Arizona silver belt., 1901-12-19
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
Of the Arizona Colorado Copper Belt and Gold
 Mining and Milling Company

Mining and Milling Company.
 KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRES ENTs, That we, Robert Nj. Force, Frank A Wright, Clinton V. Mead, C. Wendell Merritt and Joseph D. Whit ham, citizens of the United States of America and 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 laws 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 transacting business of said corporation shall be in the City of Globe, County of Gila, and Territory of Arizona, and it shall have branch office at the City of Denver, County of Arapahoe, and State of 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- ation and the business of this corpor ation may be conducted in Arizona or in any of The States and Territories in the United States of America, and also in any of the States of the Republic of hA nf 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 be designated by the Board of Directors {; 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 10 be transacted is as follows tO-wit
 The business of mining and the To- eating and purchasing mines of 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 tu carry on and conduct the busi- ness of mining, opening, equipping and developing such mines and lands 1; to>construct tunnels or sink shafts for the developing of such mines, and generally 10 carry on and conduct the business of mining, extracting, concentrating, reducing, smelting and refining copper and gold and silver and other metalliferous ores to erect and operate machinery, smelters, stamp mills, teaching plants, reduction works, concentrators, dredg. ing machines, saw mills, and other mills necessary for the mining, reduc- ton and smelling of all kinds of min eral bearing ores also, to acquire, construct, own and operate railways, tramways, turnpikes and canals to lead from it's principal works or place of business to some existing railroad navigable 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, to prove up, hold, cultivate, use and en- joy the same, to sell, convey, lease and dispose of the same or any part there of. as well as any other property that said corporation may possess, own or be entitled 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 mercantile business, buy and sell general merchandise and generally to engage in and carry on any and all kinds of mining, includ- ing precious stones, onyx and marble quarries, by discovery, lease or pur- chase manufacturing and industrial pursuits to lay out lands into mill sites, town sites, blocks, lots, streets, alleys, avenues, commons and parks ; to 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 and Territories in the United States ol America, or any county, municipal or private corporation, mills, factories, houses, bonds and capital stocks oi 1 corporations, wares, goods, chattsls and choses in action; to buy, manu facture, hold and possess electrical ap pIlances, driving machinery, motor power for propelling mechanical ap plianceS where electricity can be used electric lights, telegraph and telephone lines to loan money on reliable secu rity and to borrow money on its owr credit contract debts and issue bonds and notes of the corporation as evi denee of indebtedness and to secure l the payment of the same by pledge ol