Bisbee daily review., 1902-07-26
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION -OE- ! tEMPiRE sMELriNi COMPANY.


 . E. Bell, W. F. Francis. Hartwell Howell and R. B Parsons do hereby voluntarily associate ourselves together for the purpose or 1 forming corporation under and by virtue of the laws Of the Territory of Arizona. and we do here ky adopt and certify the follo~in' Articles of Incorporat,"- - |i,,;on ne name of this corpc. n~ shall be Empire smeitins company. and its principal place of business shal be at Benson, in the c''uL;y of Cochise. Territory of >Ari. txona; but the corporation purposes 'carying on business outside of as Arizona. and to maintain an ofice or odices 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:
 I. l. To purchase, locate, patent, lease, trent 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 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;
 5. To purchase, erect, build, con struct. lease, rent and otherwise acouire. to own, hold manage, operate and run, ooth TOT itself and for other persons and corporations, and to sell, lease' rent and otherwise dispose of coScen- trators, sme1ters, converters, cynaioe plants. stamp mills, reineries. reduc' tion works, and any and all other kinds and classes of buildings, ma chinery and appliances flor 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, for mining purposes and both for itseh and for other persons and corpora lions, and to sell, lease, rent and dis nose of rights of way, franchises, rail roads and railways, trans and tram ways, trolley and cable lines, ditcnes and fumes, pipes and pipelines en- zines, cars, boats, elevators and cnutes and any and all other proprties, rights machinery and appliances for hauiage and transportation
 5. To purchase, lease, rent, devef CD 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 and otherwise dispose or steam plants, electric plants, gas plants, wa fer plants, and others buildings, ma chirery and appliances for the gener- ation 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 oWi and to sell, lease, rent and otherwlse diapose 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
 &. 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 honds and mortgages of other corpora tions.
 To purchase, lease, rent, build erect. construct and otherwise acquire to own, hold, manage and operate, an to sell, lease. rent and otherwise ois nose of stores, storehouses, warehous es and other buildings, and to par chase. buy, sell, barter and exchange general merchandise, mining machin- ry and appliances, tools and impie ments. and any and all other articles and things necessary or convenient iu the conduct and operation Of the | business and affairs of this corpora ton; and, Il
 10. Tn addition to the expressed powers herein mentioned, this cor n,-~taon and fhe directors herof shal |