Background
Roberts, James Cole was born on December 14, 1863 in Warren Company, North Carolina, United States. Son of Frederick Cox and Lavinia Ellis (Cole) Roberts.
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James Cole Roberts
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Bingham School (military) North Carolina. Bachelor of Philisophy, University of North Carolina. Studied Columbia.
Career
Pomeroy. Chemist and mill engineer in North Carolina, 1885-1887. Chemist and metallurgist, Woodstock Iron Works, Anniston, Alabama, 1887-1889. Examination phosphate lands in Florida, 1889-1891.
Manager Enterprise Mine, Rico, Colorado, 1892-1895.
Chemist and assistant metallurgist, Globe Smelting Works, Denver, 1895-1897. Metallurgist, Anaconda (Montana) Copper Company, 1897-1899.
Professor metallurgy, Colorado School of Mines, 1899-1902. Construction engineering for Detroit Capitalists, 1902-1904.
Engineer and metallurgist, Ampere Electro-Chemical Company and Atmospheric Products Company, Niagara Falls, 1904-1908.
With United States Bureau Mines, in charge installations, investigations, et cetera, 1908-1915. Professor coal mining and safety and efficiency engineering, Colorado School of Mines, 1915-1923. Now manager Safety Council, Denver.
Achievements
Membership
Mason.
Connections
Married Alice Mary Pomeroy, 1897.
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American -
Religion
Episcopalian -
Political Party
Democrat