CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS

We consent to the reference to our firm under the caption "Experts" in the 
Registration Statement (Form S-3/A) and related Prospectus of Atlas Corporation 
for the registration of 1,400,000 shares of its common stock and to the 
incorporation by reference therein of our report dated February 16, 1996, except
for Note 19, as to which the date is March 9, 1996, with respect to the 
consolidated financial statements and schedule of Atlas Corporation included in 
its Annual Report (Form 10-K) for the six months ended December 31, 1995, filed 
with the Securities and Exchange Commission.


/s/ Ernst & Young LLP


Denver, Colorado
May 2, 1996