Arizona republican., 1901-04-08
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
 of the ILEX COPPER MINING AND cNft,T r,INyc CnMDANv

| or the
 ILEX COPPER MINING AND
 SIMPLIFYING COMPANY. Know Al! Men by These Presents: That we, the undersigned, M. B. Lind ! ley, Morton Lindley. Fred Chapman. | for ourselves, our associates and sue | oessors, have associated ourselves to- gether for the purpose of forming a corporation under and by virtue of the statutes and laws of the Territory of
 Arizona, and We do hereby certify and
 declare as follows, viz:
 First. The name of this corporation
 shall be the Hex Copper Mining and ' Smelling Company.
 Second. The purposes for which this corporation is formed are smelting, re- fning, manufacturing and buying and selling ores and mining products of all
 kinds, buying and selling real estate,
 stock and bonds of other corporations, buying, selling and manufacturing ma
 chinery and merchandise of all kinds, conducting boarding houses and hotels laying out town sites. buying and sell ing town lots. and other property,
 building houses, lending money, issu-
 ing notes, mortgages, bonds and other evidences of indebtedness and dfsposng
 of the same, and conducting any and all
 other lawful business necessary for the
 promotion and carrying on of any of
 the businesses connected with this cor
 poration, organizing corporations for
 the purpose of carrying on any and all
 business mentioned herein. also voting
 for and electing officers of any corpo-
 ration. The stocks of which corpora
 tions may be held by this company, and
 to build, erect, purchase, lease, and
 otherwise acquire and possess and own,
 manage and operate mills, smeters, re- duction works and all necessary ap-
 purtenances and appliances herewith, and all necessary buildings. factories,
 machinery. material, appliances and other things used or employed in or about smelting. refining. mining and manufacturing; to locate, appropriate, purchase. hold, rent, lease and other wise acquire, own and possess mines, mining claims, mining lands, contain ing any and all valuable ores, metals, minerals or deposits. and any and all other kinds of real estate or interests therein in any portion of the United States, or elsewhere: to sell, convey, transfer, grant, rent, lease, mortgage,
 or otherwise cucumber or dis
 pose of any or all of said
 properties. rights; or easements, or any interests therein, Co purchase. lease, or in any manner acquire, own or possess, and to transfer, sell convey, pledge, mortgage, hypothecate, or oth- erwise cucumber and dispose of the stock. shares. bonds, certificates or in- terests of any person. company or cor poration; to locate, appropriate, pur- chase lease or otherwise own, possess or acquire sites for the location, man. agement and operation of mills, smelt- CTS, factories or reduction works, to To- cate, appropriate, rent, lease or other wise own, acquire or possess, and, to hold. develop, maintain. operate, man age, and to grant. sell, convey, lease, rent, mortgage and otherwise hypothe- cate and cucumber and dispose of any water, water rights or irrigation ditches, fumes, pipes or canals in any portion of the United States of Amer ica. or elsewhere; to make, manufac- ture, purchase lease, rent, or in any dNquilt hlllt bl DoSstSSlD1l lO any and all kinds of personal property. and to sell transfer, mortgage, assign, hypothecate, pledge, rent lease or in any manner cucumber or dispose of the same; to mine, extract, transport, re- duce, and treat in any manner or by any method now known or which here after may be discovered, all ores, met als, minerals, and deposits of every de- scription or character; to purchase, construct, rent, lease, build, operate. | use, maintain and otherwise acquire | possession to rights of way, roadways, | tramways, railways and other ease | ments of like nature, necessary, proper | or convenient in and about the main- tenance or operation of any of its busi- | ness or enterprises. or any of its prop critics, and to bargain, sell grant, con- vey, rent, lease, mortgage and other wise cucumber and dispose of, the same: to do any and all such otEer things as may be necessary, proper, usual, or con- Venient in the transaction, mainten- ance or operation of any of it's enter prises. or business or properties.
 Third. The place where the principal business of this corporation shall be transacted is Phoenix, in the County of Maricopa, Territory of Arizona, but a branch office may be located at Chi eago, Illinois: New York City, New fork; Philadelphia. Pennsylvania; Bos- -on, Massachusetts; Denver Colorado: salt Lake City, Utah; Winnemoca and iolconda, Nevada; San Francisco. fruitdale, Berkley Oakland and Red ing, California; for occupancy of offi- sers' and stockholders meetings and transaction of all business.
 Fourth. The term for which this cor 'oration shall exist shall be twenty-five zo) years. The existence of this cor 'oration shall commence upon the 'ranting of its charter.
 f1fth. The number of Directors of ms corporation shall be five, and the l'