Mohave County miner., 1901-12-21
Articles Of incorporation
OF
The Arizona Copper, Salt
and Oil Company.


City, John Kyles and r. b. Hamilton both Of
Toronto, Canada, and Frank Culbertson and
Howard w Kemper both of kingmar County
OF Mohave, and Territory OF Arizona, have this
day voluntarily associated ourselves together
under the laws Of the Territory of Arizona, for
the purpose of becoming incorporated and
forming a corporation under SAID laws and we
hereby adopt these presents as the Articles of
such incorporation and certify and declare:
FIRST: That the name of the corporators of
said corporation are the names of the persons
aforesaid tO.wlt: ID. *. Mason, John kyleS
r. B. Hamilton Frank Culbertson and Howard
W. Kemper,
SECOND: That the name of said corporation
shall oe rHE ARIZONA COPPER, SALT AND
OIL COMPANY, and its principal place of
transacting business shall be in the town Of
kingrnan, County Of Mohave, and Territory OF
Arizona, but said Company may establish and
maintain oaceS transact its business and hold
its Directors and StpcIlolderS meetings lex
cepting its Annual Stockholders Meeting) in any
other Of the states and territories Of the United
States Of America a. the Board of Directors
may designate.
THIaD: That the general nature Of the bust
ness proposed to be transacted by said corpor-
alton IS as follows to-wit:
/. Ts purchase, acquire, take conveyance Of,
own, develop, work and operate mines mining
properties mining claims oil wells and salt
wells, or any option thereon, or any share or
inter- st therein, and to sell, convey, transfer.
dispose Of, lease or mort gage the same, or any
part thereof, or ans interest or share therein.
TO erect and operate mills Smelters and
all kinds OF mining and smelling machinery
and plant for mining, producing, reducing
smelling, concentrating or refining any of the
precious metals, or other minerals and to sell
transfer, dispose OF, lease or mortgage the same
or any part thereof.
3 To buy, acquire. sell, dispose Of and deal
in all kinds Of merchandise Of every dcScrip
tion which may be required, for any of the
purposes for which this company is formed,
4. To erect. operate, own. maintain and to
grant PEI mission TO others to erect, operate.
maintain and carry on hotels boarding houses
and dwelling houses on the property OF the
Company, or in the vicinity thereof.
D TO buy acquire lease, improve build
upon mortgage, sell or otherwise dispose Of
and in every manner to deal in real estate for
the purposes aforesaid.
8. To borrow money and to give, execute.
necotiute and transfer any deeds, conveyances
bonds promissOry notes or other securities. or
other evidences Of Indebtedness, and TO take ac.
Quire and receive the same in any and every
manner in connection with the business of the
Company.
T. To construct equip, purchase and acquire /
and to maintain, use and develop water rights |
water powers or water privileges or any in.
terest therein. also to grant sell, lease or other
wise dispose Of the same, and 70 construct, ac
qutre. equip and maintain the plant and ma.
chinery necessary for the generation Of steam .
power and electrical power and for the applica-
tion and the working OF the same and also an
electric light plant, and to generate use and
apply such power and light for the purpose OF .
the Company and to sell or lease the same to
others.
= To transact general storage warehouse
forwarding and transportation business wher.
ever or whenever necessary or expedient for
carrying on the business Of the Company
8. To acquire, receive hold, transfer. sell or
otherwise dispose Of the stocks or shares of
other mining companies or corporations and
10 sell our own Complny's stock at any price
less or more than their par value
10 To organize, incorporate or to promote
the organization Incorporation OF development
Of other mining companies or interpretations.
and 70 undertake the sale ond disposal Of the
shares thereof.
H. To construct, own and to operate by
animal steam or electrical power tramways.
roadways and such wagons carriages. convey
ances engines, plant boats and vessels as may
be necessary convenient or desirable for car.
rying out the objects OF the Company.
L. And in general TO do any and all acts
and things which may be deemed necessary or
expedient for the successful pr jsecution OF the
CompanyS business for the attainment of its
objects as above set forth, or any of them.
FOURTH; That the amount Of capital stocl,
hereby authorized to be issued by said corpor
alton is one Million Gl,oJOOOU Dollars which
is divided into One Million u.OlOOOD shares Of
the par value Of one 90 Dollar each.
FIFTH That the highest amount of indebt
eduefs or liability to which said corporation Is
at any time to subject itself is Two Hundred
Thousand G2O1O0o) Dollars
SIXTH: That the time Of filing of these Ar
ticles Of Incorporation for record IN the Office
OF the County Recorder Of said Aiohave County
shall be the time Of the commencement OF said
corporation. and its termination shall be upon
the expiration Of the period OF TWENTY-FIVE (25)
years next following said time OF commence
nent
SEVENTH: That all and singular. each and
every the property of the corporators. stock
holders and officers Of said corporation, and
each and every Of them shall at all times be
exempt from all ana singular each and every
the corporate debts of said corporation.
EIGHTH; The amount Of the capital stool,
which has been actually subscribed is Five
Hundred Dollars (5O0S);
The capital so subscribed Is divided into
shares OF one ISL dollar each, which are held
by the undersigned respectively as follows
that is TO says
NAMES REsIDRNcp No a.
Damascus X. Mason, New York, n. Y, 100