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Carisa Mining Company (1870-1901)

(The focus of this page is the surface workings of the Carisa mine, as visible in photographs, as well as a general description of the mine, with minimal coverage of the geology and financial returns. Also to establish a timeline using sources not previously readily available.)

1870
"The Carisa. -- Some of the richest ore in Tintic came from the Carisa. It was located in 1870, by the five Roberts brothers, and is still owned by that family. Ever since its discovery, it has been a bread-winner." (Salt Lake Herald, December 26, 1897)

September 3, 1870
The Carisa Lode was mentioned as being one of the promising lodes not yet being worked. (Salt Lake Tribune, September 3, 1870)

January 25, 1873
Charles T. Meader was reported as being one of the first successful miners to put his money back into other mines in the Tintic district. "Let it be understood and remembered that Mr. Charles T. meader was the very first man to put grand cash afloat in Tintic. While he was bettering his own condition he probably little thought he was greatly assisting others. Mr. Meader has also been instrumental in bringing other capital to bear in the district." Meader had recently bonded the Carisa mine from the Roberts Brothers, and would "soon commence work with a strong force." (Salt Lake Weekly Tribune, January 25, 1873)

March 22, 1873
"Preparations are being made to work the North Star, Diamond, and Carisa lodes." (Salt Lake Weekly Tribune, March 22, 1873)

August 23, 1873
"Carisa Lode. -- Owned principally by the Roberts Bros., and superintended by Wm. Roberts. They have a shaft down some 150 feet, showing a large vein of ore all through, and also several inclines, from which they are prepared to take out ore in whatever quantity it may represent. The ore resembles a great deal in character that of the Mammoth Copperopolis, showing a large percentage in copper, although they have several dumps of different grade ores. This is one of the promising mines in Tintic." (Salt Lake Weekly Tribune, August 23, 1873)

Bolivar Roberts (4 July 1831 – 10 August 1893) (274C-W1S)
Orville Clark Roberts (1 September 1833 – 12 December 1912) (KWCY-PQZ)
William Dewitte Roberts (4 September 1835 – 8 March 1912) (KWJZ-FLY)

September 13, 1873
"The shaft of the Carisa lode was down 150 feet, showing a large vein of ore all through, resembling in character, that of the Mammoth Copperopolis." (Utah Mining Gazette, September 13, 1873)

September 5, 1882
"An important sale was made last week in Tintic, being the north part (nearly half) of the Carisa mine, by Bolivar Roberts, Esq., to the Hon. Alex Graham and Judge Henry K. Whiton, of Chicago, for the Tintic Mining and Milling company. The price is not made public, but it must have been a good round figure, for the ground is rich and valuable. The Salt Lake Tribune says the added ground will make the Northern Spy greater than ever, and the new shaft is now just about in the middle of the company’s ground. The new strike mentioned sometime ago as having been made in the Spy maintains its strength, and will probably develop into one cf the huge pocket bonanzas of which Tintic has shown so many. There is plenty of good ground left to the Carisa, and easily worked." (Council Bluffs Daily Nonpareil, September 5, 1882)

June 19, 1885
"The mines in the immediate vicinity are located on the Sunbeam vein, the best of them including the Elmoray, North Star, Northern Spy and the Carisa. During the past eleven months the last mentioned mine has turned out, clear of freight expenses, the round sum of $21,386.56. The property belongs to a prominent citizen of Salt Lake, Mr. Bolivar Roberts." (Salt Lake Evening Democrat, June 19, 1885)

(In April to June 1888 the Carisa, owned by Bolivar Roberts, was reported as shipping single carloads of high value silver and gold ore. -- Salt Lake Herald, April 29, 1888; May 6, 1888; June 17, 1888)

May 9, 1890
"The Carisa, owned by Bolivar Roberts, of Roberts & Nelden, is looming up. Shipments from this great producer will be regular this summer, as the owners are sinking a new shaft, so as to handle the ore to better advantage. The bid on one shipment from this fine property was $4 per pound fr)r bismuth and horn silver." (Salt Lake Herald, May 9, 1890)

