Arizona republican., 1902-07-14
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
OF
eel CORDERO GOLD MINING CO..

Know All Men BY These Presents:
That we, the undersigned incorpora-
tors. desiring to form corporation
under the revised statutes of the Ter
ritory of Arizona. relating to corpora
lions. approved March Sth. A. u. 1851
do hereby associate ourselves for that
purpose and sign, adopt and ackno"i-
edge the following articles of incorpo-
ration, to-wit:
Article I.
The names of the persons so nerepy
associating themselves for the purpose
aforesaid are Floyd B. Wilson, Charles
II. Twist and Frederick X. Jones.
Article II.
The name of the corporation snail De
Ell 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 a 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. mill-sites and
water-rights, and work, mine. tunnel
and otherwise develop the same, erect
necessary buildings, mills, machinery
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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, mill 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 ($500,-
OOOJ Dollars, divided into one hundred
thousand 100000 shares of five $50
Dollars each. The same shall be is
sued paid up and worcestershire, 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
affairs and business shall be vested ii
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 capita
stock of this corporation shall consti
tute the Board of Directors of thi:
corporation, until the first specia
meeting and election held by the stock
holders of this corporation at the cal
of the incorporators of this company
and Until their successors duly quail
fled. shall be elected. to-wit: Floyd B
Wilson, Charles H. Twist, Frederick
K Jones, Richard Young and Chas. W
Henderson.
Immediately, or as soon as practi
cable after the filing of these articles
in the office of the County Recorder o
the County of Maricopa, Territory o
Arizona, the persons named above a
Directors to serve until the first specia
meeting of the stockholders of the cor
poration, and until their successors
duly qualified, shall be elected, shal
meet and organize a Board of Di
rectors.
Article VII
The officers of this corporation shal
be a PRESIDENT, flce-freSlQent, sec
rotary, Treasurer and Counsel, an
such Nother officers and agents as tn
Board of Directors may deem neces
sary for the proper transaction of it
business. The President and Vice
President of this corporation shall b
members of the Board of Director!
and all members of the Board of D
rectors shall be stockholders of thi
corporation.
Article VIII.
Regular meetings of the stakeholder
of this corporation shall be held amt
ally on the last Thursday in Octobe
each year after 1902 and, at each al
nuaI meeting the stockholders sha
elect a Board of Directors, who sha
organize by selecting the officers afor'
said A majority of the Board of D
rectors shall constitute quorum.
Article TX.
The Board OF Directors of this corp
ration shall have power to establis
bylaws and make all rules and reg