The Arizona sentinel., 1897-08-21
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
CONSOLIDATED MINING
 COMPANY.

Know all men by these presents that we, the undersigned, E. L. Allen, F. A. Salisbury, Geo. D. Roberts. J. C. Cribb, and c. T. Pepper, have this day associated ourselves together for the purpose of forming a corporation under the laws Of the Territory of Arizona, and we hereby cer fly,
 First: That the name of the corporation shall be the PACIFIC CONSOLIDATED MINING COMPANY, and the place where the principal business ofthe said ccr- pcration g to be transacted shall be in the City of Yuma, County oi Yuma, Territory of Arizona.
 Second: That the purposes for which the corpor- ston is organized, and the general routine of the business proposed to be t,ansa acted is to acquire buy, seI tease, locate, own, cQBtrol and operate qralries, mines, m'ning claims, veins, lodes, and deposits of metal and mineral-beariag 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 manufacture mining imple- ments, tools and machi cry of every kind and des. crption: to purchase. control, operate, sell, and otherwise dispose of and to operate under patents patent rights, privileges and fl. nchses of every kind and description; to locate, claim, operate and otherwise acquire and dispose of water and water rights for domestic irrigation, lighting and power purposes to purchase construct, lease, and dispose Of tunnels, dams, reservoirs, ditches, canals and viaducts for the development, storage and trans portation of water for all purposes; to buy and sell merchandise of all kinds and to conduct and carry general store, mercantile and shipping busi- ness; to purchase, erect and dispose of mills, ufacturing and reducing plants, pumping stations stores and warehouses, and to acquire by right of eminent domain, or otherwise, lands, rights of and franchises for the carrying out of the purposes of the corporation; to acquire hold lease, sel and otherwise deal in lands leasehold estates and per sonal property of every kind and description, and to do all and every act which may be convenient necessary incident to the transaction of the bus ness of the corporation within the limits of the Territory of Arizona, or in any other Territory State in the United States elsewhere aEd at such place places the Board of Directors may from time to 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 ths 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, ,OOoO oOo0.OO) and the number of shares into which it is divided is One Million Shares Of the par value of One Dollar Sl .OO each; and that such rpiral stock authorized shall be paid up in full upon the issuance thereof and when so issued shall be non-assessable.
 Fourth: That the time of the commencement of the said corporation shall he the twenty-seventh day of May, 1897, and that the termination of tbe said corporation shall be on the twenty-seventh day of May, 1922.
 Fifth That the officers, or persons by whom the affairs of this corporation shall bs conducted shall be Eve (5) in number, who shall be known as ''DirectOrs," and who shall together constitute a Board 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 appointed to serve such Directors until their successors duly elected and qualified, are as follows: F.. L. Allen, F. A. Salisbury, Geo. D. Rob erts, C.. T. Pepper, and C.. ..Crib5. That Directors of the corporation shall hereafter be elected by the stockholders, at the annual meeting of the stock. holders which shall be held at the office of the corporation, in the City of Yuma, County of Yuma Territory of Arizona, on the first Tuesday of each year. That the officers of the corporation, other than the Directors, shall be President Vice -Pres dent, Secretary, Treasurer, and General Manager who shall be elected by the Board of Directors at their first meeting held subsequent to their election as such Directors.
 Sixth: That the highest amount of indebtedness or liability to which the corporation is at any time to subject itself is the of Two Hundred and Fifty Thousand Dollars (S260, ,000.C0.)
 Seventh: That the private prOperty of each and every stockhoder of this corporation shall be ex- empt from all eOrporate debts end liabilities, of whatsoever nature. of the said corporation. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, We have hereunto, in quiniuple, set hands and seas this 9 tn day of | Hay, A. D. 1897.