Mr. Ball is general manager of mines of the Tennessee Coal, Iron & Railroad Company. Born in Devonshire, England, June 23, 1858, the son of Thomas Ball and Eliza Thomas Ball. Mr. Ball had remarkable training for his lifework.
In the first place, his father was a miner, being employed for a number of years in the tin mines of Cornwall. In 1863, however, he came to America working in the ore mines of New Jersey as contractor and superintendent and later going to Crystal Falls. Michigan, and at the time of his death, 1894, Mr. Ball was chief mine inspector of the State of Michigan.
The son having received a common school education, did his first work when 16 years old as a day miner under his father at Mount Hope, N. J., in the ore mines. Two years later he was at work in Michigan, where he was employed in various mines and later became head mining captain at Florence, Wis., in charge of all underground work at this mine. Then he became superintendent of the Youngstown mines at Crystal Falls. Mich., and four years later was superintendent of Platte mines at Negaunee, Mich. He also served a year as assistant manager of Soudan Mines, Soudan, Minn., and then a number of years were spent in the Vermillion and Mesaba ranges of Northern Minnesota.
He spent approximately nine years as general manager of the Minnesota Iron Company which is a subsidiary of the U.S. Steel Corporation. During this time he had charge of all the company's mines on the two Minnesota ranges.
Mr. Ball therefore came to the Tennessee Company in Alabama as general manager of mines with remarkably thorough training for his life work. "
Mr. Ball was married to Miss Ophelia Marcotte on October 9, 1886. They were the parents of Olive, Edwin M. Tom Lee, Byron E. and Mary Lois. The older daughter was the wife of Clarence Abbott, the general superintendent of ore mines of the TN Co.
Excerpted from: Daniel Decatur Moore (1922) Men of the South: A Work for the Newspaper Reference Library. Southern Biographical Association. p. 62
In the first place, his father was a miner, being employed for a number of years in the tin mines of Cornwall. In 1863, however, he came to America working in the ore mines of New Jersey as contractor and superintendent and later going to Crystal Falls. Michigan, and at the time of his death, 1894, Mr. Ball was chief mine inspector of the State of Michigan.
The son having received a common school education, did his first work when 16 years old as a day miner under his father at Mount Hope, N. J., in the ore mines. Two years later he was at work in Michigan, where he was employed in various mines and later became head mining captain at Florence, Wis., in charge of all underground work at this mine. Then he became superintendent of the Youngstown mines at Crystal Falls. Mich., and four years later was superintendent of Platte mines at Negaunee, Mich. He also served a year as assistant manager of Soudan Mines, Soudan, Minn., and then a number of years were spent in the Vermillion and Mesaba ranges of Northern Minnesota.
He spent approximately nine years as general manager of the Minnesota Iron Company which is a subsidiary of the U.S. Steel Corporation. During this time he had charge of all the company's mines on the two Minnesota ranges.
Mr. Ball therefore came to the Tennessee Company in Alabama as general manager of mines with remarkably thorough training for his life work. "
Mr. Ball was married to Miss Ophelia Marcotte on October 9, 1886. They were the parents of Olive, Edwin M. Tom Lee, Byron E. and Mary Lois. The older daughter was the wife of Clarence Abbott, the general superintendent of ore mines of the TN Co.
Excerpted from: Daniel Decatur Moore (1922) Men of the South: A Work for the Newspaper Reference Library. Southern Biographical Association. p. 62
Mr. Ball is general manager of mines of the Tennessee Coal, Iron & Railroad Company. Born in Devonshire, England, June 23, 1858, the son of Thomas Ball and Eliza Thomas Ball. Mr. Ball had remarkable training for his lifework.
In the first place, his father was a miner, being employed for a number of years in the tin mines of Cornwall. In 1863, however, he came to America working in the ore mines of New Jersey as contractor and superintendent and later going to Crystal Falls. Michigan, and at the time of his death, 1894, Mr. Ball was chief mine inspector of the State of Michigan.
The son having received a common school education, did his first work when 16 years old as a day miner under his father at Mount Hope, N. J., in the ore mines. Two years later he was at work in Michigan, where he was employed in various mines and later became head mining captain at Florence, Wis., in charge of all underground work at this mine. Then he became superintendent of the Youngstown mines at Crystal Falls. Mich., and four years later was superintendent of Platte mines at Negaunee, Mich. He also served a year as assistant manager of Soudan Mines, Soudan, Minn., and then a number of years were spent in the Vermillion and Mesaba ranges of Northern Minnesota.
He spent approximately nine years as general manager of the Minnesota Iron Company which is a subsidiary of the U.S. Steel Corporation. During this time he had charge of all the company's mines on the two Minnesota ranges.
Mr. Ball therefore came to the Tennessee Company in Alabama as general manager of mines with remarkably thorough training for his life work. "
Mr. Ball was married to Miss Ophelia Marcotte on October 9, 1886. They were the parents of Olive, Edwin M. Tom Lee, Byron E. and Mary Lois. The older daughter was the wife of Clarence Abbott, the general superintendent of ore mines of the TN Co.
Excerpted from: Daniel Decatur Moore (1922) Men of the South: A Work for the Newspaper Reference Library. Southern Biographical Association. p. 62
In the first place, his father was a miner, being employed for a number of years in the tin mines of Cornwall. In 1863, however, he came to America working in the ore mines of New Jersey as contractor and superintendent and later going to Crystal Falls. Michigan, and at the time of his death, 1894, Mr. Ball was chief mine inspector of the State of Michigan.
The son having received a common school education, did his first work when 16 years old as a day miner under his father at Mount Hope, N. J., in the ore mines. Two years later he was at work in Michigan, where he was employed in various mines and later became head mining captain at Florence, Wis., in charge of all underground work at this mine. Then he became superintendent of the Youngstown mines at Crystal Falls. Mich., and four years later was superintendent of Platte mines at Negaunee, Mich. He also served a year as assistant manager of Soudan Mines, Soudan, Minn., and then a number of years were spent in the Vermillion and Mesaba ranges of Northern Minnesota.
He spent approximately nine years as general manager of the Minnesota Iron Company which is a subsidiary of the U.S. Steel Corporation. During this time he had charge of all the company's mines on the two Minnesota ranges.
Mr. Ball therefore came to the Tennessee Company in Alabama as general manager of mines with remarkably thorough training for his life work. "
Mr. Ball was married to Miss Ophelia Marcotte on October 9, 1886. They were the parents of Olive, Edwin M. Tom Lee, Byron E. and Mary Lois. The older daughter was the wife of Clarence Abbott, the general superintendent of ore mines of the TN Co.
Excerpted from: Daniel Decatur Moore (1922) Men of the South: A Work for the Newspaper Reference Library. Southern Biographical Association. p. 62
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