The Arizona sentinel., 1897-08-07
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
Rand Mountain Mining Company

Know all men by these presents that we, the undersigned, c. T. Pepper, F A. Salisbury, k. l. Earl F. L. Allen and s. H. Ellis, have this day associated ourselvcs together for the purpose of forming corporation under the laws of the Terri tory of Arizona, and we hereby certify,
 First: That the name of the corporation shall be the RAND MOUNTAIN MINING COMPANY, and the place where the principal business of the said cor porton is to be transacted shall be in the City of Yuma, County of Yuma Territory of Arizona.
 Second: That the purposes for which the cor poration is organized, and the general routine cf the business proposed to te transacted, is to a. qpire, buy, sell, lease, locate. own, control and operate qua.ries, mines, mining claims, veins, lodes, and denosits of metal nnd mineral-b bearing ore of every nature and description, and other compounds, and mining locations and properties Of every kind and description, and to conduct and carry general mining business; to maautac- tuIe mining implements, tools, ana machinery CT every kind ap1 description; to purchase, fonafoi, cpcra.o, se and otherwise dispose ot and Jo op' cra,e under patent5, patent rig,ts, privileges and franchises of every kind and description; to looates clainl. operatG and otherwise acquire and disFoSe ci water and water rights for domestic. ir1 ation, lighting and power purposes; U purchase con- struct lc .se and dispose of tunnels, dams, rese1y oirs dtebes cansis anu viaducts for the develop ment, storage and transportation of water for all purposes to buy and sell merchandise of all kinds and to conduct and carry a general store, mer- cartile and shipping business; to purchase, erect and dispose of mills, IHanlfae turing and reducing plants, pumping stations, stores and warehouses, and te acquire by right of eminent domain, or otherwise, lands, rights of way and franchises for the carrying out of the purposes of the corpora ton; to acquire, hold, lease, sell, and otherwise deal in lands easehod estates, and personal prop arty of every kind and description, and to do all and every act which may be convenient, necessary or incident the transaction of the business of the corporation, within the limits of the Territory of krizona or in any other Territory or State of the United States or elsewhere, and at such place or places as the Board of Directors may from time designate; and to do and perform any and all acts within the scope and purposes of this corporation, connected with or relating thereto which may be necessary or proper for the purposes of carrying out all or any of the objects herein specified.
 Third: That the amount of the capital stock of the corporation herein authorized is One Million Dollars {Sl, GOO O00.00) and the number Of shares into which it is divided is One Million Shares of the par value or Ol6 NSlpv) Sts~, "lAO tSU such capital stock so authorized shall be paid ID in full upon the issuance thereof. and when so | issued shau be nou-assessabie.
 Fourth: That the time Of the commencement of the said cooperation shall be the first day of ! June, IS97 and that the termination of the said corporation shall be on the first day of June, 1922. 1 Fifth: That the officers perscus by whom the affairs of this corporation shall be conducted shall 1 be five (5) in number, who shall be known as aDirectors," and who shall together constitute Q Roard of Directors in which said Board of Directors as such shall be vested the corporate powers of the corporation and the names of the persons who are l apponted to serve as such Directors until their successors arc duly elected and qualified, are as follows: c. T. Pepper, F. 4. Salisbury E. T. Earl, E. L. Allen and S. H. Ellis. That Directors Of the corporation shall hereafter be elected by the stock holders at the annual meeting of the stockholders, which shall be held at the ofco 0f the corporation in the City of Yuma, County of Yuma, Territory ot Arizona on the first Tuesday of each year Thai officers Of the corporation other than the Directors shall be a President, Vice-President, Secre ary Treasurer, and General Manager, who shall 6f elected by the Board Of Directors at their first meet ing held subsequent to their election as suef
 Directors.
 ! sixth: That the highest amount of indebtedness;
 or liability to which the corporation is at any time
 to subject itself is the sum of One Hundred ant
 Fifty Thousand Dollars (Sl5O,0oO
 Seventh: That the private property of each anC
 every stockhoder of this corporation sf all be ex
 empt from all corporate debts and liabilities, o
 whatsoever nature, of the said corporation.
 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, We lave hereunto, I
 quntuple, set our hands an@ seals, this 2oth aay
 May, A. D. 1897