Arizona republican., 1902-05-28
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
 OF UNITED STATES MINING AND SIMPLIFYING co.

lHeu, uo hereby associate ourselves to- gether. for the purpose of forming a corporation under and by virtue of the laws of the Territory of Arizona: and to that end make the following ststa. lnLnt:
 lrst; The names of the corporators are: w. J. Root, D. A. Clippinger .lnI Grant Williams and the name of tLe corporation shall be United States Mining and Smelling Company"
 Second: The principal place in which the business of said corporation within the Territory oi Arizona is to be transacted, is Phoenix, Maricooa County, Arizona, and the princioal place of business of said corporation outside the Territory of Arizona shall be the City of Chicago, in the CounTv of Cook, in the State of Illinois at which meetings of the stockholders and of the Board of Directors may be held. and the corporation may have such branch offices either within or without the Territory of Arizona as may be established by the Board of Directors Third: The time of the commence 1 ment 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 corpora- tio1 shall be conducted by Board of Directors; and the number of Directors shall be not less than three or more than ten: and the following named Der | sons shall constitute the Board of Di- | rectors until their successors are elect ed. o-wit:
 w. J. Root, Chicago, Illinois. D. A Cllppinger, Chicago, Illinois. Grant Williams, Chicago, Illinois. Thereafter the Board of Directors shall be elected by the stockholders. as the bylaws of the corporat ton may provide.
 Fifth: The purposes for which this corporation is formed are as follows, i to-wit:
 1st- To acquire, hold. work and op- crate placer gold mines and lodes of gold bearing ore.
 End. 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.
 2id. To acquire. hold, work and op- crate mines of silver bearing ore and | it's associated ores.
 4ih- To sell. work, mill, reduce or treat the product of mines: and to do all things incident to the general busi ness O; mining
 5th: To locate, buy. sell, lease and operate mines and smelters and other wise acquire, develop and dispose Of mining claims
 9th: To incorporate and plat town sites: and to sell and dispose of ,uts and blocks therein.
 7th: To deal in general merchandise. lumber, timber, water and electric power and light.
 oth: To buy land, whether mineral or otherwise; to build and construct railroads or tramways and operate the same. charging for carriage or trans poft2tion reasonable fares or tolls and 10 use such motive power as may te deemed best.
 i 9th: To invest Its funds or property m the capital stock of and become a stockholcer in any other corpora ton formed or to be formed or in the bonds or such corporation; and to retain CT dispose of such stock and bonds in whole or in part at pleasure.
 10th: To consolidate and amalra- mate itself with any other corporation or corporations by two thirds vote Of the stockholders of each of such corpo- rations and form one general company under such name and style as may be agreed upon and to issue and appor- ton the stock of such consolidated cor porations as may be agreed upon by said two-thirds of the stockholders in each Of said corporations. And to take up, Ii deemed proper and best the indi- Vldual stock of each company and 70 replace It with the stock of the general company in such manner and amount as may be agreed upon by said two- thirds of the stockholders.
 11th. To lease and purchase, and to hold and own the real, personal or mixed property or stock, or franchise Of other corporations; and to pay for the same in money, bonds, notes or other property, or by an issue of it's own stock or otherwise on such terms ard in such amounts, and upon such conditions as such corporation may deem best: acting by and through it's stockholders in convention assembled or by it's Board of Directors, they hay ing been fully authorized to act in the premises.
 12th: To do all things pertaining to or connected in any way with a gen eral mining, reduction and smeltins business.
 18th: To buy, and sell ores, mills and other furnace products to slnelt and reduce lead, gold, silver. copper and other ores and refine bullion; to manufacture lead, copper iron and -other products and articles of fner- c:iandise; and to do general smelling. refining. metallu-gical and manufac- turing business.
 14th: To erect necessary buildings, mills, machinery and appliances and purchase materials for the proper working thereof
 18th: To purchase, lease, bond, To- cate or otherwise acquire, own. eX- change sel! or otherwise dispose of, pledge. mortgage, hypothecate md Geal ln ree.l estate and any aI.G all kinds O; personal property, mines. min ing claims, oil lands, mineral lands, oil and gas. petroleum, water and water rights ana machinery and to work, mine. explore, operate and develop the same.