Bisbee daily review., 1902-07-25
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
 -OE- EMPIRE SMElr,Ni COMPANY.


 We. the undersigned. 4, M Franklin c. E. Bell, w. F: Francis. Hartwell Howell and R. B Parsons do hereby voluntarily associate ourselves together for the purpdse of forming 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. towit:
 Article l. The name of this corpc. ration shall be Empire smeiting Company, and it's principal place of business shal be at Benson, in the c"Oh,y of Cochise, Territory of Ari- xo0a; but the corporation purposes carrying on business outside of as we'll as within the said Territory of Arizona, and to maintain an ofiice or 'omces 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 insand to any and all 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 for itself and for other persons and corporations, and to sell, lease, rent and otherwise dispose of concen- trators, smelters, converters, cynaide plants, stamp mills, refineries, reduc- tion works, and any and all other kinds and classes of buildings, ma chinery and appliances for mining, concentrating, smelting, converting, cyaniding, refining, reducing and oth- .erwise treating ores, minerals, con centrates, mates, oils, and other min -eral and hydro-earbon substances and materials;
 4. To purcahses, lease, rent, build, 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 and dis pose of rights of way. franchises, rail roads and railways, trans and tram ways. trolley and cable lines, dftches and fumes, pipes and pipelines, en- zines. cars. boats, elevators and chutes and any and all other proprties, rights machinery and appliances for haulage and transportation.
 5. To purchase, lease, rent, devel- -op and otherwise acquire, to own, hold. pump, Hume and pipe. and to sell. lease, rent and otherwise dispose of water and water rights.
 6. To purchase, lease, rent, erect build. construct and otherwise acquire to own. hold, manage, and operate, both for i.self and for other persons and corporations. and to sell, lease, rent. ana otherwise dispose of steam plants, electric plants, gas plants, wa ter plants, and others buildings, una .chinery and appliances for the gener- .atiop and manufacture of power, ana to sell. lease, rent and otherwise dis nose of elctricity and gas for power and othr purposes.
 [ To purchase, lease, rent ana otherwise acquire, to hold and owf and to sell, lease, rent and otnerwlse dispose of timbr lands and timber to purchase, lease, rent build, erect, construct and otherwise acquire, to own. hold. manage and operate, and tt sell. lease, rent and otherwise dispose of saw mills and blaming mills.
 s. To purchase and otherwise ac- ouire. to hold and own, and to sell, trade. exchange and otherwise dis nose of and deal in shares of stock bonds and mortgages of other corpora tions.
 g. To purchase, lease, rent, build erect. construct and otherwise acquire to own, hold, manage and operate, an to sell, lease, rent and otherwise dis pose of stores, storehouses, warehous es and other buildings. and to pur chase, buy, sell. barter and exchange general merchandise, mining mach1n- " and appliances, tools and imple ments, and any and all other articles and things necessary or convenien, in the conduct and operation of the business and affairs of this corpora tion; and,
 10. In addition to the expressed powers herein mentioned, this cor