The Arizona sentinel., 1896-07-04
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
of the
COMPANY.

Know all men by these presents,
That we. the undersigned, majority of
whom are c:tizeds and residents of the
State of California, desiring to incorporate
ourselves under the laws of the Territory Of
Arizona, for the purpose of engaging in the
business hereinafter specified, do make,
sign, adopt, acknowledge and publish these
Article OF Incorporation.
ARTICLEI.
The names of the persons hereby asso-
ciating themselves together for the purpose
aforesaid are Robert Ash, A. " Poole
John Cameron Simonds, William H. Nc
Donald and Charles W. Pope.
The name of the Corporation hereby
formed is the SHASTA GROUP GOLD
MINING COMPANY.
The principal place for the transaction Of
its business shah be in Yuma, in the County
of Yuma, Territory of Arizona. with an
executive, business, branch and transfer
Office at San Francisco, State of California,
and a business and transfer Office in the
City of New York, State of New York; and
gular and special meeting in said cities of
San Francisco and New York, with the
further privilege of acquiring mines, real
and personal property, erecting and main
tanning its plants, and transacting its bust
ness, and operating gold and other mines,
in any part of the United States; and deal
ing in gold and the products and by-pro-
ducts thereof as stated in this, and in Ar
ticle II thereof.
ARTICLE II.
The general nature of the business pro-
posed to be transacted by this Corporation
is to engage in general mining business for
gold and other metals, in the various States
and Territories of the United States, and to
deal in, acquire and sell gold and other
metals, and all their products and by-pro-
ducts, and to acquire, sell, lease and i'm
prove gold and other mineral mining claims,
real and personal property, water and water
rights, and to erect, construct. purchase,
operate, sell and lease all machinery. mills,
works and plants, necessary and requisite
for such gold and other mineral mining,
transporting ana selling Of such products,
and all its by-products, and to purchase
own and hold, and to sell shares of stock in
this and other corporations; to have per-
petuaI succession; te sue and be sued by its
corporate name; to have common seal,
and alter the same at pleasure; to prescribe
the mode of making transfer Of shares or in
terests of its stockholders; to make con-
tracts to acquire and transfer property, pos
sesslng the same powers in such respects as
private individuals now enjoy; to establish
bylaws and make all rules and regulations
deemed expedient for the management OF
its affairs, nOtinconsistent with the consti-
tuition and laws ofthe United States and OF
the Territory of Arizona as provided by
section two hundred and thirtY-three OBS
! of the Revised Statues of Arizona.
ARTICLE III.
The amount of the capital stock OF the
corporation shall be one million Isl, 0O0OOO.-
tO) divided into one hundred thousand
t100, O0O) shares Of the par value Of ten dol
lars C$10.00) each, and shall be non-assessl-
bic. and be issued as fully paid up, and the
several incorporators hereof each do hereby
subscribe to one share each of stock respeo-
lively, and the following are the names OF
the persons by whom the same has been
subscribed to wit: