Mohave County miner., 1903-08-15
Articles of Incorporation
The Sorpresa Gold Mining
and Milling Company.

ana NllllllS company.
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS: That
we whose names are hereto affixed, hereby as
sociate ourselves together for the purpose of
forming a corporation under the general cor
poration laws of the Territory OF Arizona, and
the amendments thereto, and to that end make
the following statements:
ARrICLEL
The name OF the said corporation shall be
THE SoRPREsA GOLD MINING AND MILLING
COMPANY.
ARTICLE H.
The principal place for transacting the bus.
mess of said corporation shall be in the town
of kingman, County OF MOhave, Territory OF
Arizona, and its operations shall be carried on
in said county. The corporation may have an
office for the transaction OF Its business IN the
City of Boston, County of Suffolk and Common
wealth of Massachusetts, and the Board OF
Directors may meet and transact the business
OF said corporation at the City OF Boston,
aforesaid, and the annual ard other stockhold-
ers' meetings may be held there.
ARTICLE NJ
The objects and purposes for which this cor
poration is formed are: To purchase, take or
lease, or otherwise acquire. any mines, tunnels,
mining rights, lands estates, water and ditch
rights, easements, power supplies and any
interests therein TO mine, tunnel. explore,
work. develop and turn the same TO account;
to mill, smelt, refine, dress concentrate cya-
nide, amalgamate and prepare for market, ores,
metals and mineral substances OF all kinds to
sell their product and to carry on any other
operations which may seem conductive to the
operations of said company; to buy sell man.
ufacture and deal In ores, metals. minerals and
their products lands, plants, machinery i'm
plements. conveniences, provisions and all
kinds OF things capable OF being used in con
nection with mining and milling operations.
or required by workmen and others employed
by the company; TO purchase, lease. construct,
carry out, maintain, improve, manage work,
control and superntend any works, ways.
bitches, water courses, tramways railways,
bridges, furnaces, mills, sDelters, crushing
works, concentrators, reduction works and
other works, including electric telephone and
telegraph lines and plants and conveniences
which may seem directly or indirectly con
ducive to any of the objects OF the Company,
and TO contribute to or otherwise aid or take
part in any such operations; and TO transact
any and all kinds Of business that may be
transacted by natural person.
ARTICLE Nv
The amount Of the capital stock OF this cor.
poration shall be TWELVE MILLION FIVE HUN
DRIED THOUSAND DOLLARS a 81 500 ,OOO). divided
into ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY FIVE THOU
SAND (25,0OO) shares OF the par value Of ONE
HUNDRED DOLLARS (sl00) each. Said capital
stock shall be paid in this corporation. either
in cash or by the sale and transfer to il Of any
mine or mining propertT, lands, patents or the
stock OF other companies, for the uses and
purposes OF the corporation In payment there
for, and the shares OF the CAPITAL stock Of this
corporation may be issued in payment of such
property, money or stock OF other corpora
tionS and become thereby fully paid up and
non assessable and the judgment OF the direc-
tors as TO the value of such property so bought
and paid for in stock shall bt conclusive. In
case the said capital stock shall be paid In
cash, the same shall be done en- or before the
list day Of July, 1904; and II the same shall be
paid by the sale and transfer Of mining prop
erty, shall be made TO the said corporation on
or befoi c the first day Of January 1904
ARTICLEv.
"a Of he %
poration shall be the date OF the filing Of these
Articles OF Incorporation in the once OF the
County Recorder OF the county OF Mohave,
Arizona. and the termination thereof shall be
TWENTY FIVE (25) years.
ARTICLE VI.
The affairs OF this corporation shall be con.
Quoted by Board Of Seven C7) Directors and
the following persons shall constitute the
Board OF Directors, who shall hold office until
their successors are duly elected and qualified:
G. CHARLES DAVIS, Afford F.. JUDsoN, MIL
FORD STEELE. CoURTENAY BAYLOR. w. ID.
AUSTIN, X. A. GURLEY and CBAs. ID. GURLEY.
The officers OF said Company shall consist OF
the President, First and Second VicePresi
dents Secretary Treasurer, General Manager
Superintendent, Assistant Superintendent and
an Agent upon whom process may be served
who shall be elected by the Board OF Directors
in compliance with the provisions Of the by
laws TO be hereafter adopted, ind at the first
meeting OF the said Board Of Directors follow
ing the annual meeting OF the stockholders in
each year. The annual meeting of the stock
holders shall be held on the first Saturday in
June OF each year
The Board of Directors shall have power to
appoint an executive committee from among
its members, consisting OF three (S) persons
and to grant to said executive committee full
power TO conduct the affairs o. the Company
and report their proceedings from time to time
TO the Board The Board of Directors by res
olution, may increase its number at any time
to eleven OD directors. The Board OF Direc-
tors shall have power to make alter, amend or
laNH ehnes
for the management and disposition OF the
affairs and stock of the corporation.
ARTICLE VII.
The highest amount Of indeb sedness or liza
bility, direct contingent, TO which this cor
exceed Two Hundred Thousand (s200, ,000) Dol
lars. The private property of the stockholders
OF this corporation shall be exempt from
porate debts Of any kind whatsoever.
ARTICLE VIII.
No debt, obligation, charge or encumbrance
shall be made or contracted by any officer,
direction, consent and approval Of the Board
OF Directors had in meeting assembled, and
any debt, obligation, charge or tncumbrance
made or contracted against this Company by
any person whatsoever without the approval
OF the Board Of Directors shall be without
force or effect, and not binding on this Com
pany.
ARTICLE TX.
These Articles OF Incorporation may be
amended at any annual meeting OF the stock
holders, or at any special meeting OF the stock.
holders called for that purpose. by o two thirds
vote of all the stock then issued voting In IA