Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1902-07-15
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
OF
eel CORDERO GOLD MINING CO.

under the revised statutes of the Ter
ritory of Arizona, relating to corpora
lions, approved March Sth, "A. II. 1885,
do hereby associate ourselves Tor ina
purpose and sign, adopt and ackno"l-
edge the following articles OF lncorpo-
ration, tO-wit:
Article I.
The names of the persons SO herepS
associating themselves for the purpose
aforesaid are Floyd B. Wilson. Charles
H. Twist and Frederick X. Jones.
Article II.
The name of the corporation shall be
Eel Cordero Gold Mining Company.
Article III.
The principal place of transacting its
business shall be in the City of Phoe-
nix, in the County of Maricopa in the
Territory of Arizona, with general
office in New York City, N. Y, and
such subordinate offices as may be
hereafter elsewhere established.
Article ".
The general nature of the business
proposed to be transacted by the said
CORPORATION is a general mining, mill
ing. smelling and reduction business;
the buying, selling, leasing, bonding
and working of mines, ores and bull
lion; the building of roads and tram
ways; to acquire by purchase or other
wise, mining properties, mlll-sltes ana
water-rights, and work, mine, tunnel
and otherwise develop the same, erect
necessary buildings, mills, machinery
and appliances, and purchase materials
for the proper working thereof to
mine for gold, silver, copper, lead, and
other minerals; to construct bitches,
build fumes or tramways, work pla-
GERS by sluicing, little giants or other
wise; to run steam, naptha or other
launches on rivers contiguous to the
property and extending to the coast, to
carry men, goods and products to and
from the property, and to carry men,
goods and products about said river,
charging for same; to sell, mill, smelt,
reduce, refine or otherwise prepare the
same for market; to own, handle and
control inventions and letters patent
relating to and incident to the mining,
milling and smelling of ores; to buy,
sell, own, use and control mining sup
plies and merchandise, mines, stock in
mines, stock of other corporations, real
estate, water-rights, mil, sites. ma
chinery, appliances, fixtures, buildings,
letters patent and inventions; to bor
row money, issue bonds, and to mort
gage, pledge or otherwise dispose of
any and all of its Indebtedness and to
do any and all things and to acquire
mines and interests in mines, and all
property, real and personal, which may
be requisite and necessary to carry
into effect the objects for which the
said corporation is formed; also, to eX-
port and import machinery, ores, bull
lion, etc, to Columbia, S. A, United
States, England and elsewhere.
Article V.
The capital stock of this corporation
shall be Five hundred thousand ($5Q0,-
00O) Dollars, divided into one hundred
thousand 100000 shares of five $50
Dollars each. The same shall be is
sued paid up and nom assessable, in
exchange for cash, services or prop
erty; and the time and conditions upon
which the said capital is to be paid
in shall be as may be hereafter fixed
and determined by the Board of Di-
rectors.
Article VI.
The government of this corporation
and the management and control of its
affairs and business shall be vested in
a Board of not less than five Directors
who shall be elected yearly at the reg
ular annual meeting of the stockhold-
ers, and the following named persons
who are subscribers to the capital
stock of this corporation shall consti-
tute the Board of Directors of this
corporation, until the first special
meeting and election held by the stock
holders of this corporation at the call
of the incorporators of this company
and until their successors duly quail
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Wilson, Charles H. Twist, Frederick
X. Jones, Richard Young and Chas. w.
Henderson.
Immediately, or soon as practi-
cable after the filing of these articles
in the office of the County Recorder of
the County of Maricopa, Territory of
Arizona, the persons named above as
Directors to serve until the first special
meeting of the stockholders of the cor
poration, and until their successors
duly qualified, shall be elected, shall
meet and organize a Board of Di-
rectors.
Article VII.
The officers OF this corporation shall
be a President, Vice President Sec
rotary, Treasurer and Counsel. and
such other officers and agents as the
Board of Directors may deem neces-
sary for the proper transaction of its
business. The President and Vice
President of this corporation shall be
members of the Board of Directors
and all members of the Board of Di
rectors shall be stockholders of thi,
corporation.
Article VIII.
Regular meetings of the stockholders
of this corporation shall be held apnu
ally on the last Thursday in Octobe
each year after 1902; and. at each an
nual meeting the stockholders shall
elect a Board of Directors, who shall
organize by selecting the officers afore
said. A majority of the Board of Di
rectors shall constitute a quorum.
Article TX.
The Board OF Directors of this corpo
ration shall have power to establis
bylaws and make all rules and regu
lations deemed eXpedient for the man
agement of the affairs of this corpora
ton and the officers thereof, not in
consistent with the constitution an
laws OF the United States and the law
of thi. TprritOrV