The oasis., 1903-12-19
ARTICLES or lNcoRroEArioS
 OF THE "MEXICAN MINES CONSOLIDATED"


 we A C. Wright, r. l.. Bayy and s. A. Brown, citizens of the United states oi America. whose hands and seals are hereunto Hfii xed, do hereby associate ourselves together for the purpose Of forming a corporation under the laws Of the Territory Of Arizona, and ID conformity with the requirements oI said laws, we do by this our certificate, adopt ana sei 1 The names Of the incorporators are, A. c. Wright, F. |. Bayly and $. A. Brown.
 IT, The name of the incorporation shall be ''Thc Mexican Mines Consolidated"
 IT. The principal place Ol business 0i sald ] corporation shall be in the town of Nogales, 1 santa Cruz county, Territory oi Arlz2hA, ana ! pli ces as the Board Of Directors may by resolu- ton direct.
 posed to be carried on or transacted by thls corporation, and the purposes and objects TOT which, and for each Oi which, this corporation is formed are hs follows:
 " lal To acquire, own, enter or lease mines or mineral lands of every nature and descrlp ton, to purchase, lease bond locate, or othel- wise acquire, own, exchange, sell or olheIWilhe acquire, dispose Ot, pledge mortgage, hypothe, cate and deal in mines, mining claims oil lands mineral lands, oil, gas, hsphaltum' pe- iroleum, and to a Ork, mine, explore ana uo- yelOp the same 10 work, prospect or develop mines or mineral lands oI every descrlptloh' either for itself or other companies, corpora tions or individuals, upon sucn terms and TOT sucn recommendation as II shaii neem ht anu AWhd proper and to accept, take and hold mineral iand and claims of every kind and nature, either as an entirety or an interest m the snihe, 10 do everything that may be necessary or proper in the conduct Of it's business Tn me way Of developing, prospecting, locating, ac- quiring, buying and selling minerhi lahus anu mining claims ol every kind, nature ana ae- fcriDtIOn, and working sucn mines. anu tllS nroductfOn of ores and minerals thcreirom, and in reducing such ores and minerals 10 the most prof table and merchnutaDle YAlue, hliu in doing the same to contract, bulia, Dus, seil' own anu operate all necessary mills, concen' 1 trators crusners smeiters, machinery, hppH, ances, methods, processes oi every gnu anu anu descriptiOn: tO erect buildings, operate saw | mills engage in trade Of every kind, carrying on and nP nPintaning general mercantile ousl - noes. - t ! tam and operate railroads, wagon roaus. traAh- | WAYS or other agencies suitable for transporta- ! ton Of ores, metals, minerals, ana all other l things whatsoever necessary or cOhNehlcht III l conducting the business ot the corporation tO and from the mines or properues ol the 0orpo- l ration.
 tci To carry on the business of mining and | milling, concentrating, smeitlng, treating | preuaring for market, nanuIaciurlng, buying, 1 selling, exchanging and otherwise producing and dealing in gold, silver, copper leaoi llhc' | metals md minerals and in the products ana bi-products thereof, and of every klnu anu ue- | scription and by whatsoever process the saihe | can be or may hereafter be produced.
 ! In general the corporation may do ana per | form any and all acts and things necessary to | or in any manner incidental to the carrying out of any or al of the objects and purposes | herein mentioned. M
 VI The amount of the capital stock oi thls corporation shail be One Million, q, ,VvO, OJ,l Dollars, divided into one million NuVOVOO shares, of the par value of one Dollar fsD each, fully paid up and forever nonass ess able. a.
 VII The time of the commencement oi thls corporation shall be the date Of the hiing ol these articles of incorporation, in the oth'e o the Auditor of Arizona, and the termination thereof shall be twenty-five years thereafter.
 VIII The affairs of this corporation snail DC conducted by a board of not less than three nor more than fifteen directors, who snail p' elected annually by the stockholders oi th' corporation, and no person shall be ellglole t' inc office of director unless he be bona nut stockholder Of the corporations, Al.
 TX The indebtedness or ha0llty or thl' l corporatiOn shall in no case exceed the sum 0 Five Hundred Thousand (5O0OV0) Dollars, an' !, | the priVnte property oi ihe stockhoders shhi not be liable for any debt of the corporation.
 X. The first board of directors shall consiS ofthe persons named in Article One, ], hereof and they shall hold office until the annua
 meeting of the stockholders to be held on th
 first Monday in December, A. D., lpO4.
 In witness whereof, we have hereunto set ou
 hands and seals this lCth day of December, lvD
 A. C. WRIGHT, seal.
 r. l.. BANIN, Seal.