September 17, 1890
"The Carisa Leased. -- Bolivar Roberts is understood to have leased his Carisa mine, in Tintic, to John Beck on the royalty basis, with the privilege to Beck of purchasing the mine within a year for $100,000." (Salt Lake Tribune, September 17, 1890)

February 21, 1891
"A. E. Hyde, of Salt Lake, is sojourning in town. Mr. Hyde is general manager of the Bullion, Beck & Champion Mining Company, the Northern Spy Mining Company, the Carisa Mining Company, and the Governor mine of Tintic, Utah, and the Trapper mining Company, at Boulder, this county [Blaine County, Idaho]." (Ketchum Idaho Keystone, February 21, 1891)

December 26, 1897
"The Carisa. -- Some of the richest ore in Tintic came from the Carisa. It was located in 1870, by the five Roberts brothers, and is still owned by that family. Ever since its discovery, it has been a bread-winner. During the year it has been worked by M. J. O'Meara, under a lease, and comes forward every month with a shipment." (Salt Lake Herald, December 26, 1897)

April 11, 1899
The Carisa was one of the oldest patented claims in Tintic and until his death in August 1893, was owned by Bolivar Roberts. The mine was purchased from the Bolivar Roberts estate when the estate probate was settled in October 1897, then was resold on April 11, 1899 to H. E. Carey. The Carisa property was located near the North Star and Humbug and adjoined the Red Rose. It is a fine copper producer, with the most recent four shipments averaging 34 percent copper. A first-class steam hoist had been purchased in Denver and was to arrive during the coming week. A new shaft house was to be built and the plant installed at once, when the sinking of a new, double-compartment shaft was to be commenced. This shaft would be sent down 200 feet before connections with the ledge were made and in the meantime the extraction of ore was carried on through the old works. (Salt Lake Herald, April 22, 1899)

April 29, 1899
"Among the deals consummated last week involving the sale and transfer of a promising Tintic mine was the purchase of the Carisa mine by eastern people for which the handsome sum of $48,000 was paid in cash. The Carisa is located just above the Star Consolidated mine and adjoins the Red Rose. For several years adverse interests have retarded the operation of this mine and it was not until the tangled skein was unraveled by W. E. Hubbard, the well-known and successful mining promoter of this city, that the property was in shape to make a bid for the consideration of prospective buyers. When cleared of all obstacles, the proposition was taken east by H. E. Carey, who succeeded in placing it with a strong company, whose intention it is, it is understood, to push work at once in its active operation and development." (Salt Lake Mining Review, April 29, 1899)

June 3, 1899
Eben Smith of Colorado, W. H. Brevoort, of hotel fame in New York City, and H. E. Carey of Salt Lake City, were in Eureka, visiting their Carisa mine. The result was that a contract was let to sink the shaft down an additional 300 feet. The existing shaft was 150 feet deep. A new gallows hoist frame was in place and awaiting a new steam hoist. A new blacksmith shop had been completed. One of the leasers, Grant Snyder, had shipped 50 tons of copper ore from the dumps, and other leasers were "extracting some splendid material."(Salt Lake Herald, June 3, 1899; July 12, 1899)

