Arizona silver belt., 1901-10-17
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
Of the Ari1ona- Colorado Copper Belt and Gold
 Mining and Milling Company.

ENIS, That we, hopero M. rpiee, | Frank A Wright, Clinton Y. Mead, C. | Wendell Merritt and Joseph D. Whit. i ham. citizens of the United States of | America aud residents of the State of | Colorado, do hereby associate ourselves together as and into body corporate, under and by virtue of the provisions of the jaws of the Territory of Arizo ma, for the purpose of engaging in the | lawful enterprise, business pursuits and occupations hereinafter specified, and do hereby adopt the following Ar ticles of Incorporation, and declare;
 ARTICLE I.
 The name of such corporation shall be and is THE ARIzoNA-CoLoRADo | COPPER BELT AND GOLD MINING AND | MILLING COMPANY.
 The principal place of transa citing business of said corporation shall be in the City of Globe, County of Gila, and Territory of Arizona, and it shall have a branch office at the Oity of Denver, County, of Arapahoe, and State uf Colorado, and at such other places as may be hereafter legally des. ignated as necessary and convenient for any of the purposes of said corpor-
 
 alton may be conducted in Arizona or in any of he States and Territories in the United States of A merica, and also in any of the States of the Republic of | Mexico, and the regular meetings of 1 the stockholders and the directors of this corporation may be held in the said City of Denver, State of Colorado, or in any other place which may b. designated by the Board of Directors 1; and all proceedings of the stockhold. CTS or Board of Directors, had at any such meeting, shall have the same force and effect as if held at said prin cipal office at Globe, in the said Terri tory of Arizona.
 | ARTICLE II.
 The general nature of the business ] proposed to be transacted is as follows | tU-wit
 ] The business of mining and the To. eating aud purchasing mines ol cop | per, gold, silver, lead, coal turquoise, and mineral lands and mines of all ! other kinds and nature whatsoever ; and to operate, lease or sell the same, and to carry on and conduct the bu-i uess of mining, opening, equipping ! i to construct tunnels or sink shafts for the developing of such mines, and generally to carry on and conduct the business Of mining, extracting, concentrating, reducing, smeltlng and refining copper and gold and silver and other metalliferous ores to erect and operate machinery, smelters, stamp mills, teaching plant, reduction works, conceDtrators, dredg ing machines, saw mills, and other mills necessary for the mining, reduc- tion and smeltiug of all kinds of min eral bearing ores also, to acquire construct, own and operate railways, tramways, turnpikes and canals tU lead from it's principal works or place of business to some existing railroad uavigable stream, tramway, turnpike or public highway to acquire by pur chase, location or lease, real estate, patents to lands and other kinds of property real, personal or mixed, tu prove up, hold, cultivate, use aud en, joy the same, to sell, convey, lease and dispI se of the same or any part there of, a. well as any other property that said corporation may posse Ss, own or be eB titled to also to own and Ope rate wagon roads, irrigating ditches, water works, reservoirs, dams and aqueducts to erect, operate and main. tain boarding houses, hotels, engage in and carry on mercan tile business, buy and sell general merchandise ana generally to engage in and carry on any and all kinds of inning, includ ing precious stones, onyx and marble quarries, by discovery, lease or pur. chase; notwithstanding and industrial pursuits to lay out lands into mil sites, town sites, blocks, lots, streets, alleys, avenues, commons and parks 10 acquire, own, build, maintain, ope rate and dispose of pipe lines for con. ducting water and other fluids of every description whatever to acquire, hold, possess, own, enjoy and dispose of rights of-way for the purpose thereof and for other purposes to lay out, construct, acquire and own by pur- chase, or other legitimate manner. ac. cept, hold, possess, enjoy, operate, use franchises from any Of the States an Territo in the United States of America, or any county, municipal or private corporation, mills, factories, houses, bonds and capital stocks of SDi ppihbiphot "'iCF, Ropuc' cildttris and choses in action to buy, manu. facture, hold and possess electrical ap. pllances, driving machinery, motor power for propelling mechanical ap. pliances where electricity can be used electric lights, telegraph and telephone 1 lines to loan money on reliable secu- rity and to borrow money on its own credit contract debts and issue bonds and notes of the corporation as evi dence of indebtedness and to secure the payment of the same by pledge or mortgage of the said compauy's frau | chises or Otber property or any DOT. tion thereof, and to do and perform such other things as may be incidental or necessary to carry out and execute the objects herein mentioned and transact any and all kinds of business which may be transacted by a natural person.
 l ARTICLE III.
 | The amount of the capital stock au- thorized by the said corporation is Two Million Five Hundred Thousand Dol. lars (S2,500, ,000l, divided into Two Mii- lion Five Hundred Thousand Shares f2,5O0 00OD, of the par value of One Dol. | lar ,sl co per share and such stock when issued shall be transferable, fully paid for and non -assessabe. ARTICLE ".
 The highest amount of indebtedness or liability, direct or contingent. To | which the said corporation shaIl anh