Arizona republican., 1901-11-09
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
 OF THE PROVIDENCE MOUNTAIN MINING
 COMPANY.

PRESENTS: mat we the under signed hereby associate ourselves to- gether for the purpose of forming a corporation under the laws of Arizona Territory and do hereby make. sign and acknowledge the following articles of incorporation, to-wit:
 ARTICLE I.
 The name of the incorporation so formed is the PROVIDENCE NOUN TAIN MINING COMPANY. and the names of the incorporators are; c. A. Stilson. w. H. Workman, F.. E. Hall. Charles Geldmacher, and Fielding J. Stilson. The principal place of busi- ness is and shall be at Phoenix, Mari copa County. Arizona Territory. The corporation may also have an office at LOS Angeles City, Los Angeles County, California, New York City. N. Y, and such other places as the Board of Di- rectors may determine, where meetings of the stockholders and of the Board of Directors may be held and the business of the corporation carried on in ac- cordance with the laws of Arizona, with the same effect as if held, done or performed at Phoenix, Arizona.
 ARTICLE II.
 The purpose for which this company is organized and the general nature of the business proposed to be transacted by this corporation, are as follows: Locating, buying, selling, operating and developing mines and mining property; building. operating and own ing mills and milling and concentrat- ing machinery and smelters for the purpose of milling, concentrating. smelting and reducing all kinds of ores. extracting the mineral therefrom by any process or processes; to own, ac- quire. lease, hold. sell and convey real and personal property, mines, mining claims, water rights. mills and mill sites and other property. and doing all things incidental to such business or connected herewith; to build, maintain and operate dams, water ways, wagon roads. tramways. steam or electric railways in connection with any an1 all mills, smelters or mining properties owneu or controlled by this company; to buy sell, acquire, hold. deal in and hypothecate shares of stock in other incorporated companies; said corpora tion shall have the right to borrow money, and contract to pay the same at such times and upon such terms as the Board of Directors may authorize, and may mortgage, hypothecate. pledge the property of this corporation to secure the payment of any money borrowed by it.
 ARTICLE III.
 The amount of the capital stock of this corporation is and shall be three million dollars (s3. 900, ,OOO.OO) divided into three million (3.00O. .000) shares of the par value of one dollar (s1.OO each. to be paid for in cash or property, at such time and upon such conditions as the Board of Directors shall determine.
 ARTICLE ".
 The time of the commencement of this corporation shall be the date of filing of these Articles of Incorpora- tion in the office of the County Re corder of Maricopa County. Arizona Territory, and the termination thereof shall be twenty-five years thereafter.
 ARTICLE V.
 The affairs of this corporation shall be managed and conducted by d Board of Directors consisting of not less than five persons nor more than seven who shall be stockholders in said Corpora ton, and who shall be elected annually by the stockholders on the first Tues day in october in each year.
 ARTICLE VI.
 The officers of this corporation shall be President. Vice President. Secre- tary, Treasurer and Assistant Secre- tary. who shall be elected annually by the Board of Directors at such times may be by the bylaws of this cor pOration designated. that until the first annual election of officers and directors and until their successors are duly elected and qualified, the following named persons who are subscribers to the capital stock of this company shall constitute the officers and directors, viz: C. A Stilson, Director and Pres ident. w. H. Workman. Director and Vice President. F. E. Hall. Director, Secretary and Treasurer, Charles Geld macher. Director, Fielding J. Stilson, Director
 ARTICLE VII.
 The officers and Directors of this cor poration shall hold office for the term of one year from their election and until their successors are duly elected and qualified, unless an officer or Di- rector shall cease to be stockholder, in which case his office shall be de- clared vacant and such vacancy filled for the unexpired term by the remain ing members of the Board of Directors.
 ARTICLE VIII.
 The stockholders of this corporation and their private property shall be ex- empt from liability, for corporate debts of this corporation and the capi- tai stock shall be forever non-assess- able. The highest amount of indebt- edness or liability to which this corpo- ration shall at any time subject itself. direct or contingent, is the sum of one hundred thousand dollars.
 ARTICLE TX.
 These Articles of Incorporation may be amended at any regular or special meeting of the stockholders by ma jority of the stock voting in favor of the amendment, and whenever these articles shall be so amended. such amendment shall be signed and ac- knowledged by the President of the corporation and when recorded shall have the same effect as though they had been signed and accepted by all the stockholders.
 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, We, the Undersigned, have caused these pres