December 31, 1899
"Carisa Mine. -- This old mine, the records showing it to have been located but a few weeks after the Sunbeam, and owned continuously by the Roberts Bros., rich Wyoming coal miners, was acquired in May by Messrs. Eben Smith of Colorado, H. E. Cary and W. H. Brevoort of New York, the latter gentleman being a large investor in Cripple Creek securities. As soon as the control of the mine passed into the hands of the new owners, the shaft was covered, a new hoist installed, necessary surface buildings supplied, and a contract let to sink the old incline shaft from the depth of 150 feet to the 250 point, which was completed about the middle of the summer. Since then drifting both ways on the vein has been carried on under the direction of Superintendent A. J. Underwood, having accomplished 250 feet of development work. During the year 325 tons of copper ore were marketed from the mine, coming principally from surface workings and leases on the royalty basis. It is related that some of the highest grade copper ore ever mined in Tintic has been found in the Carisa mines, at times also carrying fabulously rich gold values. Most of this ore is believed to have come from the tunnel in which Roberts Bros. are still pursuing profitable labors, connecting the upper workings with the Northern Spy mine, adjoining on the north. Being in keeping with Eben Smith's manner of mining, as exemplified in the Little Johnny at Leadville, and more than a dozen big mines at Leadville and Cripple Creek, to perform things on a large and aggressive basis, it is known that preparations will soon be made to do some deep mining in the Carisa. Looking over the mammoth ore conditions and remarkable undeveloped possibilities, the theory that greater mineral wealth underlies the upper stratas seems plausible. The era of deep mining will mark the prosperity of Tintic, but in the majority of instances it has not yet set in." (Salt Lake Herald, December 31, 1899)

August 30, 1900
"Another mining sale for Tintic was recorded last week by the transfer of the old Northern Spy mine to Eben Smith and H. E. Cary, of Denver, and their associates. The Northern Spy adjoins the Carisa, recently purchased by these gentlemen. The consolidated ground is a proposition of more than ordinary promise, and it is understood that it will be extensively and systematically developed." (Salt Lake Mining Review, August 30, 1900)

March 15, 1901
"H. E. Cary, of the Carisa, one of Tintic's bonanza propositions, is showing his friends splendid specimens of native and oxide of copper ores from the new strike in the Northern Spy mine, owned by the Carisa company, the ore being more than half pure metal. The Carisa shipped thirty-three carloads of ore during the month of February, the output being divided into two classes, one of which averages from 25 to 35 percent copper to the ton. The other averages 6 percent copper, 10 to 20 ounces silver, and from $30 to $40 in gold to the ton." (Salt Lake Mining Review, March 15, 1901)

May 8, 1901
"New Hoist for the Carisa. -- A. J. Underwood has ordered a new 60-horsepower geared hoist with an 80-horsepower boiler for the Carisa mine, says the mammoth Record. It is the intention of Superintendent Underwood to resume work on the new shaft which was started a few months ago, about 60 feet west of the present workings, and which was sunk to a depth of 65 feet. Excavations are now being made for the new machinery, which will arrive within the next ten days, when active sinking will be begun. The new shaft will be 4-1/2 x 12, having two compartments and a manway, and will be dropped down at least 350 feet from which point the ore body will be tapped. This will be a valuable improvement over the old workings, which are on an incline and down only 250 feet. During the past month the Carisa has shipped thirty-five cars of ore and the mine is still in its infancy, but under the able management of Superintendent Underwood, who is entitled to the credit of making the Carisa what it is today, it will become one of Tintic's greatest bonanzas. Over 60 men are now on the payroll and when the new shaft has been pushed down there will be room to work a still larger force to advantage." (Deseret News, May 8, 1901)

May 22, 1901
"The Carisa had four cars of rich copper-gold ore on the market yesterday morning." (Salt Lake Herald, May 22, 1901)

June 22, 1901
"Two cars of ore from the Carisa mine were sold yesterday." (Salt Lake Herald, June 22, 1901)

Carisa Copper and Gold Mining Company (1901-1917)

August 2, 1901
"At a late hour yesterday afternoon one of the most important mining deals made this year was closed in the office of McCornick & Co., and the initial payment was made. The deal consists of the purchase of 8 claims in one of the richest mineral zones of Tintic, owned by Eben Smith, of Colorado and H. E. Cary, of this city, who have worked the group under the name of the Carisa Mining company. The purchase price is said to be $625,000 and Clarence K. McCornick is the purchaser. It is proposed to organize a new company at once with a capitalization of 500,000 shares of the par value of $1.00 per share. As soon as the purchase and the intentions of the new owners were announced, there was a scramble among local capitalists to secure some of the stock in the new company. Everyone could not be accommodated, however, and Mr. McCornick announced before noon that all the stock which it was proposed to sell in Utah, had been subscribed for, amounting to 200,000 shares. The remainder will soon be subscribed elsewhere, and the new company will take rank at once among the dividend payers of the state. The property is now a dividend payer and if the findings of the expert who reported on the property is correct, the new company starts up with nearly three-quarters of a million in sight. The Carisa has surprised everyone during the past year. It is practically a new mine, but during the past year the company has sold over 8,000 tons of ore which brought $359,811.58. The Northern Spy, which forms part of the group, has also produced heavily, and is now sending out some of the highest grade copper ore that reaches the market." (Deseret News, August 2, 1901)

