The Arizona sentinel., 1902-01-29
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION.
 OF THE Rio Del Monte Gold Mines Company

Know all men by these presents that John P Jones, Richard F. Pettigrew and Stephen W Dorsey, being citizens of the United States o1 America have this day associated ourselves to gether for the purpose of forming corporation under and by virtue of the general incorpora tion laws Of the Territory of Arizona, and all the amendments thereto and for that object df hereby adopt the following articles of incorpor atiOn, namely:
 Firsf-That the names of the incorporatorS are John P. Jones, Richard r, Pettigrew and Stephen w Dorsey, and that the name of the corporation shall be the Rio Del Monte Gold Mines Company. That the princi pal place for the transaction of the business oi 1 the said corporation is and shall be the Town of Yuma, in the County of Yuma, Territory oi Arizona with branch offices at such other places as the Board of Directors may from time tC i time determine.
 ! Second-The general nature of the business 1 proposed to be transacted by said corporation l is mining gold, silver and other metals, and IT the furtherance of that object, to buy, sell lease bond, develop and operate mines. mining claims mills, cyanide plants, pump, saw mills, coal mines, coke ovens; to buy, sell, lease, bond construct, maintain and operate canals, dtches, fumes, reservoirs wells, pipe lines and all other equipments necessary o. incidental to the devel- Opment of water and other powers, for mining milling and domestic purposes; to obtain by purchase or otherwise mill building and town l sites: to erect thereon all necessary buildings 1 for it's own use or to rent shafts. mills, Smeit 1 CTS. conccntrators. cruShers and all kinds of machinery apparatus or contrivance necessary or useful in reducing ores and extracting the values therefrom; to buy, own, lease, bond, construct maintain and operate railroads, wag- onroads, electric reads, tramways, or other agencies adapted to the conveyance of ores, freight material of any kind, as well as passcn- gers; to own. control, buy and sell patents or other inventions in any way relating to the mining business to carry on and maintain a general mercantile business, or to grant exclus- i've rights to others to do so on the premises of the corporations; to borrow money, issue bonds and to mortgage, pledge or otherwise dispose of any all of it's property; to acquire both real and personal property Of any and every sort, to buy and sell the same, to consolidate it's prop erty with other corporations: to buy, sell and own the stock or bonds of other corporations; and to do and perform in any and all acts and ,hings necessary to do and perform in any man. incidental to the carrying out of all the pur- poses hereinbefore specified.
 Third-That the amount of the capital stock of said company shall be Five Hundred Thous- l and (5OO00O) shares of the par value of Five Dollars (s5.0O) per share.
 Fourth-That the corporate existence of said company shall commence upon the day of the filing of these Articles of Incorporation in the office of the County Recorder of the County of Yuma, Arizona, and shall continue for twenty five years thereafter.
 Fifth-That the affairs of the corporation shall be managed by Board of nine Directors, and hat the first Board of Directors shall consist of John P Jones, Richard F. Pettigrew, Marion Butler, Stephen W. Dorsey, J, B. Landfield, Jr., 'harleS Hay, James Simmons, J. B. Peter son and Edmund H. Moves, who shall hold their offices for period of one year from the date of the recording of these Articles or until their successors are duly elected and qualified At the expiration of the year above stated, or soon- 4r if the stockholders elect, a new Board of Di- cectors shall be elected by the stockholders of aid corporation at it's regular annual meeting; aid annual meeting to be held on the second ionday of October of each year in the Town of iuma Territory of Arizona.
 Sixth-The Board of Directors shall have the power to appoint an Executive Committee con listing of three members Of the Board, who shall exercise all of the powers necessary for the proper conduct of the business and report their proceedings to the Board of Directors
 Seventh-The officers of said corporation shall consist of President, Vice-President, Secce- 5ary, Assistant Secretary. Treasurer and Assist mt Treasurer, and such other officers as the 3oard of Directors may from time to time create. Eighth-1he President and Vice-President of he corporation shall be members Of the Board If Directors, and no Director shall hold office rhO is Tot bona fide stockholder of record in he corporation. In the event of the death or esgnation or disability of any Directors the emaining members Of the Board of Directors nay fill the vacancy by the election of some tOckholder.
 Ninth-That the highest amount of indebted ess that this corporation shall at any time geate shall not exceed the sum of Five Hundred housand (S5OO, ,OOO) Dollars.
 Tenth-That all private property of the stock olders Pf said corporation shall be exempt iron fly and >ll liability for corporation debts.
 In witness whereof we have hereunto set oul lands and seals this 3rd day Of January, 1902
 JOHN P. JONES, (Seal)
 RICHARD F. PETTIGREW, (Seal.)
 STEPHEN w. DORSEY, (Seal.) TATE OF NEW YORK,
 County of New York.
 On this 5rdday of January, 1902, before me nrsonally, came John P. Jones, Richard r. 'ettigrcw and Stephen w. Dorsey, each to m' ..rSonally known and known to me to be th
 dividuals described in and who executed thC ,regoing instrument, and they severally ac- .nowledged to me that they executed the same.
 JOHN G. HONEY,
 ISeall Notary Public N Y. County. Recorded at request of J. H. Carpenter at 3:lC .. m. January 6. A. D. 1902.
 CP. GROWN, County Recorder. erritory of Arizona ss.
 l. C. P. Cronin, County Recorder in and for Ie County of Yuma, Territory of Arizona. dC l"reby certify that the foregoing is q true, full nd correct copy of the articles of incorporation f the Rio Del Monte Gold Mines Company, as lied for record in my office, and which appears f record in Book of Bonds and Agreements, age -e ct sea- records of Yuma county, afore- lid.
 In witness whereof have hereunto set my and and affixed my seal of office, this 10th day January, A. D. 1902
 [Seall County Recorder. Yuma County. A. T. First publication January 15, 1902.