Arizona republican., 1902-10-19
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
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"CHICAGO-M MONTANA GOLD MIN
 ING COMPANY"

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.
 And the name of the corporation shall be
 "CHICAGO- MONTANA GOLD MIN
 ING COMPANY"
 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 City of Chicago, in the County of Cook in the State of Illinois, and the com pany shall have a branch office at Lew 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.
 FOURTH.
 The affairs of this corporation shall ! l.- T l.. n nj and the number oi 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.
 FIFTH
 The purposes for which this corpora | ton Is formed are as follows, to-wit:
 tst. 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.
 4th To acquire, hold, work and op- crate mines of silver bearing ore, and its 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.
 eth. To locate buy. sell, lease and operate mines and smelters, and oth- erwise acquire, develop and dispose O; 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 same, 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 bon6s in whole CT in part at pleasure
 11th To consolidate and amalga- mate itself with any other corporation or corporations by two-thirds vote of the stockholders of this corporation and form one 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 oi said corporations. And to take up Il deemed best and proper, the individual stock of each company; and to replace 1t with the stock of the general com pany in such manner and amounts as may be agreed upon by the stockhold- CTS.
 12th To do prospecting for minerals either through it's own officers anC iagents. or by contract with others, and to work and develop and to do gen eral mining, milling, smelting and re duction business and treating of ore and metals.
 18th. To do a general manufacturlne business and to operate saw mills foi the production of lumber. blaming mills factories and plants for the production 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 t' hold and own the real, personal, O mixed property or stock, or franchis' of other corporations; and to pay fol the same in money. bonds, notes, O ether property. or by an issue of its own capital stock or otherwise on sue terms and in such amounts, and upor such conditions as such corporations may deem best; acting by and througi its stockholders in convention assem bled, or by it's Board of Directors, the! having been fully authorized oO act II the premises.
 18th To construct pipe lines, tanks and reservoirs for the transportation . and storing of water. petroleum or ga for the use of the public, or in its ow