August 2, 1901
The Carisa was sold to Clarence McCornick & Associates for a reported $650,000. The deal had been pending for several weeks, with proposals and counter-proposals passed back and forth. The purchase included the Carisa; the Northern Spy; the McHatton, the St. George, and the Wolf claims. On one side was the Sioux Utah group, and on the other were the Red Rose, the Boss Tweed, and the Star Consolidated groups. The sellers, Eben Smith and H. E. Carey, had bought the group in December 1899 for a reported $125,000, with $50,000 going for the Northern Spy alone. "This was before a pound of ore was taken out." During the past year, 8,400 tons had been shipped, with an average value of $42.83 per ton [a gross value of about $29,981 per month]. It was reported that Carey and Smith were pocketing $15,000 per month in profits. The main shaft was down 200 feet, and there was still "a vast body of ore yet to be explored." (Salt Lake Herald, August 2, 1901)

August 15, 1901
The Carisa Copper and Gold Mining company filed its articles of incorporation with the Secretary of State and the County Clerk. The capital stock was 500,000 shares. The corporation had the following officers and directors: Clarence McCornick, president (429,700 shares); H. G. Heffron, vice president and treasurer (100 shares); John S. Gard, secretary (100 shares); with Duncan McVichie (10,000 shares) and George Sutherland (100 shares) as additional directors. Additional shareholders were: R. G. Wilson (25,000 shares); D. H. Peery, Jr. (25,000 shares), leaving 10,000 shares in the treasury. The company owned the Carisa, the Miner's Delight, the Wolf, the Northern Spy, the Jim Fisk, the Cordelia Orton, and the Victoria mining claims, and 2/3 of the California, Nevada and Lake View claims, all in the Tintic district. (Salt Lake Tribune, August 16, 1901, "yesterday")

July 15, 1902
"Tintic Miner: In the Northern Spy group of the Carisa Mining company, a strike of importance has been made which promises a new lease of life to the old producer. It occurred west of the shaft, on the 700 foot level, in a part of the mine that heretofore has been neglected. The ore extends in a northerly course, and has been stoped for a distance of 45 feet, presenting a 16-foot breast of solid ore, the values consisting principally of copper. Foreman Stack, who has charge of the property during Superintendent Underwood's absence, has shipped fifteen carloads from it, and says it has all the earmarks of a big thing." (Salt Lake Mining Review, July 15, 1902)

(In August 1902, the Carisa company acquired the remaining 1/3 interest in the Cordelia Orton claim. -- Salt Lake Herald, August 7, 1902)

(By October 1902, H. S. Joseph was managing director of the Carisa company, a position he would hold at least through 1907.)

1903
From The Copper Handbook, Volume IV, 1903.

Carisa Copper & Gold Mining Co. Utah. -- Office: Salt Lake City, Utah. Mine office: Mammoth, Juab Co., Utah. J. E. Gallagher, president; H. S. Joseph, vice-president and general manager; Geo. Norman, superintendent.

Organized August, 1901, under laws of Utah. Paid dividends of $30,000 in 1902. Lands, seven patented claims, area 60 acres, in the Tintic district, showing 10 fissure veins in limestone, of which three are developed, these giving average returns of 12 percent copper, 5 ounces. silver and $1 gold per ton.

