Arizona silver belt., 1897-01-07
Articles of Incorporation
 or THE
 PINTO CREEK Mining ald Smelling Co

We T. K Ashbrook George W. Jackson Mrs. Winnie Ferguson Nj. o. Blackmore. Jame. M. Wilson. Donald Campbell and Grant S. Watkins, desiring to organize ourselves into a corporation under the provisions of the laws of the Territory of Arizona and especially an act of the Legislature assembly conce ming corporations, approved March g. iss7. for tn. purpose of engaging in the lawful enterprise and business pursuit hereinafter specified. dc make. subscribe and acknowledge according to law these articles of incorporation:
 First-The name of this corporation shah be The Pinto Creek Mining and Smeirinx Com pany.
 Second-And It's principal place of business shall be at Globe, in the County of Gna ln the Territory O: Asizoni. with branch ofiicc in St. Joseph. County of Buchanan. State of Ms souri, for the purpose of transacting any and all business of any kind and description what. soever; and also at Globe. In the County of Ga and Territory of Arizona
 Third-Tne general nature of the business nroposed to be transacted k mining, and incl. ,entally tJ acquire by location, purchase and otherwise, mines of copper, gold, silver, lead coal. and mines of all other kinds and nature Snateyes; and to operate. lease or sell the .sme; t1 erect and maintain mills, reduction works and any and all kinds of mining and mill. ing m1cllne.y; to construct roads and tram. ways to do a general merchandise business; to acquire by plfch.se, location and in any other lawful manner, real estate, lands and all other kinds of property, real, personal and mixed trsnsacting any and all kinds of business which may be transac cted by a natural pefst n; to hold cultivate, prove up, use and enjoy the same, and to alienase, sel, lease, dcrnise md dispose of the same or any part thereof. us well AS any oSler property this corpo .ation possesses, DC seized of D: entitled to al1 sacn enterprises this corporation, by means of this Board oi Directors may determine and direct.
 Fourth-The time of commencement of this corporation shall be the day of the filing of shese articles for record in the office of the County Recorder of the County of Gils, in the Territory of A izUna, and the termination thereof shall be twenty-five years thereafter.
 Fifth-Thc amount of capital stock of this corporation shall be million dollars (sl OO0 OOO), divided into 100000 shares of the par value of si.00, fully paid up and forever aon-assessa. le; and the times and conditions upon which 1t Is to bc paid is as follows, to-wt: The whole Jf c.pittl stock to ee paid in property necessary for the purpose of this ,Drporatisn upon resolution of the Boa.d of directors and satisfactory evidence of title and value to the Board of Dh ectors.
 Sixtn-The affairs of this corporation shall Ue conducted by Boaid of Directors, con >isting of seven Q persons. who shall be elected annually in December by the stock holders at such time and in such manner as may be presc.ited by the bylaws.
 An memSe.s of the first toard shall le sub scsibers to this certificate, and thereafter no person shall Ge a member of the Boaid of Di- .ectors unless he Is a stockholder in this cor poration. Said Board of Directors shall we power to i'll vacancies in their number and may elect such officers and appoint such com. mittee or committees from their own number to aid in the management of the business, and in the conducting Of the affairs Of said corpo- ration as they may see fit, and vest in such officers and said committees all such powers as they may deem expcdient.
 The following named persons who are sub scdbed hereto shall constitute the Board of Directors of this corporation for the first year
 
 elected, to-wit: T. k. Ashbrook, George w. Jackson. Mrs Winnie Ferguson, M o. Black more. James M. Wilson. Donald Camp. ell and Grant $. " ,.txins and thereafter if any direc- tor shall cease to be a stockholder he shah cease to be director. Immediately, or as soon as practicable, after the filing of these articles in the once of the County Recorder of the County of Gila, Territory of Arizona, the persons named herein as directors to serve for the first year, and until their successors duly qualified shall be elected, shall meet and or ganze as Board of Directors, adopt bylaws and prescribe In said bylaws the method of calling meetings of the Board of Directors and stockholders.
 Seventh--This company shall not be liable for any indebtedness ct my time for any amount in exeess of ten thousand dollars (sl0O0o).
 Eighth-The stockholders of this corporation and their private property shall be exempt from liability of the debts of this corporation.
 Ninth-The Board of Directors of this cor poration shall have power to establish bylaws and make all rules necessary for the manage ment and control of this corporation and the officers thereof not inconsistent with the laws of the United States and the laws of the Ter ritory of Arizona.
 In witness whereof, we have hereunto set