The Arizona sentinel., 1903-05-13
ARTICLES OF ihCORPORAT!OA,
OF THE Sierra Grande Gold Mines Company.

Company.
 Know all men by these presents: that we, whose hands are hereunto afr xed, do hereby | associate ourselves together for the purpose | of forming corporation under the laws of the Territory of Arizona. and to that end wa l certify as follows, to-wit,
 I.
 The names Of the incorporators are: stephen w. Dorsey, Albert Chapelle, Lionel A. aheldon II,
 The name of this corporation shall be: Sierra Grande Gold Mines Company
 The principal place of business of the corpo- ration within the Territory of Arizona shall be at the town of Yuma, Yuma county, where the annual meeting shall be held. The direct ors may meet and do business in the city of Los Angeles, California, or in such other place in this or any other country as they may, from time to time, determine. III.
 The general nature of the business proposed to be transacted by this corporation is as fol lows, to-wit:
 To make contracts, to purchase, lease, bond or otherwise acquire or exchange, sell or oth- erwisc dispose of, pledge, mortgage and deal in all kinds of mines and mining stock, min- ing claims, mineral lands, water rights, pumping plants, and own, buy and sel. any and all kinds of mining machinery, or inven- tions or patents referring to or in any way connected with the pro duction of ores and the extraction of the values thersfrom; and to work mines, explore, operate and develop the same, either in the territory of Arizona or elsewhere. To own, buy and sell capital stock of other corporations and to exchange the capital stock of this corporation for that of other corporations, to consolidate with other corporations upon such terms and conditions as the board of directors may decide; 10 own and operate stores for the sale of merchant disc of every name and description, to loan money and borrow upon such security as the directors may decide; to own aud operate saw mills, stamp mills, cyanide plants or such other mechanical appliances as may be ne cessary, and to do any and all things that may be necessary or requisite to conduct a general mining, merchandising and financial business, as well as to construct and operate railroads to facilitate mining operations and to stock and bond the same as the directors may determine.
 ".
 The authorized amount of capital stock of this corporation shall be three million dollars (S3, ,0O00)G), divided into 3,000,0G0 shares of a par value of one dollar (Sl.00) each. Said capital stock shall be paid in this corporation either in cash or by sale and transfer to it of any mine or mining property, 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 b0 in fAr such property. money or stock of other corpo- rations and become thereby fully paid up and non-assessabls, and the judgment of the directors as to the value of the property SO bought and paid for in stock, shall be conclu- SiYe.
 The time of the commencement of this corporation shall be the date of the filing of these :.rticles of Incorporation in the office of the county recorder of the county of Yuma, Arizona. and the termination thereof shall be twenty rive (25)years
 VI.
 The affairs of the corporation shall be con ducted by board of nine (9) directors and the following persons shall constitute the board oi directors, who shall hold office until their successors are duly elected and qualifed: John P. Jones, J. c. MOssin, l.. A. Sheldon, G. K, Porter, s. ". Dorsey, J. B. Lippincott, Albert Chapelle, G. c. Halden}an, c. T. Par sons.
 The board of directors shall have power to appoint an executive committee from among its members consisting of three (S0 persons and to grant to said executive committee full power to conduct the affairs of the company and report their proceedings from time to time to the board.
 The board of directors, by resolution, may increase its number at any time to eleven CD directors
 The highest amount of indebtedness or lia- bility direct or contingent to which this cor poraton shall, at any time, be subject, shall not exceed eight hundred thousand dollars (SSOO,OOO).
 The private property of the stockholders of this corporation shall be exempt from coFpo- rate debts of any kind whatsoever
 In witness whereof, the incorporators have hereunto set their hands and seals this 27th day of April, lSl3.
 STEPHEN W. DORSEY
 ALBERT CHAPELLE,
 LIONEL A. SHELDON. StSte of California, County Los Angeles, fss. Before me, Charles D. Kimball, notary public, on this day personally appeared Ste phen ". Dorsey, Albert Chapelle and Lionel A. Sheldon, known to me to be the persons whose names are subscribed to the foregoing instrument and acknowledged to me that they executed the same for the purpose and consideration therein expressed.
 Given under my hand aud seal of office this 2Sth day of A pril, \. D. 1863.
 My commission expires October 2, 1906.
 CHARLES D. KIMBALL, (SeaD Notary Public. Territory of Arizona, County of Yuma fss. l. (. P. CrOnin, County Recorder in and for the county of Yuma, Territory of Arizona, do hereby certify that the foregoing is true, full and correct copy of articles of incOrpOra- ton of the Sierra trande Gold Mines Co. as filed for record in my office on the Sth day of May, A. D. 1903, and as appears of record in Book of Articles of Incorporation, page, ct seq.., Records of Yuma county aforeaid. In witness whereof l have hereuntO set my hand and affixed my seal of office this Sth day of May, A. D. 1903.
 (SeaD County Recorder, Yuma county,
 Arizona Territory.
 By O. r. Bohdesson, Deputy. First published May 13.
 Notice for Publication Homestead Entry No. 3586.
 Department of the Interior,
 Land office at Tucson, Arizona
 April l8, 1903.