The Carisa shaft is 250 feet deep and the Spy shaft 800 feet. Has tunnels of 800 feet and 8,000 feet, with about five miles of underground openings. Has steam power and employs about 40 men, in addition to which portions of the mine are worked on lease. Production of refined copper in 1903 was about 660,000 lbs., and should be about 1,000,000 lbs. in 1904. Property is energetically managed and new ore bodies of considerable size and high grade are being developed on the company's account.

February 2, 1903
The work of connecting the Carisa with the big Sioux-Ajax tunnel, which enters Mammoth mountain on the west side, has been delayed somewhat by the necessity of changing the hoisting machinery at the Spy shaft, but will be resumed by the 15th, and, barring accidents, completed by the end of February. Then the management will be able to push its ores through an underground avenue a mile long, directly to the railway tracks." (Salt Lake Herald, February 2, 1903)

February 15, 1903
"Tintic Miner: Work in the Northern Spy shaft of the Carisa has been discontinued for two or three weeks until the steam hoist at the Carisa shaft can he moved over. About ten days' work after the change is made will complete the connection with the Sioux-Ajax tunnel. In the meantime the leasers will continue operations through the Carisa shaft, using the old gasoline hoist." (Salt Lake Mining Review, February 15, 1903)

February 17, 1903
"Eureka, Feb. 16. -- The old machinery at the Spy mine has been transferred to the Alaska mine; the machinery of the Carina has been placed in position at the Spy and connection has been completed between that property and the Sioux-Ajax tunnel. As soon as the machinery is in good working order active development work will be vigorously pushed." (Deseret News, February 17, 1903)

March 3, 1903
From the Salt Lake Herald, March 3, 1903.

When, last September, the present board of directors was installed it found a cash overdraft at the bank of nearly $8,500, without any notice of any additional outstanding obligations. In a few weeks, however, it was served with notice of taxes due of $1,800 to the state on its net proceeds from the mines during the past year (1902), and $1,500 insurance money due. This, therefore, gave the company a real overdraft of $11,800 to meet at the beginning of the new board's term.

To make this burden none the easier, it was found by the board that the mine had been practically gutted of ore, leaving very little reserve behind.

The statement then explains that in order to more economically and expeditiously develop and operate the properties, power drills were installed, water and air pipe lines laid and a connection made with the Sioux-Ajar tunnel, a distance of 565 feet. Then it was found that the old hoist and boilers at the Spy were worn out and broken down, and they were consequently replaced by a new boiler and hoist from the Carisa, at a cost of $1,000. By reason of this fact, for the past six weeks it has been impossible to extract any ore for company account. The improvements mentioned cost $7,800, as follows: Power drills, $700; air and water pipe lines, $1,500; Sioux-Ajax connection, $4,600; replacing boiler and hoist at the Spy, $1,000.

March 30, 1903
"Tintic Miner: The now compressor has been installed at the Carisa, and three machine drills began pounding away today. The long drift from the Spy shaft to tap the Carisa vein below the old incline shaft will be pushed to an early completion, and the ores will then find an outlet through the Sioux-Ajax tunnel. Quite a bit of ore has been prepared for stoping operations in Spy ground during the installation of the new hoist, and about twenty cars of copper-silver-gold rock will reach the market next month." (Salt Lake Herald, March 30, 1903)

September 22, 1903
From the Salt Lake Tribune, September 22, 1903, giving the company's annual report to shareholders.

On the 700-foot level one of the most important pieces of work was the completion of the connection of our mine workings with the Sioux-Ajax tunnel, which insures safety for our employees, giving them an easy mode of egress and a most perfect ventilation, and also ten furnishes means of transportation of our ore direct into railway cars. The value of this connection cannot be estimated in dollars and vents.

An important factor in our development work is the leasing system. At present there are fourteen separate leases in operation in the old surface tunnels, old stopes and shallow workings. These leasers mine considerable ore from bodies too small to be profitably worked by the company, and very often important discoveries result from their work. They have proven a boon to the company and the revenue derived from them provides for considerable development work for us.

