Arizona republican., 1902-02-17
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
 OF THE ALASKA COLONY COMPANY"

PRESENTS; That We. whose hands are hereunto affixed, do hereby associ- ate ourselves together for the purpose of forming a corporation under the laws of the Territory of Arizona. and to that end make the following state ment
 FIRST: The names of the corpora tors are: Charles w. White, Alex G. Homborg. John R. Lowther, Edward S- Churchill John A. Bradley, Walter Church, and the name of the corpora tion shall be ALASKA COLONY COM PANY- The principal place in which the business 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 corpora t:C-s outside the Territory of Arizona shall be the City of New York. in the State of New York, at which meetings of the Board of Directors may be held, and the cor porat!on may have such branch offices either within without the Territory of Arizona may be established by the Board of Directors
 SECOND: The general nature of. the business proposed to be transacted by this corpora tion is as follows, to-wit:
 l. To engage in, conduct and deal in and with undertakings hereinafter enumerated and specified, and all things incident thereto in accordance with law, in the United States of America and within any republic. king dom, principality, province, island territory or country in the world, pro vided that none of the powers enumer- ated below shall be construed as auth Orizing the company to engage in any business of a character that comes un- der the prohibitions of any statutes of Arizona.
 2. To make colonization contracts to locate. purchase. acquire. own. hold lease, let. demise. sell, exchange, trade in, equip. maintain, develop. improve operate and for itself or others, work coal deposits, oil lands. fire brick and potters clay and koalin. mineral claims. disgings. mines and mineral rights of every kind, character and description.
 3. To buy, hold. lease. own, acquire, exchange. deal in and carry on the business of purchasing and selling and dealing in coal and oil. clays and pot ter's materials. ores, metals. minerals. concentrates and bullion of every na- ture and description. or otherwise in any manner to deal in or with coal and oil or other mining properties. lands. and mineral bearing substances, and earths of any description or manufac- tured products of any or either.
 
 facture coke, fire and common brick. porcelain and china, treat smslt, matte. mill, steam. stamp and reduce ores. minerals, metal, bullion, and con centrates of every kind and description.
 D. To erect, construct maintain. op- crate. buy, hold, own, sell, dispose of. let, lease. demise and mortgage mills. smelters, concentrat tors, reduction plants. oil refining plants, coke ovens nd rl1 al mi nf ma nd to manufacture the same for trea ting ores earths or minerals oils and clays. and to repair parts and appliances in cident or appurtenant thereto. To con duct experiments. take out patents, acquire and trade in those taken out by others. to acquire and grant licenses in respect to patents of machinery. appii- ances. and processes for treatment of ores. oils. coal, clays and the sale or transfer of the same or do with them whatsoever else may be thought fit.
 G. To create. acquire. locate. procure. buy. hold, own. sell, let, lease. demise, mortgage and furnish both for itself and others. water rights, water power. gas lighting and heating plants, cleo tric lights, electric light plants, electric power. steam power and any and all other kinds of power for any and all lawful uses and purposes.
 L. let, demise. mortgage, construct, equip. maintain and operate wharves. ferries. tran-ways, stage lines. canals, (both for transportation, mining and for irri- sation) and to acquire any and all other means of transportation, includ- ing equipments thereof and therefor for mining or any other lawful purpose or use, by and with any and all kinds of power for said company's use or ln-
 
 acquire personal property. or any real or mixed property, useful incident or appurtenant to Its general business.
 8. To buy. acquire. purchase. hold. own. exchange, mortgage. sell, lease. trade in and deal with merchandise, of any and of all kinds. and generally to conduct a mercantile or merchan- disc business.
 Q. To build, construct, manufacture. rerair buy, sell lease, mortgage, eX- change own, maintain and operate all kinds of boats, barges and other sort of water craft or sailing vessels, how ever operated or propelled. and any and all things incident thereto. To carry on fisheries acquire and conduct can neries.
 10. To dredge rivers, creeks, streams. and any and all places and localities where lawful so to do for any and all purposes and uses, and especially with q view of securing and procuring oil, coal. gold. metals, minerals. precious stones and ores, for Itself and for others.
 Il To manufacture, purchase, hold. own. dispose of, sell. exchange and trade in any and all matters or things used or which may be used in digging sxcavating, hunting for, extracting finding or attempting to find' and to mine or utilize placer gold, or flor any other kind of mineral. metal, ore oll or coal for itself or for others.
 12. To engage in the business or ll- speoting, examining. exploiting ana re porting upon mines and mineral cla ms and mining properties ana hllhihs equipments of every kind and nature