The Arizona sentinel., 1901-12-18
ARTICLES OF INCOaP0RATIOH.
 OF THE Golden Desert Mining Company.

Know All Men by These Presents: That we, whose hands are hereunto affixed, do hereby associate ourselves together for the purpose of forming corporation under the laws of the Territory of Arizona and to that end make the following statement:
 FIRST.
 The names of the corporators gre: O. A. Pcase Samuel Shaw Parks, William R. Parks, ard the name of the corporation shall be The Golden Desert Mining Company. The principal place in which the business of said corporation within the Territory of Arizona is to be trans acted is Quartzite, Yuma county, Arizona, and the principal place of business of said corporation outside the Territory of Arizo- na shall be the city of Chicago, County of Cook in the State of Illinois, at which meetings of the board of directors may be held, and the cor poration may have such branch offices either within or without the Territory of Arizona as may be established by the board of directors.
 SECOND.
 The general nature of the business proposed to be transacted by this corporation is as follows, to-wit:
 To purchase. lease bond locate, or otherwise acquire. own exchange, sell or otherwise dispose of pledge mortgage. hypothecate and deal in real estate, any and ah kinds of personal property, miLeS mining claims, oil lands, mineral lands, oil. gas aSphaltum, petroleum, water and water rights and machinery. and to work, mine, ex- plore operate and develop the same; to do general real estate, manufacturing and mer- cantile business; to own, handle and control letters patent and inventions and shares of cap tocI- of Otbnr money and execute notes, mortgages or deeds of trust to secure the same, and to exercise in respect of all such bonds, mortgages notes, shares of cap- ital stock and other securities and obligations any and all rights, powers and privileges of indi vidual owners thereof including the right to vote upon any shares of stock held by it to the same extent that natural person might or could do; and fin general to do all things necessary to the proper conduct of the business of this cor poration in the Territory and elsewhere, not inconsistent with the laws of the United States and the Territory of Arizona.
 THIRD.
 The authorized amount of capital stock of this corporation shall be two million and five hundred thousand dollars (f2500'OOO) divided into two million five hundred thousand  each The board of directors may by resolution divide tho capital stock into common and pre- ferred shares in such proportions and under such conditions as the directors may deem de- sirabie. AL such time as the board of directors may by resolution direct, said capital stock shall be paid into this corporation either in cash or by the safe and transfer to it of real personal property for the uses and purposes of said cor poration in payment for which shares Of the capital stock of said corporation may be issued. and the capital stock so issued shall thercupoa and thereby become and be fully paid up ard nOn-asSesSa be- and in the absence of actual fraud in the transaction the judgment If the di- rectorS as to the value Cf pr perty purchased shall be conclusive.
 FOURTH.
 The time of the commencement Of this corporation shall be the date of the filing of these articles of Incorporation in the ofice Of the Secretary of Arizona, and the termination