March 20, 1904
"During the week Manager Joseph of the Carisa ordered the hoisting works on the Spy shaft closed down, thus cutting out a most expensive item in the operating expenses of the mine. Hereafter all operations will be carried on through the Sioux-Ajax tunnel." (Salt Lake Herald, March 20, 1904)

August 2, 1905
In the annual meeting of stockholders of the Carisa Copper & Gold Mining company, the officers were: Joseph E. Galligher, president; F. J. Westcott, treasurer; E. H. Mead, secretary. "A vertical shaft has been put below the 700-foot level, a distance of 200 feet and has been equipped with a standard hoist. The sinking of the same has now been stopped account of the necessity of making an upraise from the 700-foot level, a distance of over 300 feet to the upper workings in the Carisa. This upraise was started for the purpose of connecting with the upper workings in the Carisa in order to obtain ventilation and at the same time to tap the large bodies of low grade ore laying in stopes from the 500-foot level up to the 250-foot level of the Carisa." (Salt Lake Herald, August 2, 1905)

December 16, 1905
During 1905, the Carisa Copper & Gold Mining company shipped 5,359 tons [about 178 carloads] of copper-silver-gold ore, which resulted in 361,107 pounds [180 tons] of copper, 33,341 ounces [2,083 pounds] of silver, and 448 ounces of gold. At the Carisa end of the mine, although the shaft was down to the 800-foot level, and a winze was being pushed down into the ore body which was at least 24 feet wide, ore extraction was being done from the 150-foot level up to surface. At the Spy end of the mine, no stoping was being done at the present time, and only the ores mined in the course of development were being shipped. At the present time, the Carisa was shipping from 600 to 800 tons per month, with leasers shipping 100 to 150 tons per month. (Deseret News, December 16, 1905)

March 20, 1906
"Manager Joseph of the Carisa is determined that the ores of that Tintic property shall be provided with an outlet that will not be disabled every time there is a shower at camp and to that end will, as soon as facilities permit, extend from the Sioux-Ajax tunnel to the main ore bodies in the Carisa incline. To accomplish this it will be necessary for him to drive a distance of about 70 feet and with this connection the ores from that portion of the company's territory may go forward without interruption and in materially larger volume." (Salt Lake Tribune, March 20, 1906)

(The outlet spoken of here is at the west end of the Sioux-Ajax tunnel in Mammoth Hollow, in the vicinity of the Gold Chain mine. This portal was served by the San Pedro, Los Angeles & Salt Lake railroad's New East Tintic branch in Mammoth Hollow.)

April 13, 1906
"Arrangements are now being made whereby the output of the Carisa mine will be handled through the long Sioux-Ajax tunnel, thus saving the long haul by team around the mountain. Manager Joseph of the Carisa says that this will mean a saving of about $2 per ton on all ore shipped." (Eureka Reporter, April 13, 1906)

February 22, 1907
The Carisa Copper & Gold Mining company was reorganized to make the stock non-assessible, and to move the headquarters from Salt Lake City to New York City. This was done to attract eastern investors, and to ensure prompt dividend payments. Also, being a Maine corporation instead of a Utah corporation had the advantage of easily transferring litigation law suits to Federal courts instead of state courts. The reorganization was approved by stockholders at a special meeting held in Salt Lake City on February 13th. (Salt Lake Herald, February 22, 1907; Deseret News, March 4, 1907; Eureka Reporter, March 8, 1907)

November 30, 1908
"The old Northern Spy shaft at the Carisa property, in the Tintic district of Utah, is being retimbered to the 700-foot level and it is expected that some interesting disclosures will be made when explorations begin at this depth." (Salt Lake Mining Review, November 30, 1908)

December 17, 1908
C. E. Loose was general manager of the Carisa Copper & Gold Mining company. On the occasion of a meeting of stockholders held on December 17, 1908 in the company offices in Ellsworth, Maine, the stockholders voted to approve the increase of the number of shares from 500,000 to 600,000, at $1 each. The sale of the new shares would fund the needed expansion of the mine, and was needed because the stock is now non-assessible. (numerous newspaper reports dated December 10, 1908)

April 1910
The Northern Spy Mining company was among the thousands of corporation that were delinquent in paying their Utah corporate license fee.

