EXHIBIT 15.1
Published on August 25, 1998
Exhibit 15.1
Acknowledgment Letter Of Ernst & Young, LLP
Independent Accountants
August 25, 1998
Board of Directors
Reynolds Metals Company
We are aware of the incorporation by reference in each Prospectus constituting
part of each Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 on Form S-3 to Form S-16
Registration Statement (Registration Nos. 2-62247 and 2-65638) and in each
Prospectus constituting part of each Form S-3 Registration Statement or
Post-Effective Amendment (Registration Nos. 33-3027, 33-16674, 33-19035,
33-40196 and 33-58741) and in each Form S-8 Registration Statement or
Post-Effective Amendment (Registration Nos. 33-21506, 33-40199, 33-37548,
33-28064, 33-15639, 33-61986, 33-51121, 333-26361 and 333-32393) of Ball
Corporation of our report dated May 28, 1998, relating to the March 31, 1998
unaudited combined interim financial statements of North American Can
Operations (a component of Reynolds Metals Company) that are included in Ball
Corporation's Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission on August 25, 1998.
/s/ Ernst & Young LLP
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Richmond, Virginia