai.
He worked in close association and harmony with his chief, and the Department of Mines was gradually built up to its present condition of efficiency and prosperity, by a judicious blending of the technical and legal aspects of Government participation in the industry. Little less important was the training of a staff capable of carrying on the fine traditions Rogers had helped so much to create.
He retired from the Egyptian Service and returned to England, but shortly before the outbreak of the present war his health caused some anxiety, and late in 1939 he and his wife went to South Africa.
Mr. Rogers was admitted to Studentship of the Institution in 1900 and was elected an Associate in 1908.
Vol. 52, Trans I.M.M., 1942-43, pp.399-400
