Theodore Bruback (March 7, 1851 – February 18, 1904) was a wealthy and well-known figure in Utah's mining and railroad industries.

His father, David, came to American as a young man, from Bruback, a small town in his native province, named after the family.

[1] Bruback traveled west in 1877 and engaged in the mining and stock business in Wyoming Territory, where he was one of the pioneers for eight years, interested in all the industries of the state.

[1][2] While there he located and developed the "Sun Rise" and "Blue Jay" mines, which he successfully operated for a number of years.

During that year he was married in Westfield, New York, to Jessie White McLane, daughter of Colonel John W. McClane, who died in the American Civil War, and after whom the Grand Army of the Republic Post at Erie, Pennsylvania, was named.

[1] Bruback developed a coal mine at Morrison, the terminus of the Sanpete Valley Railway, after almost insurmountable difficulties, and made a profitable enterprise out of it.

On February 18, 1904, while inspecting the Daly-West mine in Park City, Utah, Bruback lost his grip while climbing a ladder and fell 15 feet (4.6 m), breaking his neck.