The news-herald., 1903-01-03
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
on
WERDENHOFF MINING AND MILL
ING COMPANY.

We, William M. Judd, Herbert H.
Sbipherd and William H. Powell, agree
to form a corporation under the laws
of the Territory Of Arizona under the
name of Werdenhoff Mining and Mill
ing Company, with it's principal place
of transacting business at Phoenix, Ari-
IONA, but the corporation shall have
power to conduct it's business in all
it's branches, or any part thereof, in
any of the states, territories, colonies,
dependencies of the United States, in
the District of Columbia, and in any
and all foreign or other countries; to
have one or more offices therein, to
hold, purchase, mortgage and convey
real and personal property without
limit as to amount, IN any such state,
territory, colony, dependency, district
or foreign or other country, but always
subject to the laws thereof.
Article II.
The enterprises pursuits, business
and occupation in which this company
proposes to engage is to acquire by
purchase and in any other lawful man.
ner real estate, lands and all kinds of
property, real, personal or mixed; to
lay out, construct and acquire by pur'
chase or in any other lawful manner,
and accept, hold, possess, enjoy, oper-
ate and use franchises from any state
or territory Of the United States or in
any country or municipal or private
corporations, wagon roads, canals,
mills, factories, houses, capital stock
and bonds of corporation, chattels,
goods, wares and merchandise, chooses
in action ito transact any and all kinds
of business which may be transacted
by a natural person; to hold, use and
enjoy the same, and to ALLEVIATE, sell,
lease, demise and dispose of the same
or any part thereof; as well as of any
other property this corporation pos
sesses, be seized of or entitled to; to
borrow money and contract to pay the
same or any part thereof, as we'll as OF
any other property this corporation
possesses to be seized of or entitled to;
to borrow money and contract to repay
the same at such time or times as it's
board of directors may deem proper
and see fit; and to hypothecate, mort
gage or pledge all or any part of the
property which this corporation may
hereafter acquire; to secure the pay
ment of such money with interest, or
to secure the payment of any debts of
this corporation, with such interest
thereon, as it may be legally obligated
to pay; and to conduct general mer-
chandise and trading business; to form
subsidiary companies to work them,
and to erect quartz mills, smelling fur
naces or other reduction works for the
treatment of all kinds of mineral ores.
To acquire, own, enter or lease mines
and mineral lands of every kind, nature
and description also to acquire, own,
enter or lease mill sites, water rights
and terminal facilities. To work, pros
pect and develop mines and mineral
lands of every nature and description
either for itself or other companies
corporations or individuals, upon such
terms and for such remuneration as il
shall deem fit and proper, and to ac-
cept, take and hold mineral lands and
claims of every kind and nature, either
as an entirety or any interest in the
same; and to buy, sell, own or control
the stock of other corporations as it
deems fit and proper To do every
/ thing that may be necessary or proper
in the conduct of it's business in the
way of developing, prospecting, locat-
ing, acquiring, buying and selling min
9ral lands and mining claims of every
kind, nature and description, and
working such mines, and the p1oduc-
tiOn Of ores and minerals therefrom
and in reducing such ores and nlineI ais
to the most profitable, merchantable
value, and in doing the same to con
tract, build, buy, sell, own and operate
all necessary mills, smelters, machin-
cry, roads, railroads, tramways, ditch
es, fumes and such other properties
as shall be fit and necessary in carry
ing out the objects herein stated. TIC
buy sell or lease mines and minine
property of all kinds and property of
every kind, nature and description, use
full or necessary in operating and
maintaining the same, and in reducing
the. ores and in refining the minerals
taken therefrom upon commission,
whether such commission is paid in
money or otherwise. To erect build.
1ngs, operate saw mills and engage in
trade of every kind, both in stores and
provisions, steam and sale transporta.
tlons, road building, engineering
freighting and carrying.
e Article III.