In the 1911 to 1914 period, staff members of the U. S. Geological Survey visited the Tintic district, and summarized their finding in their Professional Paper 107.

Northern Spy And Carisa Mines. -- Developments. -- The Northern Spy and Carisa mines are now worked together by the Carisa Mining Co. The only connection between the two mines, however, is on the 700-foot level. The two properties lie on the east and southeast slopes of Mammoth Peak, the Northern Spy shaft at an altitude of 7,390 feet and the Carisa of 7,530 feet. The Northern Spy shaft is due south of the Humbug and Utah tunnels and 3,700 feet distant from the Utah. Its depth is 900 feet and the drifts are of great aggregate length. Much prospecting work has been undertaken on levels 7, 8, and 9, but no large ore bodies have been found.

The Carisa shaft lies 1,050 feet south-southwest of the Northern Spy shaft. The water stands knee deep in the ninth level, 806 feet below the surface. The long Sioux-Ajax tunnel connects with level 7 of the Northern Spy mine.

Since 1911 little work has been done in these properties. In 1911 prospecting was in progress under the management of Grant Snyder.

The two properties have yielded lead, silver, copper, and gold, but the total production has not been made public. The dividends of the Carisa Co. amount to $60,000, and the last distribution was made in 1906.

(USGS Professional Paper 107, Tintic Mining District, published in 1919, page 231)

June 20, 1917
The Carisa Copper and Gold Mining company conveyed "its interest in certain properties in Tintic for a consideration of $115,000" to the Empire Mines company. The Empire company was recently organized and had acquired other properties adjacent to those transferred today. (Deseret News, June 20, 1917)

(This indicates that this was a purchase of the claims and assets of the Carisa company, not a purchase of the company stock.)

March 1918
The Carisa Copper and Gold Mining company was among the thousands of corporation that were delinquent in paying their Utah corporate license fee. (Salt Lake Telegram, with daily notices from March 18 through March 30, 1918)

Empire Mines Company (1917)

The Carisa Copper and Gold Mining company was one of eight Knight properties that were consolidated in 1917 as the newly incorporated Empire Mines company.

March 27, 1917
The Empire Mines company filed its articles of incorporation, owning 600 acres, having merged eight Tintic properties. It is probable that development operations will be taken up first in the Lower Mammoth workings." The directors and officers were: Jesse Knight, president; J. William Knight, vice president; W. Lester Mangum, secretary and treasurer; with additional directors Mrs. Amanda M. Knight, R. E. Allen, K. S. Jordan, J. S. Smith. Eight properties: Opex; Lower Mammoth; Tennessee Rebel; Central Mammoth; Boston and Tintic; Garnet; Old Colony and Eureka; Black Jack; and seventeen mining claims, which have all been merged by vote of the stockholders and sale of the individual claims. (Salt Lake Herald, March 29, 1917; Salt Lake Tribune, March 30, 1917)

April 23, 1917
Jesse Knight gave this list of the mines that were part of his larger Empire Mines Company, recently formed as a consolidation of his interests. (Provo Daily Herald, April 23, 1917)

Black Jack Consolidated Mining company
Carisa Copper and Gold Mining company (newly acquired)
Central Mammoth Mining company
Garnet Mining company
Lower Mammoth Mining company
Old Colony & Eureka Mining company
Opex Consolidated Mines company
Tennessee Rebel Mining company
All of these corporations and mining claims are patented, clear titled, and no debt

June 20, 1917
"From Provo comes word, at the consummation of the Carisa deal at a price of $115,000. Deeds were filed yesterday [June 20th]. The Carisa property has been purchased by the new Knight company, the Empire Mines. The Carisa in early days paid out $60,000 in dividends. It owned 57 acres adjoining the new merger." (Deseret News, June 21, 1917)

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