Mohave County miner., 1899-11-18
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
oF.THE COPPER MOUNTAIN
MINING COMPANY.

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS,
that we the undersigned. have and do, by
these prese nts associate ourselves together for
| the purpose OF forming corporation ana pc
coming incorporated under the laws OF the
Territory OF Arizona, and we do hereby ADOPT
sigu and acknowledge the following Articles OF
Incorporation in pursuance OF the purpose OF
our said association
ARTICLEI.
This ir corporation 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, Territ.ry OF Arizona, with the privilege
of maintaining branch o,tces at Los Angeles,
California, and at such other places In the Unit
ell States and the Dominion OF Canada as may be
deemed expedient.
ARTICLE II.
The gene raj nature OF the business proposed
10 be transacted by this corporation IL that of
locating, purchasing acquiring leasing, own
ing, coltro,tng, operating, selling, transferring
and disposing of NINE, mining property, min
ing rights and mineral aud oil lands; also pur'
chasing, locating acquiring, owning, leasing,
controlling. selling, transferring aud dlsposing
of water and water rights, ores, minerals. met
ais, and oils; also manu- featuring, purchasing.
leasing, acquiring. owning, controlling aud op
Grating reduction works, smelters, aud all 9th.
er mining machinery and appliances thereto
necessary to reduce aud refine ores, and gas,
electric light and power plant aud all patents
tanning; also TO reduce and refine ores; also TO
construct, operate aud maintain railroads,
tramways, turnpikes and canals from Its prin-
cipal works or place Of business 10 nAvigable
streams existing railroads. turnpikes and pub
ic highways; also to purchase, acquire, lease,
own, control, improve, maLage, subdiyide and
dispose OF lands, tenements and fran hises of
ali kinds of property, real, personal and mi xed
also to buy, manufacture aud sell all kinds OF
erchsndise also 10 mortgage, hypothecate
aud pledge anv aud all OF Its property: also
In issua sall n hynpthppatp its hnuhs the
purposes Aforesaid within the lawful limits,
aud 10 secure the same by a mortgage or pledge
Of any or all of its proI erty; also TO create
sinking fund for the payment of its debts or
any part thereof aud generally tn have such
rights aud powers are incident TO corpora.
tions under the laws of Arizona; also to do aud
purposes aforesaid within or without the Ter
ritory of Arizona and TO purchase, acquire,
own aud sell aud dispose of its own stock and
the stock of other corporations.
ARTICLE Ill.
The names of the incorporstors OF this corpor
alton are: J. W. THoRhAS, FRANK ELFICK, J.
T. JONES, JOSEPH BROWN. q. 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 the com
pany upon the call of the board OF directors of
this corporation, ana III snail be forever non
sssessable and each C rtifcste Of stock when
issued shall state upon It's face the number of
sh res represented thereby and that the same
is fully paid up and forever non-assessable
ARTICLE
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, aud TIE termin-
alton thereof shall be twenty-five years there
after.
ARTICLE vi.
The affairs of this corporation shall be con-
Quoted by the Boa of Directors who shall be
/ elected snnually by the stockholders The an
/ nual election Of directors shall be neld on the
| first Monday OF August Of each year aud until
such annual election the Board of Directors
| shall be W. Thormsu. Frank Elfck, J. p.
Jones, Joseph Brown, c. s. Lemon, Max Keffel
| and l. Morrow.
ideut vice president, secretary, assistant seere-
tary, treasurer aud general manager, who shall
| be elected by the directors at their first meet.
| ing after their election.
ARTICLE VII.
! The highest amount OF Indebtedness to which
this corporation shall at any time subject itself
| is Five Hundred Thousand Dollars.
ARTICLE VIII.
The stockholders of this corporation aud
their private property are aud shell be exem pt
| from the debts of this corporation.
ARTICLE TX.
The Board Of Directors shall adopt suitable
bylaws for he gov, rumeut af this corporation.
| These Articles of Incorporation may be
amended at any annual or special meeting of
the stockholders called for that purpo. e; aud
when any amendment shall have been made
the same shall be signed and acknow ledged by
the president aud secretary, and when so
signed and acknowledged and recorded aud
publish d as required by law, they shall have
the force and effect OF amendments 20 these
Articles, provided however that the action OF
the corporation under such amendments shall
be valid at all times after such amendments
have been adopted publication and recording
being afterward had as required by law.
| IN WITNESS WHEREOF, we have hereunto
set our hands aud seals this seventh day OF