Mesa free press., 1900-06-22
Articles Of incorporation.
~ eFsTHE
NEW MONTANA COPPER MINING COMPANY


purpose Of, forming corporation under the
laws of the Territory Of Arizona.
1. And we do hereby certify: that the ; anna
Of the Corporation shall be the New Montana
Copper Mining Company.
2. That the general nature of the bussiinosSs
proposed to be tran sacted, is the acquisition by
location, purchase, lease, or otherwise, :of
mineral and agricultural lands. mines deposits
OF ore, minerals, metals, elays, stones and
other substances and to exchange. own. ol,er-
ate, dispose of, lease or sell to otbers .sueb
lands, deposits Of ore. minerals, metals. claws.
stones or other substances to mine capi,ar
coal. iron and other minerals metals. stnnes
clays and other substances, ard to erect ann
operate mining, milling, concentra ing, re-
ducing, smelling and refining rlants OF works
for mining. millins. reducing smeiting. re-
hning and treating said ores, minerals, metals,
clays stores and other substances, and to sell
and dispose of the same and the Or oduc,s
thereof, and to do general mining and metal
lurgical business.
10 purchase, construct, erect, lease, own and
operate pumping plants and stations, reser-
volrs, canals, bitches, waterways or pipelines
Tor the transmission, storage and conveyance
OF water for domestic, agricultural, manufac-
turing, mining and 1nstallurgical purposes.
To construct, build, purchase, rent, own and
operate, electric and other. plants: 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 it's OWE use,
or for the sals of said power and ie hit TO others
To construct, hu;l;j, purchase, lease. own ard
operate wire and other tranways or RAILWAYS to
hf<, TOD t,r-
steam boats and othor vesaels for the transuor-
tation and convey ance uf its .wn minerals.
metals, stones SDaF!e, clays or oth:r property
and freight FORTS own-rEe and operations.
To do general mercantile and merchandise
business, and PURCHASE. rem, lease, or acquire
real estate and own the same, and sell such
portions rs it may not require for it's own use
t. Others
To lay out towns, and sell and dispose of lots
therein and improve the same.
To mortgage its real and personal property,
and issue bonds thereon, and to do all things
permissible by the laws under which this COM
pany is incorporated. :,.T.
: 8. That the principal place OF business of
said Corporation shall bs at Phoenix, -Ar .zopa
and the places outside Of sald Territory, where
it may keep its efices and transact it's 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 specifically set forth In this Certi-
fcate
4 That the amount of capital stock author
lied is Twenty-Five hundred Thousand dollars
t$2 ,500,000) and the number of share into
,s,A: JoA =
thousand ($250,000) of the par value of ten dol
lars t$;0.OO' each, which amount is to be paid
in, in real or personal property, contracts,
agreements, machinery, labor, merchandise,
materials and cash or othf rRiee in the d sore
tion of the Board of Directors, upon tho is4ue
and ds!iysry of said stocs tro,, time to time
S, That the TING OF the comnlenceu ent of
said corporation in th.s first dsyof February.
one Thousand nine hundred and tho tiiae Of its
terla in.Sion is the lrst day Of + 5iuary, nine
tossl hi adFedand egepty-fye n925.l
g. Fhat the officers of said corporation to
CONDUCT it's affairs shall consist of a Boari of
Mroctors, composed Of seven (7) members, t.,
be elected, at 4 general meeting OF tho stock
holders upon the fling OF THE certificate OF in
corporation. They shall mold office FIR one
year. or until their suoceesors are elected. Th.
Directors will olect from among their number
aSPresident and Vice-President, they will also
elect an Executive Committee of three mem-
bers, Secretary and Treasurer, General m ma
ger, and such other officers and agents as they
may require, who need not be- directors.
T. That the highest amount of indebtedness
to which this corporation is at any time Tn snh-
ject itself. is five hundred Thousand doll ara
(S5OO.OOO).
8. That the private property of each officer.
i'rector ana Stockholder OF" said orporation
is to be exempt from all corporate debs.
la witness whereof. we have hereunto set our
hands and seals, this First day of February A.
D. Nineteen hundred Q900). Signed and sealed
in presence of BLANCHE Irene BRAoKFrr.
CHARLES HALL ADAMS.
LESTER 8. Smith, 100 Shares. IsealI
SAMUEL STERN, 100 s ares, rSealy1
JEROME O'NEIL. 100 Shares, ISeal 7
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
County of Suffolk, So.
City of3gostan. !;
On this lst day of February, A. D. 1900. before
me the subscriber, a Commissioner of Arizona
Territory, residing in the City of Boston. and
Commonwealth of Massachusetts,, personally
appeared Lester s. Smith, Samuel Stern and
Jerome ONeil known to me to be the persons
described in and who executed tho within ar
ticies of incorporation and severally acknowl-
edged to me that they executed the same freely
and Voluntarily for the uees and purposes
therein set forth.
Given under my hand and official seal the day
and year in this certificate above written.
lSoaQ .CHAs HALL ADAMS.
Commissioners of Arizona Territory.
I0ct. l, r. stamp cancelled.
TerdtO Territory y Of MaFh ATizona, ; IS.
J. II. W. Sheridan, County Recorder in and
for the County and Territory Aforesaid. hereby
certify that I have compared the foregoing
copy with the original Articles of incorporation
Of the New, Montana Copper Mining COMPANY
filed and recorded in my office on the 9TH day
of February, 1900 in Book No. 8, of orporations
at page =, and that the same is full, true
and correct copy of such original aud of the
whole thereof.
With ss my hand ane seal Of Office this 7th
day of February, A. D. 1900.
(SeaD F,W SHERIGAN,
County Recorder.
By c. W. Barnett. Dep.