Mohave County miner., 1903-09-12
Articles Of Incorporation
The Sorpresa Gold Mining
and Milling Company.

The Sorpresa Gold Mining
and Milling Company.
KNOW ALI. MEN BY THESE PRESENTS: That
we, whose names are hereto affixed, hereby as:
sociate ourselves together for the purpose of
forming corporation under the general cor
poration laws Of the Territory OF Arizona, and
the amendments thereto, and TO that end make
the following statements:
ARTICLEL
The name OF the said corporation shall be
THE SoRPREsA GOLD MINING ARID MILLING
COMPANY.
ARTICLE II.
The principal place for transact.ng the bus.
ineSs 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 r1ay 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 and other stockhold.
ers meetings may be held there.
ARTICLE III.
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
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 Oh 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.
nr rann "a nv nd nj rln
by the company; to purchase, lease. construct,
carry out, maintain, improve, manage, work,
control and superintend any works, ways.
bitches, water courses, tramways, railways,
bridges furnaces, mills, smelteis 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 a natural person.
ARTICLE
The amount OF the capital stock OF this cor
poraton shall be TWELVE MILLION FIVE HUN
DRED THOUSAND DOLLARS (si2, 500 OO0), divided
into ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-FIVE THOU
SAND (l25,OOO) 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 property, lands, patents OF 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 NAV be issued in payment of such
property, money or stock Of other corpora
tions and become thereby fully Iaid 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 be conclusive. In
case the said capital stock shall be paid In
cash, the same shall be done on or before the
lst 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
OF before the irst day OF January, 1904.
ARTICLEv
The time OF the commencement OF this cor
poration shall be the date Of the filing OF these
Articles OF Incorporation In the office 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 C0 Directors, and
Board of Directors, who shall hold ONCE until
their successors are duly elected and qualified:
G.. CHARLES DAVIS, Afford f. JUDsoN. Mil
FORD STEELE, CoURTENAY BAYLOR. w. d.
AUSTIN, r. A GURLEY and CHAs. ID. GURLEY
The officers Of said Company shall consist OF
the President, First and Second Vice Presi
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 and 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 executive committee from among
its members, consisting OF three (3) persons
and to grant TO said executive committee full
and report their proceedings from time to time
TO the Board. The Board OF Directors by res.
olution, may increase It's number at any time
to eleven QD directors. The Board OF Direc-
tors shall have power to make alter, amend or
repeal such bylaws as they may deem proper
for the management and disposition OF the
affairs and stock OF the corporation
ARTICLE VII.
The highest amount OF Indebtedness or liza
bility, direct or contingent to which this cor
poration shall at any time be subject, shall not
exceed Two Hundred Thousand (i200, ,000) Dol
lars. The private property OF the stockholders
Of this corporation shall be exempt from cor
porate debts OF any kind whatsoever.
ARTICLE VIII
No debt, Obligation, charge or encumbrance
shall be made or contracted by any officer
agent or employ OF this company without the
direction consent and approval OF the Board
of Directors had In meeting assembled and
any debt, obligation, charge or ncumbrance
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, OF at any special meeting Of the stock
holders called for that purpose by two, thirds
vote OF all the stock then issued voting In IA
vor of said amendment.
In Witness Whereof, The undersigned have
hereunto set their hands and seals this eighth
day Of August. A. D., 1908