Bisbee daily review., 1902-07-22
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
 OF EMPIRE SMELLING COMPANY.

or
 EMPIRE SMELLING COMPANY.
 We. the undersigned. AIM. Franklin O. F. Bell, w. E. Francis, Hartwell Howell and R. B. Parsons do hereby voluntarily associate ourselves together for the purpose of forming a corporation under and by virtue of the laws of the Territory of Arizona, and we do here by adopt and certify the following Articles of Incorporation. to-wit:
 Article 1. The name of this corpc. rstion shall be Empire smeitin9 Company, and it's principal place of business shal be at Benson, in the caoh;y of Cochise. Territory cf Ari- Houa; but the corporation purposes carrying on business outside of as we'll as within the said Territory of Arizona, and to maintain an office or offices in the city and county of San Francisco, state of California, at which said last named place meetings of directors and stockholders may be held
 Article II. The purposes for which this corporation is formed are:
 l. To purchase, locate, patent, lease, rent and otherwise acquire, to own, hold, develop, work, operate, and mine, and to sell, to lease. rent and otherwise dispose of mines, mining claims, mining and mineral rights, pla- cer claims, mill sites, oil wells and lands, and other real estate and prop erty, and also rights, titles, interests and estates in and to any and al. Of the properties herein specified:
 2 To mine, extract. purchase, and otherwise acquire, to hold, own, work. sell. trade, exchange and otherwise dispose of, and to concentrate, smelt, reduce, refine and otherwise treat, both for itslf and for other persons and corporations, gold. silver, plati- mum, copper. iron, nickel, quicksilver, aluminium, antimony, asbestos and other ores and mineral products, pc troleum, paraffine, asphaltum and oth- CT hydro-carbon substances;
 3. To purchase, erect, build. con struct. lease, rent and otherwise acquire, to own, hold manage' operate and run, both TOT itself and for other persons and corporations, and to sell, lease' rent and otherwise dispose Of concen- trators. smelters, converters, cynalde plants. stamp mills, refineries. reduc- ton works, and any and all other kinds and classes of buildings, ma chinery and appliances for mining concentrating, smelting, converting, cyaniding, refining, reducing ana otn' ervise treating ores, minerals, con centrates, mates, oils, and other mn eral and hydro-earbon substances ana materials; ,,
 4 To purcahses, lease, rent, bulid' construct erct and otherwise acquire, to hold. own, manage, and operate, TOT mining purposes and both for itself and for other persons and corpora tions, and to sell, lease, rent ana ois- pose of rights of way, franchises, ralF roads and railways, trans and tram ways. trolley and cable lines, dltcnes and fumes, pipes and pipelines en- zines, cars, boats, elevators ana cnu.es and any and all other proprties, rlgnts machinery and appliances for hauiage and transportation.
 To purchase, lease, rent, dever op and otherwise acquire, to own, Sold pump. Hume and pipe, and 10 coil lease. rent and otherwise dispose of water and water rights.
 & To purchase, lease, rent, erect bu;,d construct and otherwise acquire to own. hold. manage, and operate ho,b for itself and for other persons and corporations. and to sell, lease rent and otherwise dispose or stea" nlants. electric plants, gas plants va ter plants. and others buildings ma cbinery and appliances for the genel et;on and manufacture of power, anu to cen lease. rent and otherwise dls ,ose of elctricity and gas for power and othr purposes and
 To purchase, lease, rent onu otherwise acquire, to holo anu oH. and to sell. lease, rent and otner~is, dispose of timbr lands ana umoeI to purchase, lease, rent bulid, erect' construct and otherwise acquire, oo own hold. manage and operate, ana te cell lease. rent and otherwise dispose of saw mills and blaming mills.
 Tn purchase and otherwise ac- o,,;re in hold and own, and to sell trade exchange and otherwise ais ,oeo of and deal in shares or stoch honds and mortgages of other corpora lions. ,. h,,,d
 9. To purchase, lease, rent, ouila .-ac+ construct and otherwise acquire to own. hold, manage and operate an, to sell lease. rent and otherwise ois riose of stores. storehouses, warenous es and other buildings. and to puI chase. buy. sell. barter and exchange ~.norsI merchandise, mining macn1n- W and appliances. tools and impie nents and any and all other articles and things necessary or convenient tn the conduct and operation Of the business and affairs of this corpora tion; and, a
 IO In addition to the expressed powers herein mentioned, this cor poration and the directors neroI sn., have, exercise, use and enjoy any ans
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