Arizona republican., 1902-10-20
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
 OF tCHICAGO-MONTANA GOLD MIN 9 ING COMPANY"

PRESENTS: That we whose names are hereunto affixed, do hereby associ- ate ourselves together for the purpose of forming a corporation under and by virtue of the laws of the Territory of Arizona; and to that end make the following statement: | FIRST. | The names of the incorporators are: | c. D. Stephens,
 | c. A. Denham,
 John M. Gartside be
 CHICAGO MONTANA COLD MIN ING COMPANY" SECOND. The principal place in which the bus mess of said corporation within the Territory of Arizona is to be trans acted is Phoenix, Maricopa County, Arizona, and the principal place of business of said corporation outside of the Territory of Arizona shall be the l City of Chicago, in the County of Cook, in the State of Illinois, and the com pany shall have branch office at Lew l istown, County of Fergus, State of Montana, and such other branch offices either within or without the Territory of Arizona, as may be established by the Board of Directors, at any of which meetings of the stockholders and of the Board of Directors may be held. THIRD.
 The time of the commencement of this corporation shall be the date of the | filing of these articles of incorporation and the termination thereof shall be twenty-five years thereafter. | FOITRTH
 The affairs of this corporation shall be conducted by a Board of Directors; and the number of Directors shall be not less than three nor more than ten; and the following named persons shall constitute the Board of Directors until their successors are elected, to-wit: James M. Gwin, Chicago. III. | c. D. Stephens, Chicago, III. John M. Gartside. Chicago, III. | Thereafter the Board of Directors shall be elected by the stockholders, as the bylaws Of the corporation may provide.
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 The purposes for which this corpora tion fig formed are as follows, to-wit: 1st. To acquire, hold, work. develop, and operate gold mines.
 End. To acquire, hold, work, and operate gold. silver, copper and lead mines. and mines bearing other min eral products.
 3rd. To acquire, own and use water, water rights, and mills incident to the treatment of gold bearing earth and gold bearing ores, and to do all things incident to the general business of gold mining.
 zth. To acquire, hold, work and op- crate mines of silver bearing ore, and It's associated ores.
 5th. To sell, work, mill, reduce or treat the product of mines, and to do all things incident to the general busi- ness of mining.
 9th. To locate, buy. sell, lease and operate mines and smelters, and oth- erwise acquire, develop and dispose of mining claims.
 7th. To incorporate and plat town sites; and to sell and dispose of lots and blocks therein.
 Sth. To deal in general merchandise lumber. timber. water and electric power and light.
 9th. To buy land. whether mineral or otherwise; to build and construct railroads or tramways and operate the tsafrie, charging for carriage or trans portation reasonable fares or tolls; and to use such motive power as may be deemed best.
 10th. To invest it's funds or property in the capital stock of and become a stockholder in any other corporation formed or to be formed, or in the bonds of such corporation; and to re- tain or dispose of such stocks and bonds in whole or in part at pleasure.
 11th. To consolidate and amalga- mate itself with any other corporation or corporations by a two-thirds vote of the stockholders of this corporation and form enc general company under such name and style as may be agreed | upon; and to issue and apportion the stock of such consolidated corporations as may be agreed upon by the proper action of the stockholders in each of said corporations. And to take up, If I deemed best and proper, the individual stock of each company; and to replace ] it with the stock of the general com pany in Such manner and amounts as 4 may be agreed upon by the stockhold- CTS.
 12th To do prospecting for minerals, l either through it's own officers and agents, or by contract with others, and I to work and develop and to do gen eral mining, milling, smeltlng ana re- duction business and treating of ores and metals.
 18th To do a general manufacturing business and to operate saw mills for the production of lumber. blaming mills, factories and plants for the production T of wood and lumber products. To dc a general wholesale and retail business for. the sale of dry goods, groceries hardware and other articles of com merce.
 14th. To lease and purchase, and to hold and own the real personal, ol mixed property or stock, or franchise of other corporations; and to pay for
 the same in money, bonds, notes, ol other property. or by an issue of its own capital stock or otherwise on sucr terms and in such amounts, and upor such conditions as such corporations may deem best; acting by and througf it's stockholders in convention assem- bled. or by it's Board of Directors, they ] having been fully authorized to act 1T the premises.
 18th. To construct pipe lines. tanks | and reservoirs for the transportation