Graham guardian., 1900-03-30
HRTICLES or InC0RPO.
fHTI0T1
Of the Stanley butte Copper Min
ing and Smelling Company
tNow ALL MEN HY HEsE Presents:

| Know ALL MEN EY HEsE PRESENTS
| That we II. J Harvey, j, hn Blake, C. j.
Moore and W. u. French pll Oft ecty "f raf.
| ord, C"untr OF Graham. Tel Iritnry of Arizona
her BY associate uursrlv,s together ior the
| purpose oi forming corr Grafton, under the
statutes of the Territory OF Arizona relating To
corporations, approved March sth, A. D. SS7,
and hereby adept sign and acki owledge the
| following articles OF incorporation.
| The name of this corporation shall be the
STANLEY BUTTE COPPER MINING &
SMELLING COMPANY
The principal place of transactlng its busi-
Less shall be in the city of -sffpri C,unty, of
Graham, Territory of Arizona. aud such
other places as the board OF directors may
hereafter direct
| The general nature of the business proposed
! To b. transacted ny said rurporatini, mining
mining, smelling, selling, leasing, bbnding and
working oi MINES, ,nres AN bullion the buildiny,
owning and operating II railroads aud tram.
waNs, to acquire by purchase OF otherwise
mining property, m ll.sites ami water rights,
and to develop the same, 10 purchase and deal
IN merchandise of all kinds, and to purchase
and acquire, build upon or ease any real estate,
or personal proI erly, necessary in carrying out
the purpose of this corporation, To borrow
money. issue BOMBS aud to NOR gage, pledge or
therwise dispose ofany and all Ofits cor pOrale
property Tor the security and payment Of any
OF its Indebtedness.
| The amount of capital stock of this corpora.
tlcn Shall be two million CsI,UOJ ,OOO.Ou1 dorars
| twenty thousand shares at one hundred dol
lars each. The lime and condition on which
| sfid capital stock is to be paid in shall be- US
nl4y be hereafter determined by the board of
| G'ret turs All stock must be paid In full be.
| fore nsue aud all sgUck shall b. n0nassessable.
The term or which this corporation is to
exist IL twenty five years 1Iom aud after tn
date nf bling these article, ia the oihce of the
County Recorder oi.said Graham County
The affairs of this corporation are to be con.
dncIed By board ut four directors, who shall
be share holders. aud shall be elected annually,
on the second Monday fl January of each ear,
the present directors ard neorporators
ahul act as q Board OF Directors. uutil said FIRST
aonusl meeting. The executive oircero OF this
corporation shall consist of a president secre-
The highest amount of Indebtedness r. llabll.
it. tu which this corr rloration is to any ,lne sub
iect Itself is the sum of i've hundred Thousand
dollars.
The private property of the share holders IN
Ihis corporation shall be exempt from its cor
pOrate debts.
III witne's whereof we have hereuntc set our
hands aud seals. this l4th day of February, A
d., 1900.
HI. HARVEY, lsEALl
JOHN BLAKE, tsEALl
C.. MOORE, lsrsLl
W. d. FRENCH, lsEALl
Territory of Arizonal
County of Graham, ss'
Bef re me- II. s. Patterson. a Notary public
in and FOR the County of Graham Territory of
hrt1., on this day personally appeared II. J,
Harvey, John Blake, O. J. Moore and W. ID
French, known 10 me to be the persons whose
narnczarcsibscrihod to the foregoing instrument
and ockuOwlcdged 70 me that they exeentea
the same ioT The purpose and consideration
therein expressed.
In witness whereof have hereunto set my