Mohave County miner., 1903-12-05
Articles of Incorporation
 OF THE Premier Consolidated Gold Mines Company.

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, That we whose hands are hereunto affixed, do here- by associate ourselves together for the purpose Of forming corporation under the laws of the Territory of Arizona, and to that end make the following statement:
 FIRST: The name of the corporators are: Robert Secular. and the name of the corpora tion shall be The Premier Consolidated Gold Mines Company. The principal place within he Territory of Arizona in which the business of said corporation is to be transacted is King. man. Mohave County, Arizona. and the cor. poratiOn may establish branch offices either within or without the Territory of Arizona be held, and the principal place of business outside of the Territory shall be Saint Louis, Missouri, where stockholders meetings shall be held.
 SECOND: The general nature of the business proposed to be transacted by this corporation is as follows, towit:
 To make contracts; to purchase, lease. bond locate or otherwise acquire, own, exchange, sell or otherwise dispose of, pledge, mortgage, hypothecate and deal in real estate and any and all kinds of personal property, mines. min ing claims oil lands coal lands mineral lands oil, gas coal, shale, asphaltum. petroleum. as bestos. salt, water and water rights and ma chinery, and to work, mine, explore. operate and develop the same; and in general to do all things necessary to the proper conduct of the business Of this corporation in the Territory and elsewhere, not inconsistent with the laws of the United States and the Territory of Arizona.
 THIRD: The authorized amount of capital stock of this corporation shall be Three Mill. ion Five Hundred Thousand dollars ($3.5O0OOO) divided into Three Million Five Hundred Thou sand shares of the par value of one dollar (SD each. At such time as the Board of Directors may by resolution direct, said capital stock shall be paid into this corporation, either in cash or by the sale and transfer to it of real ur personal property for the uses and purposes of said corporation, in payment for which shares ot the capital stock of said corporation shall thereupon end thereby become and be fully paid up and non-aSSeSSable, and in the absence of actual fraud in the transaction the judgment of the Directors as to the value of the property purchased shall be conclusive
 FOURTH: The time of the commencement of this corporation shall be the date of the filing of a certified copy of these Articles of Incorporation according to law, and the termi- nation thereof shall be twenty five years there after.
 FIFTH: The affairs of this corporation shall be conducted by Board of Three Directors and the following named shall constitute the Board of Directors until their successors are elected Squire P. Bevier. John Boyle. Junior and Robert Secular.
 Thereafter the Board of Directors shall be elected from among the stockholders on the second Monday in January of each year. The officers of said corporation until their success ors are elected shall be: Squire P. Bevier. President John Boyle. Junior, Vice President: Robert Secular, Secretary: and Treasurer
 SIXTH: The highest amount of indebtedness or liability, direct or contingent to which this corporation is at any time subject shall be one hundred thousand dollars (Sl0O.OOO) which amount does not exceed two-thirds the amount of the capital stock. .,r..
 SEVENTH: The private property of the stockholders of this corporation shall be ex- empt from corporate debts of any kind what. Soever.
 In Witness Wht roof We have hereunto set our hands and seals this nineteenth day of October, 1903.
 SQUIRE P. BEVIER,
 JOHN BOYLE, JR..
 ROBERT SCOULAR.