Mohave County miner., 1901-12-14
Articles of Incorporation
The Arizona Copper, Salt
and Oil Company.

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, thai
we, the undersigned, ID. X. Mason of New York
City, John kyles and X. B. Hamilton, both OF
Toronto, Canada, and Frank Culbertson and
Howard w. Kemper, both of KingmaI County
OF Mohave, and Territory OF Arizona, have this
day voluntarily associated ourselves together
under the laws OF the Territory of Arizona for
the purpose of becoming Incorporated and
forming corporation under SAID laws, and we
hereby adopt these presents as the Articles of
such incorporation and certify and declare:
FIRST: That the name OF the corporators of
said corporation are the names of the persons
aforesaid to-wit: ID. h. Mason, John Kyles.
h. Is. Hamilton, Frank Culbertson and Howard
W. Kemper.
SECOND: That the name OF said corporation
shall be THE ARIZONA COPPER, SALT AND
OIL COMPANY, and its principal place Of
transacting business shall be in the town of
kingman, County OF Mohave, and Territory Of
Arizona but said Company may establish and
maintain offices, transact its business and hold
its Directors and Stockholders meetings lex
cepting its Annual Stockholders Meeting) in any
other OF the states and territories of the United
States OF America a. the Board OF Directors
may designate.
THIRD: That the general nature of the busi-
ness proposed to be transacted by said corpor-
alton Is as follows to-wit
l. - purchase, acquire, take conveyance OF,
own, develop, work and operate mines, mining
properties, mining claims, oil wells and salt
wells, or any option thereon or any share or
interes therein, and to sell, convey, transfer
dispose of, lease or mortgage the same, or any
tharanf ar nv int hor
To erect and operate mills smelters and
all kinds of mining and smelling machinery
and plant for mining, producing, reducing.
smelling, concentrating or refining any OF the
precious metals, or other minerals, and to sell,
transfer, dispose of, lease or mortgage the same
or any part thereof
3. To buy, acquire, sell, dispose OF and deal
in all kinds OF merchandise Of every descrip-
tion which may be required, for any OF the
purposes for which this company is formed.
4, To erect. operate, own, maintain and to
grant PEI mission to others to erect, operate
maintain and carry on hotels, boarding houses
and dwelling houses on the property OF the
Company, or in the vicinity thereof.
5. To buy acquire, lease, improve build
upon. mortgage sell or otherwise dispose of
and in every manner to deal in real estate for
the purposes aforesaid.
8. To borrow money and to give execute
negotiate and transfer any deeds. conveyances
bonds, promissory notes or other securities or
other evidences OF debtedness and to take ac.
quire and receive the same in any and every
manner in connection with the business OF the
Company.
I. To construct equip purchase and acquire
and to maintain, use and develop water rights. !
water powers or water privileges, or any in
terest therein, also to grant, sell lease or other
wise dispose OF the same and TO construct ac. |
quire. equip and maintain the plant and ma. |
ehinery necessary for the generation OF steam |
power and electrical power and for the applica- |
tion and the working OF the same and also an 4
electric light plant, and to generate, use and
apply such power and light for the purpose of
the Company, and to sell or lease the same TO |
others
g. To transact general storage warehouse |
forwarding and transportation business wher. |
ever or whenever necessary or expedient for
carrying on the business OF the Company.
.. To acquire, receive, hold, transfer. sell or
otherwise dispose of the stocks or shares OF
other mining companies or corporations, and
TO sell our own Company's stock at any price
10. To organize, incorporate, or to promote
the organization, incorporation or development
OF other mining companies or interpretations.
and to undertake the sale ond disposal OF the
shares thereof.
II. To construct, own and to operate by
animal steam or electrical power tramways.
roadways and such wagons, carriages. convey.
ances, engines, plant, boats and vessels as NAV
be necessary convenient or desirable for car.
rying out the objects of the Company.
H. And in general to do any and all acts
and things which may be deemed necessary or
expedent for the successful prosecution of tba
Company's business for the attainment OF its
objects as above set forth, or any of them.
FOURTH: That the amount OF capital stock
hereby authorized to be issued by said corpor
alton is One Million (sl ,0OoOOO) Dollars, which
is divided into One Million QOWOOO shares of
the par value of One (sD Dollar each.
FIFTH; That the highest amount of indebt
eduefs or liability to which said CORPORATION is
at any time to subject itself is Two Hundred
Thousand (ssOO,ooO) Dollars
SIXTH: That the time OF filing OF these Ar.
ticles OF Incorporation for record in the Office
Of the County Recorder OF said Mohave County
shall be the time Of the commencement OF said
corporation and its termination shall be upon
the expiration OF the period of twenty-five (25)
years next following saio time of commence
ment.
SEVENTH; That all and singular, each and
every the property of the corporators, stock.
holders and officers OF said corporation. and
each and every OF them, shall at all times be
exempt from all and singular. each and every
the corporate debts of said corporation.
EIGHTH The amount Of the capital stock
which has been actually subscribed is Five
Hundred Dollars (5OOs):
The capital so subscribed is divided into
shares OF one tsi) dollar each, which are held
by the undersigned respectively as follows