The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1882-09-03
WYOMING COPPER Comply.
The Organization of wyoming's First Cop
per Smelling and Mining Company.
Its Scope, Capital and Other Items from
Its Articles of incorporation.

Yesterday a very i'm portant document
30 far as the interests of Laramie coun-
ty and the territory are concerned was
filed at the office of County Clerk JEFF
| fry, it being no less than the articles Of
Incorporation under the laws of the
territory, of the company which has
purchased several of the leading Hart.
vile properties, to which enterprise
the LEADER has frequently referred.
A glance oyer the Instrument shows
q company with ample capital and a
scope of investment and business which
includes the most desirable business
features of a new mining camp and
new country wen so far as railroad
building.
Among the anne of the incorpora-
tlors 7 several of very prominent
capitalists in railroad circles, men of
large wealth and business enterprise.
Inasmuch as active work has already
begun looking toward the erection of
the works contemplated in the incor-
poration, coupled with the business
parties directly interested, IL people
have every reason to think this some
thing mor than a scheme upon paper,
but a business which, by introducing
to the world Wyoming's mineral
wealth, is one of the important steps in
the history of the territory.
From the articles of incorporation
are CLEANED the following points of in
terest to our readers:
The corporate name of the company
is the Wyoming Copper Company.
The objects for which the company
is formed, are to purchase, hold, sell,
lease, rent, bond or otherwise acquire,
or dispose in whole or in part, of water
rights, lands, mines or mining claims
of all kinds, mill sites, and real estate
and the erection of structures thereon
and to work and develop the same Dr.
any of them, and to erect mills, smelt-
ing and reduction or other works there
on, with the necessary processes for the
treatment Of the ores of said company
or others; the buying and selling OF
ores and bullion. building rail, OF tram
ways for %freighting ores, merchandise
or passengers; to buy and sell ores and
merchandise, and generally to carry on
such operations in Wyoming territory
or elsewhere, as may be conducive to
the interest of the company.
The amount Of the capital stock is
one million dollars divided into one
hundred thousand shares of ten dollars
each, and the term of existance of the
company is to be fifty years.
The affairs of the company are to be
managed by seven trustees, and the
trustees named for the first year are
George r. Blanchard, Edison Keith,
William T. Baker, A. T. Babbitt,
Watson F. Blair, Thomas sturgis and
81. A. Wheeler.
The principal part of the business of
the company within Wyoming terri
tory is to be transacted in the city of
Cheyenne, Laramie county, and the
company is to keep an Office in Chey-
enne for the transaction of this bust
ness. The company is also to have
offices in Chicago and New York City.
The instrument is signed by the fol-
lowing named gentlemen:
George r. Blanchard,
A. t. Babbitt,
n. K. Fairbank,
VIM. L. Baker,
Edison Keith,
by Jno. l.. Thompson,
Thos. Sturgis.