The news-herald., 1903-01-03
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
OF
THE MAD RIVER MINING COM
PANY.(

derson, Francis ]. Casey, Charles H.
Gall, Niels Buck, F. ]. Lindsten and
Rudolph w. NeSsler, the undersigned
corpOratOrs, agree to form corpora
ton under the laws of the Territory of
Arizona, under the name of 1.-THE Mad
River Mining Company" with its prin-
ciral place of transacting business at
Phoenix, in the Territory of Arizona,
and with a branch office in the city Of
Chicago, county of Cook and state Of
Illinois, and with branch Offices in
such other places as the board of di-
rectors may from time to time deem
necessary or expedient.
Second. The general nature of the
business proposed to be transacted oy
this corporation shall be:
To acquire, own, maintain and oper-
ate mines, mills and reduction works,
and to mine and refine gold, silver and
other precious minerals.
To manufacture, purchase or othec-
wise acquire goods, wares merchan-
disc and personal property of every
class and description, and hold, own,
mortgage, sell or otherwise dispose of,
trade deal in and deal with the same;
and to acquire, erect, maintain and
operate all necessary plants, factories
and equipments therefor; and
To acquire and take over the good
will, property, rights, franchises and
assets of every kind and the liabilities
of any person, firm, association or cor
poration, either wholly or partly, and
pay for the same in cash, stock or
bonds of the corporation or otherwise;
and
To hold, purchase or otherwise ac-
Quire, SELL assign, transfer, mortgage,
pledge or otherwise dispose of shares
of the capital stock, bonds, debentures
or other evidences of indebtedness Gre
ated by any other corporation or cor
.porations, and while the owner thereof
to exercise all the rights and privileges
of ownership, including the right to
vote thereon; and
To conduct business in any of the
states, territories, colonies or depep-
dencies of the United States, in the
District of Columbia, and in any and
all foreign countries, to have one OF
more offices therein, and to hold, pur-
chase mortgage and convey real and
personal property, without. limit as to
amount, therein, but always subject
to the laws thereof; and
To remunerate any person or cor
poration for services rendered in plac
ing or assisting to place or guarantee.
ing the placing of any of the shares OF
stock of the corporation, or any Geben-
lures or other securities of the corpora
tion, or in or about the formation or
promotion of the corporation, or in the
conduct of its business; and
Subject to the provisions of law, pur-
chase hold and reissue the shares of its
capital stock; and
To 60 any or all or the Unings herein
set forth to the same extent as natural
persons might or could do, and in any
part of the world; ard
In general, the corporation may carry
on Of h1Ic in,
with the foregoing, whether mining or
otherwise, and. have and exercise all
the powers conferred by the incorpora-
tion laws of the Territory of Arizona:
it being hereby expressly provided that
the foregoing enumeration of specific
powers shall not be held to limit OF
restrict in any manner the general
powers of the corporation; and
This corporation reserves the right
to amend, alter or change any pro-
vision contained in this certificate OF
incorporation in the manner now or
hereafter prescribed by statute, and all
rights conferred on stockholders herein
are granted subject to this reservation.
Third. The capital stock of said cor
poration shall be one million dollars
($1,000, ,000), divided into one million
Q,0O0,000) shares of the par value of
on edollars ($1.OO) each, which stock
shall be issued paid up and non-assess-
able in exchange for cash, services or
property.
Fourth. The business and affairs of
this corporation shall be conducted by
a board of seven CD directors, and the
following named corporators shall con-
stitute the board of directors until
their successors are elected and quail
fed: Louis LutZ, Hans Henderson,
Francis J. Casey, Charles H Gall, Niels
Buck, F. J. Lindsten and Rudolph w.
Nessler Thereafter the board of di-
oI,o 4 oI1