The Arizona sentinel., 1902-05-28
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
 OF THE Mesquite Gold and Copper Mining Company


 OF THE
 Mesquite Gold and Copper Mining Company Know All Men by These Presents: That we. the undersigned hereby associate our selves together for the purpose of forming q corporation under the laws of the territory of Arizona, and do hereby make, sign and ac- Knowledge the following articles of lncorpor- ation:
 ARTICLE I.
 The name of the incorporation so formed is the Mesquite Gold and Copper Mining Com pany, and the names of the incorporators are D. A. Moore, F. B. Moore, Thomas Wood, F. l.. Wood, M. H. Richards and T. W. T. Rich- ards. The principal place of business is and shall be Yuma, in the county of Yuma, terri tory of Arizona. The corporation may also have branch offices at Los Angeles, Califor- mia, and in New York City and in such other places as the board of directors may deter mine, where meetings of the stockholders and the board of directors may be held and the business of the corporation carried on in accordance with the laws of Arizona with the same effect as ifheld, done and performed at Yuma, Arizona.
 ARTICLE II.
 Second.-That the general nature of the business to be transacted by said corporation is to acquire and hold by purchase lease or otherwise, or to sell, copper, gold, silver and lead mines, claims or mineral lands or pros poets and any other kind or character of mines, claims or lands of whatsoever charac- ter, and any land supposed to contain any mineral of any kind or character and to ac- quire by purchase mill sites and smelter sites and any other land desired by sai d corpora tion for building or storage purposes or road ways. To acquire by purchase or construc- tion or otherwise, and the right to operate wagon roads, railroads, telephone and tele- means of transportation or communication; to produce, use and sell electricity; todevelop water, oil petroleum, gas and asphaltum to buy and sell water. oil petroleum, gas and asphaltum, to build pipe lines, water ways and fumes and to op- crate water powers. To construct and operate mining machinery and oil refneries on mines or elsewhere. To construct and op- crate mills and other machinery for extract ting metal from ore. To erect and construct and operate cyanide plants, to cOnst struct and erect smelters, smelting and refining plants and to operate the same; to build warehouses and other houses and to control them and use them. To extract any and all kinds of min- erals or metals; to purchase or sell all kinds of ores, minerals or metals; to extract miner als or metals for other parties and they to pay for the same by the ton or otherwise, as may be agreed upon; to borrow or loan money, give or receive mortgages, bonds or other legal securities; to buy and sell stock of other and generally to do and per form any and all business which individuals or natural persons may lawfully associate themselves together to perform.
 Third-The authorized amount of capital stock ofthis corporation shall be one million dollars (sl ,OO0COO) divided into one million shares of the par value of one dollar (Sl.00. per share. At such time as the board of di- rectOrs may by resolution direct said capital stock shall be paid into the corporation either in cash or by the sale and transfer to it of real or personal property for the uses and purposes ot said corporation, in payment for W which shares of the capital stock of said cor poration may be issued, and the capital stock SO issued shall thereupon and thereby be- come and be fully paid up and non-assessable.
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 FOurth.-The time of the commencement Of this corporation shall be the date of the filing of these articles of incorporation In the office of the Secretary of Arizona, and the termina- ton shall be fifty years thereafter. Fifth.-The business ofthe corporation shall be managed and conducted by board of di- rectors, not less than three nor more than seven. as shall be determined by the said board of directors, who shall have full au- thority to conduct the business of said corpO- | ration to divide pro rata among the stock | holders all the moneys and profits of the cor poration, and after the payment of all debts to divide pro rata all the assets, real and per sonal property or the proceeds of the sale thereof, of said corporation in like manner.
 VI.
 The highest amount of indebtedness or lia- bility, direct or indirect, or contingent to " hich this corporation shall subject itself, | shall be fifty thousand dollars (s5OOOO).
 VII.
 Seventh-The officers of this corporation 1 shall be a President, a Vice-President, Sec retary and a Treasurer, who shall be elected by the board of directors, at such | times as may be designated by the bylaws of .his corporations; that until the first annual election of officers and directors and until heir successors are duly elected aud qualified, he following-named persons, who are sub ;cribers to the capital stock of this company, Ihall constitute the officers and directors of his company, to-wit: D. A. Moore, Director md President; Thomas Wood, Director and vice-President: T. W. T. Richards, Director