Minos Breaux was born on Jefferson Island and spent his teenage years working in the salt mines before serving in WWII. He continued working in the salt mines upon his return from the war and then began building sugar mills, an occupation he maintains to this day. In the late 1960's, Minos began working in the oilfield in a variety of capacities. He started as a pipefitter, and his longest stint was as a supervisor in a fabrication yard. Most of his work consisted of engineering and construction, the very skills he used in building the various sugar mills over the years.