Mohave County miner., 1899-11-25
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
OFTHE COPPER MOUNTAIN
MINING COMPANY.

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS
that we, the undersigned, have aud do, by
these presents associate ourselves together for
the purpose of forming corporation and be
coming Incorporated under the laws OF the
| Territory of Arizona, and we do hereby adopt,
sign and acknowledge the following Articles OF
Incorporation in pursuance OF the purpose OF
| our said association
ARTICLEI.
This Incorporation shall be known as the
COPPER MOUNTAIN MINING COMPANY
and its principal place of transacting business
| shall be in the City of Kingman, County OF Mo
| have, Territory of Arizona, with the privilege
| of maintaining branch o. ces at Los Angeles,
California, and at such other places in the Unit
| el States and the Dominion OF Canada as may be
| deemed expedent.
ARTICLE II.
The general nature of the business proposed
| to be transacted by this corporation IL that of
| locating, purchasing, acquiring leasing, own
ing, controlling, OF Grating, selling, transferring
and disposing Of niue, mining property, min.
| ing rights aud mineral aud oil lands also pur.
| chasing, locating, acquiring, owning, leasing,
| controlling, selling transferring and disposing
| of water and water rights, ores, minerals. met
| ais, aud oils; also manu- featuring. purchasing
| leasing, acquiring. owning, controlling and op
Grating reduction works, smelters, and all 9th.
| er mining machinery aud appliances thereto
| necessary 10 reduce aud refine ores, aud gas,
electric light and power plant' aud all patents
| end patent rights and licenses thereto apper-
| tanning; also To reduce and refine ores; also TO
construct operate aud maintain railroads,
tramways, turnpikes and canals from its pin
| cipal works or place of business to nayigable
streams, existing railroads, turnpikes aud pub.
| ic highways; also 10 purchase, acquire. lease,
own, control improve, manage, subdivide and
dispose Of lands, tenements and fran Thises of
all kinds of property, real, personal and mixed ;
also to buy, manufacture aud sell all kinds OF
merchandise; also TO mortgage, hypothecate
and pledge anv and all of its prop erty; also
! to issue, sell or hypothecate its bonds Tor the
purposes aforesaid within the lawful limits,
aud to secure the same by a mortgage or pledge
OF any or all OF its property; also to create a
sinking fund for the payment of its debts or
any part thereof; aud generally tn have su"h
rights and powers As are incident to cOrpora
ttOns under the laws of Arizona; also to do and
perform all things necessary IN carry out the
purposes Aforesaid within or without the Ter
rltOry OF Arizona and to purchase, acquire,
own and sell aud dispose ofits own stock aud
the stock of other corporations.
ARTICLE III.
The names of the IncorpOrators OF this corpor-
alton are: J. W. THORMAN, FRANK ELFICK, J.
T.. JONES, JOSEPH Brown. C. 5. LEMON, MAX
kEFFEL, n, l.. MORROW.
ARTICLE ~.
That the amount of the capital stock of this
corporation is aud shall be Five Million Dol
lars, and the number Of shares into which IL is
DIVIDED is Five Million, Of the par value OF one
dollar each, and II shall be paid in o the com.
pany upon the call of the board OF directors of
this corporation, and IL shall be forever non.
assessable, and each rtlfcate Of stock when
issued shall state upon its face the humber Of
sh res represented thereby and that the same
Is fully paid up and forever non n'assessable
ARTICLEv.
The time Of the commencement of this cor.
poration shall be the date OF the filing of these
Articles with the County Recorder Of Mojave
County, Territory of Arizona, and tie termfu.
alton thereof shall be twenty-five years there.
after.
ARTICLE vi.
The affairs OF this corporation shall be con-
Quoted by the BOa'd of Directors who shall be
elected annually by the stockholders The au-
nual election Of directors shall be held on the
first Monday OF August OF each year aud until
such annual election the Board OF Directors
shall be; w. Thorman, Frank Elfck, J. p
and J. Morrow.
The offers OF this corporation shall be a pres.
ident vice president, secretary, assistant seere-
tary, treasurer and general manager, who shall
be elected by the directors at their first meet.
ing after their election.
ARTICLE VII
The highest am punt of Indebtedness 10 which
this corporation shall at any time subject itself
is Five Hundred Thousand Dollars
ARTICLE VIII
The stockholders OF this corporation and
their private property are and she'll be exempt
from the debts OF this corporation.
ARTICLE TX
The Board OF Directors shall adopt suitabIa |
ot,iaNs lot 'ne government al this corporation, |
These Articles of Incorporation may be |
amended at any annual or special meeting M |
the stockholders called for that purpo Q: and
when any amendment shall have been made
the same shall be signed aud scknow ledged by |
the PRESIDENT ana secretary, and when so |
signed aud acknowledged and recorded and
publish as required by law, they shall have
the force aud effect OF amendments 10 these |
Articles, provided however that the action of |
the corporation under such amendment shall
be valid at all times after such Amendments !
have been adopted publication aud recording
being atterward had as required by law
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, we have hereun,o |
set our hands aud seals this seventh day of |
Septemb ber 1900 ""! VI |