Mesa free press., 1900-07-13
Articles Of incorporation.
NEW MONTANA COPPER MINING COMPANY

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this day associated ourselves together for the
purpose Of forming a corporation under tho
laws OF tho psrritory Of Ayizona
/. And we do hereby certify; that the ,,no !
OF the Corporation shall be the New Montaoa
Copper Mining Company.
2. That the general natnte of tho hrs;,,
PROPOSED 10 De transacted, is the acquisition by
iosa'ioh' purchase, lease, or otherwise, of
mineral ana agricultural lands, mines. deposits
Oh ore minerals, metals, seIays, stones and
other substanses, and to'exchange, own. oper-
a'e' dispose OF, lease or sell to others such
lands, deposits OF ore. minerals, metals, ciays.
stones or other substances; to mine copper,
coal. IRON and other minerals metals. stones.
clays and other substances, and to erect ana
operate mining, milling, concent ra ing. re-
ducing, smelling and refining plants or works
Tor mining, milling. roducing, smelling, re-
nnlng and treating said ores, minerals. metals
clays, stones and other substances, and to ss,ll
and dispose of the same and the products
thereof, and to do general mining and metal
lurgical business.
10 purchase, construct, erect, lease, own and
| operate prtmping plants and stations. r~reser-
Volrs, canals, bitches, Waterways or pipelines
Tor the transmission, storage and conveyance
OF water for domestic, agricultural, manufac-
turing, mining and metallurGical purposes.
To construct, build, purchase. rent, owe and
operate, electric and other plsnts for the pro-
duction Of power and light and the nee ssary
wire lines, or other means for the transmission
OF light and power generated for its OWE use.
or for the eals Of said power and lightto others
TO construct, bald, purchase, lease, OWL and
n tA yifo q
Ra Operated by Steam other power and also
| steam boats and ether vessels for the transpor-
tation and conveyance of its own minerals.
metale, stones, narls. claSs Or other property
| AID freight FOR its Own use and operations
To do general mercantile and merchandise
| business, and purchase, rem, lease, or acquire
real estate and own the same. and soil such
portions as it may not require for it's own use
t. others.
To lay out towls and ell aud dispose of lots
therein and improve the same.
To mortgage it's real and personal property
and issue bonds thereon, and to do all things
missible by the laws under which this com
pany is incorporated.
8. That the principal place OF business of
said Corporation shall bs at Phoenix, Aroma,
and the places outside of sald Territory where
it may keep its effices and transact its business
are the State Of Montana, Cities of New York.
State Of New York; Boston. State Of Massachu.
setts, Philadelphia. Pennsylvania and else
where in the United STATES and Europe the
same as if speciitallyset forth in this Cert;-
fcate.
That the amount of capital stock author
ICED is Twenty -ilve hundred Thousand dollars
tS2 10000 and the number Of share into
which it its divided is two hundred and tisty
thousand (S2500O0) Of the par value of ten do
lars $4,000 each, which amount is to be psid
in, IN roal or personal property, contracts,
agreoropn&e, machinery, labor. meroherd;so,
materials and cash oS Sherwise IN the d sSre-
tion of the Board Of Directors. uEon the issue
and delivery OF eaid stook from titnA 10 tine.
6. That the time of the conrnaGceyr. lpt of
laid corporation !? tho first day Of February
one Thousand nine hundred ana tho time OF its
termination is the iTst day of F. b,uary, nins-
teen hundred and twenty-five (!Ss5.)
6. That the Officers OF said 80. pocation +,
conduct its affsirs shall consist IF :, Boar: of
Directors. compused OF =, ven q members to
re elected. st s. general meeting OF tie stock
holders upoo he fling Of thi. q, r.; iic,ste Of in
exploration. They eh.ll hold otEiea f,r orc
year. or until their slcoeesoys are Gle CT d. lie
Directors will elect from among their lumber
q President ard yce-Prcsi,ien1, they will also
elect an Executive Committee Of three mem
bers, Secretary and Treasurer. General, tl:4na-
ger, and snch other officers and agents as they
may require, who need not ba directors
Z. That the highest amount OF indebtedness
to which this co:porstinr is at any time to sub-
ject itself is five hrir1red thoatan9, dollars
($5O0.OG0)
s. That the private property Of each officer.
director and Stockhplder Of said ,rporati ION
| is to be exempt from all coronrate debts
| In witness whereof, we have hcrenuto set our
hands and seals. this First day Of Eebrnary A.
D: Nineteen hundred {i900). Signed and sealed
| in presence OF BLANCHE IaEsE BR,cKETT.
Charles HALL ADAMs
LESTER s. SMITH, 100 Shares. lSeal.
SAMUEL STERN, 10) s ares, ISeai.1
JIRoSg O'NIIL, 100 Shares TseaLl
! Commonwealth OF Masgachusette.
! C1unty OF Suffolk se
| CITY Of Boston.
| On this lst day of February, 4. D. 1900. before
me the subscriber, q Commissioner Of Arizona
| Territory, residing ia the Ciss of Boston, and
Commonwealth of Massachusetts,, porscDali7
appeared Lester s. Smith, Samuel Stern and
Jerome ONeil, known to mc to b. 1b. ,,erslEe
described in and who execnted tic within ar
ticies Of incorpoTa' ion aud sevcrally a,Anowl-
edged to lie that they executed the saue freely
and voluntarily for the nses and purposes
| therein set forth.
Given under my hand aud official seal the da,
and year in this certificate above written.
(ScaO CRAs. HALL ApAsis.
Commissioner oi Arizona Territory.
| I0Gt. !, T. stamp cancelled.
Territory Of Arizona, 90
County Of Maricopa. { ~
I, +. W. Sheridan, County Recorder in ant
for the County and Territory aforesaid hareh,
cortify that ] have compared the foregoing
copy with thu orioinal Articles Of Incorporation
of he New Montana Copper Mining Compan,
filed and reeo ded in my office on the 7th ia,
OF February, iaG0 in Book No. 8, OF orporations
at page -, and that the same is q fu;l, true
and correct copy Of such or gnal and o. tns
| whole thereof.
Win SIS my hand anc seal ')s Office this IT!
| das of F.hruary. A. i. 1909