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

OF THE
 BISMARCK-NUG GULCH CON
 SOLIDATED MINING co.
 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 followin 2 tatement:
 1st- The names of the corporators | are: L. D. Mccall, H. A. Hull, J. F. i Hastings.
 1 End. The name of the corporation shall be. the Bismarck Nugget Guich Consolidated Mining Co.
 Srd. The principal place in which ! the business of the said corporation within the Territory of Arizona is to 1 be transacted. is Phoenix, Maricopa County. Arizona, and the principal place of business of said corpora ton outside of the Territory of Arizona l 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 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, smelting, treating, preparing for market. manufacturing. buying, sell ing. exchanging and otherwise pro ! ducins 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 a saw mill. and to do a gen eral numbering business: to do a 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 all 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.
 
 ital stock of this corporation shall be five million dollars (s5, ,OOO OO0) divided into 5000, coo shares of the par value of one dollar (S1.OO) 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.
 7th. 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 C9) members, who shall be elected an nuaIly 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 time subject. shall be one hundred thousand dollars( s100.000).
 Sth. 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 30th day of October. A. D.. 1901.
 l.. D. MCCALL, (SeaL)
 H. A. HULL. (SeaL)
 J. F. HASTINGS. (SeaLJ State of Illinois.
 County of Cook. ss.
 On this 30th day Of October, A. D., 1901, before me, Fred l.. Golf, q Notary Public in and for the County and State aforesaid. residing therein, duly com missioned and sworn, personally ap- peared l.. D. Mccall. II. A. Hull and J. R. Hastings. known to me to be the persons described in, whose names are subscribed 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.
 Tn witness whereof. I have heTeUnto 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.