Jesse Knight
Jesse Knight was one of relatively few Latterday Saint mining magnates in nineteenth century Western America. Raised by the widow of Newel Knight, Jesses family was poor throughout his youth. As a young man, he worked as a prospector and discovered the Humbug Mine in the Tintic Mining District near Eureka, Utah in 1896. As the Humbug proved profitable, he acquired other mines in the vicinity, including the Uncle Sam, Beck Tunnel, Iron Blossom, and Colorado mines. After making his fortune, Knight went on to found the Latter Day Saint settlement of Raymond, Alberta, Canada.
Knight was born in Nauvoo, Illinois to prominent Mormons Newel and Lydia Knight. When Jesse was a oneyearold, his family was forced to flee Nauvoo as Mormon pioneers under the leadership of Brigham Young. Jesses father died in Nebraska on the Mormon Trail in January 1847 his mother and eight siblings continued on but were not able to reach their Salt Lake Valley destination until early 1850.
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