Arizona republican., 1901-11-08
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
 OF THE BISMARCK-N GULCH CON. SOLIDATED MINING co.

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 KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS: That we. whose hands are hereunto affixed. do hereby assoc fate ourselves together for the pur- pose of forming a corporation under the laws of the Territory of Arizona. and to that end make the following statement:
 1st. The names of the corporators are: L. D. Mccall, H. A. Hull, J. R. Hastings.
 End. The name of the corporation shall be the Bismarck Nugget Gulch Consolidated Mining Co
 Srd. The principal place ;n which the business of the said corpora tion within the Territory of Arizona is to be transacted, is Phoenix. Maricopa County, Arizona, and the principal place of business of said corporation outside of the Territory of Arizona shall be the City of Chicago. in the State of Illinois or such other place as the Board of Directors may by res- olution direct.
 4th. The general nature of the bus mess to be transacted by this corpo- ration is as follows. to-wit: Tt pur- chase. lease. bond, locate and other wise acquire. own. exchange. sell or otherwise dispose of: pledge. mortgage. hypothecate and deal in mines. mining g claims, oil lands. mineral lands, tim Der lands. oil. gas. asphaltum. petrol cum. water and water rights. and to work mine. explore. and develop the same; to carry on the business of min ing, milling. concentrating, convert ing, smeltng, treating, preparing for market, manufacturing, buying, sell ing. exchanging and otherwise pro- ducing and dealing in gold. silver. copper lead. zinc, iron. steel and in all kinds of ores. metals and minerals. and in the products and by-products thereof of every kind and description. and by whatsoever process the same can be or may hereafter be produced. to operate saw mill. and to do gen ersl numbering business; to do gen eral real estate and mercantile busi- ness: to own. handle and control let ters patent and inventions; to borrow money and execute mortgages or deeds of trust to secure the same, and in general to do ali things necessary to the proper conduct of the business Of this corporation in the Territory and elsewhere. not inconsistent with the laws of the United States and Terri tory of Arizona.
 9th The authorized amount of cap ital stock of this corporation shall be five million dollars (S5.000. .0o0) divided into 5.000.000 shares of the par value of one dollar CS1.0O) each. At 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 sale and trans fer to it of real or personal property for the uses and purposes of said cor poration, in payment for which shares of the capital stock of the said corpo- ration may be issued. and the capital stock so issued shall thereupon and thereby become and be fully paid and non-assessable.
 9th. The time of the commencement of this corporation shall be the date of the filing of the Articles of Incorpo- ration in the office of the Secretary of Arizona. and the termination thereof shall be twenty-five (25) years there after.
 1th. The affairs of this corporation shall be conducted by a Board of Di- rectors. consisting of not less than five (5) and not more than nine 60 members. who shall be elected an nually by the stockholders of this cor poration
 sth. The highest amount of indebt- edness or liability. direct or contingent. to which this corporation is at any
  thousand dollars( S1OO. .OGO).
 9th. The private property of the stockholders of this corporation shall be exempt from corporate debts of any kind whatsoever.
 IN WITNESS WHEREOF. we have hereunto set our hands and seals this 3Oth day of October. A. D.. 1901.
 L. D. MCCALL, (Seal)
 H. A. HULL. (SealJ
 J. F. HASTINGS. (SeaLl , State of Illinois.
 County of Cook. ss.
 On this 30th day of October, A. D.. 1901, before me. Fred l.. Golf, Notary Public in and for the County and State aforesaid. residing therein, duly com missioned and sworn, personally ap- peared l.. D. Mccall, H. A. Hull and J. R. Hastings. known to me to be the persons described in, whose names are subsci ibed to. and who executed the foregoing instrument, and they ac- knowledged to me that they executed the same for the uses and considera- tions therein expressed.
 In witness whereof. I have hcreunto set my hand and affixed my seal at my office in the said State and County, the day and year last above written
 (SeaD FRED L. COTE.
 Notary Public.
 My commission expires May 2Sth, 1904
 First publication. Nov. G.