The Arizona sentinel., 1903-02-25
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION

LA ABUNDANCIA MINING COMPANY.
 KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS: That we, the undersigned citizens of the United States of America, to wit, w. w. GodSmark, H. c. Brown and F. w. Steddom have this day associated ourselves together for the purpose of forming corporation under the laws of the Territory of Arizona, and we do hereby certify:
 1. That the name of the corporation shall be LA ABUNDANCIA MINING COMPANY, and it's principal place of transacting business shall be in the Territory of Arizona, at the city of Yuma, in the county of Yuma; and in the State of California, at the city of Los Angeles, in the county of Los Angeles.
 ?. That the general nature of the business proposed to be transacted is as follows:
 To acquire, own, work, operate, lease, mort gage, hypothecate and sell mines, mining claims and mineral lodes and deposits of every kind and description; also mining and milling machinery, tramways, apparatus and equip ments of all kinds, for the exploration for, and for the mining, extraction and reduction of precious and other metals; also to acquire, buy, use, cultivate, improve, mortgage, hypo- thecate, sell and exchange land, water and water rights, and water power, for the generation of cleo tricity, and all other useful and mechanical purposes; and also all other property necessary and incidental to any or all of the aforesaid objects; also to buy deal in, and sell, and hypothecate, merchandise of all kinds; and also to acquire, own, pledge, hypothecate, and sell shares of stock in other corporations and companies; and also bills of exchange promis- sory notes and securities of all kinds.
 3. That the amount of capital stock author ized is one million dollars (s1 900 O0O) to be paid in cash or property, or both, to said cor poration, in the discretion of its board of directors. The said capital stock shall be div ided into one million Q,O0OOOO) shares of, one dollar (sl.OO) each.
 f. That the time of the commencement of said corporation is at and on the date on which these articles shall be filed for record in the office of the County Recorder in and for the aforesaid county of Yuma, in the territory of Arizona, and shall terminate with the expira- tion of twenty-five (25) years beginning with and following that date.
 5. That the officers of said corporation. to conduct it's affairs, shall consist of board of directors, consisting of five (5) members, and they shall be elected at the annual meeting of OAC oOOSAhOANSiS Ut oetlu SOl dIIOn CO OC AC4O on the first Tuesday of November of each year, at the said city of Yuma, in the territory of Arizona, unless otherwise ordered by tho board of directors or by the stockholders, The other officers of said corporation shall be a President, Vice President, Secretary, Treasurer and General Manager, to be elected by the board of directors; and such minor officers as may be appointed by the board of directors.
 6. That the highest amount of indebtedness or liability to which the corporation is at any time to subject itself is ten thousand (S1O OOOOO) dollars.
 2. That the private property of each officer and stockholder of said corporation is and shall be exempt from all liability for all or any cor porate debts.
 8. That the shares of stock of this corpora tion, when issued as fully paid, shall thers- after remain non-aSSeSSablC.
 9. That the following persons are named as directors of the corporation to act as such until their successors shall have been chosen, viz:
 NAMES RESIDENCE W. ". GODSMARK. Los Angeles, Cal. II. c. BROWN, Los Angeles, Cal F. ". STEDDOM, Los Angeles, Cal. J. A. GIBSON, Los Angeles Cal. ! G. N. MCCULLOUGH. Pasadena Cal
 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, we have hereunto set