Mohave County miner., 1898-03-12
ARTICLES OF
 INCORPORATION OF SaNTH ANH
 MINING QoMpaNY.
Kao~ all all men ty these presents:

County of Bexar and State aforesaid, anC
 HowARD w. KEMPER, who Is a citizen of tht Territory of Arizona, and resides at the towr Kingman, in the County of Mohave and Terri tory aforesaid, have this day voluntarily ssso ciated ourselves together under the laws oi the Territory of Arizona. for the purpose of be coming incorporated and forming . corpora ton under said laws.
 and we hereby adopt these presents as the articles of such incorporation and certify and declare
 FIRST. That the names of the corporators of said corporation are the names of the persons aforesaid. to-wit: HsEBERr J. DELANEE and HOWARD ". KEMPER.
 SECOND. That the name of said corpors'ion shall be SANTA ANA MINING COMPANY, and its principal place of transacting business shall be the town of Kingman, in the County of Mohaye and Territory of Arizona.
 THIRD. That the genera. nature of the bus. iness proposed to be transacted by ssid corpor- stion is as follows. to-wit:
 l. To locate, buy. rent. lease. and otherwise acq aire, to own and hold, and to sell, lease, rent, and otherwise dispose of mines, mining claims. mining locations. and mining grounds
 2 To prospect. develop. mine. work and operate mines. mining claims. mining locs- tions, and mining grounds.
 8. To carry on the business Of placer mining. the business of quartz mining. the business of milling and reducing ores, and the business of dredging for gold iu the beds of rivers and other streams.
 4 To buy. erect and operate quartz and other mills, and smelling. roasting and other furnaces. and concentrating aud other works. for the reduction of ores aud for the extraction, refining and separation of the precious and other metals.
 To locste, buy, rent lease, acquire, own. hold, use, sell, let, lease, rent hire, furnish and trade in water, water power and water rights and privileges, and to construct and own ditches, canals, fumes. buildings, machinery. dams, tunnels and other works for the convey ance of water, and 10 conduct and convey water to. and use and furnish the same for and in the working of placer mines and quartz mines. and to furnish water power to custom CTS for the driving of machinery used ia man ufacturing. mining and other industrial pur- suits.
 6. To buy, erect and operate machinery and appliances for and in the generation and trans mission Of electricity. electric light and cleo tric power. and to use, sell, lease let hire fur nish and trade in electricity, electric light and electric power for and in the driving of ma ehinery used in manufacturing, m ming and other industrial pursuits.
 T. To locate, take up. buy. lease, acquire, own. hold. use. occupy and improve such lands. premises and real estate as may be nec- essary or convenient for the above stated pur- poses or any thereof.
 g. To buy and sell. hold and own shares of stock In this and other corr orations, and gen erslly to do and perform all lawtul acts that may be necessary to the transaction of said business or any thereof.
 FOUkrH. That the amount cf capital stock hereby authorized to be issued by said corpor. ation is one million q. .0oG O00) dollars, which Is divided into ten thousand 10000 shares of the par value of one huAdred qool dollars each.
 FIFTH. That as said stock Is issued the full par value thereof shall be paid in and after is- suance saiu stock shall be nonassessable.
 SIXTH. That the amouut of said capital stock which has been actually subscribed Is six hundred t60o) dollars. and the following are the names of the persons by whom the same has been subscribed, and the amounts of the.r subscriptions respectively. to-wit:
 H. J. DELAMER, one share. one hundred dol lars.
 H. CosBEr. one share, one hundred dol lars.
 HOWARD W. KExYER. one share, one hun. dred dollars.
 JOHN N. WRIGHT, one share. one hundred dollars.
 WI. CHAsrEos. one share, one hundred dol. lars.
 ERNEST J. DUBOIS, one share, one hundred dollars.
 SEVENTH. That the time of the filing of these articles of incorporation for record in the of- flee of the County Recorder of Mohave Coubty, aforesaid. shall be the time of the commence meut of said corporation, and Its termination shall be upon the expiration of the period of twenty-five years next following said time of commencement.
 EIGHTH. That the officers by whom the af fairs of said corporation are to be c ,nducted, shall be six directors and the following named persons, to.wit
 HERBEET J. DELAxEE, of Bexar County, Texas,
 ROBERT H. CoKBET. of Duval County. Texas,
 HOWARD W. KExPER, of kohaye County, Ar zoDa,
 JOHN M. WEIGHT, of the City and County of San Francisco. California,
 EEsEsT J. DUBOIS. of Paris. France, and
 WILLIAM CHARTRos, of Paris, France, shall be such directors until their successors shall be elected and quail led.
 The successors of the directors above nsmed shall be elected at the annual meeting of the Stockholders of said corporation, which shall be held at such time as shall be provided by the by-lsws of said corporation.
 NINTH. That the highest amount of indebt-