Bisbee daily review., 1904-07-08
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
Of the Sonora Bonanza Mining Com
 pany.

PRESENTS, That We, the undersign- ed William M. Barker, O. w. Ross and D. B. Wilkinson, being desirous of forming a corporation under the laws of the Territory of Arizona, have this day voluntarily associated ourselves together into body corporate, and do hereby make, sign and acknowledge. each for himself, and do adopt these Articles of Incorporation. and do here by certify:
 | 1. The name of this Corporation, and by which it shall be authorized to act, is the Sonora Bonanza Mining Company"
 | II. The names of the incorporators are William Nj. Barker, O. w. Ross and D. B. Wilkinson. The principal office or place of transacting the busl- ness of this Corporation shall be at the town of Naco, County of Cochise, Territory of Arizona, but branch oi- fees may be kept and maintained at such other places either, in the United States or foreign countries as the Board of Directors may from time to time determine, at any of which of fees meetings of the stockholders and Directors may be held and all busi- ness transacted.
 III The time of the commencement of this corporation shall be the day or the filing of its Articles of Incorpora- tion in the Office of the County Re- corder of Cochise County, Arizona. and certified copy thereof in the of fee of the Auditor for the Territory or Arizona, and the termination thereof shall be twenty-five years thereafter. ". The general nature of the busi- ness proposed to be transacted by this Corporation is to locate. buy. bond, ac quire. hold, own, lease, possess. oper- ate or sell or otherwise dispose of mines or mining claims or prospects of golds silver, copper and all other min erals. and of all other kinds of miner al lands or properties; to buy, lease or otherwise acquire. to hold and own, manage. operate, improve, mortgage sell. convey or otherwise dispose of and develop lands, concessions. fran chises. rights of way, mining claims, oil wells, and any and all other real estate. and interests in any of said properties; to engage in the business of building and operating stamp mills and other mills, extracting precious metals. boring, digging, drilling, tun- nelling and exploring for. producing refining. treating, piping, handling storing, dealing in, buying and selling gold, silver, copper, coal, iron, oil lead. zinc, petroleum. mineral gas, as phaltum. bitumen. bituminous rock anC other mineral and hydrocarbon sub stances and the products Of all suct substances, and for such purposes tC buy, contract for, lease or otherwise acquire. hold, own, manage, operate mortgage or otherwise dispose of re fneries. pipe lines. tanks, cars, manu factories, machinery and other works property and appliances, franchises and rights of way that may be necessa " or convenient or appurtenant TOT the purposes of said Corporation; tc manufacture electricity, obtain rights of way, erect poles, string wires, and buy or sell electricity; to engage in and carry on a general brokerage business; to engage :n, carry on and control a general mercantile and real estate busi ness, and to that end to deal in any and all commodities of every kind anc nature conducive to the successful conduct of said business; to buy, own contract for. feed, sell or otherwise dispose of or handle live stock of any knid whatsoever, and to do and carry , on all things pertaining to the cattle business; to buy, procure, hold, own, sell. construct, equip, mortgage, main tain and operate railroads, tramways stage lines, automobiles, and any and all other kinds of transportation, in cluding equipment thereof and there fore for mining or for transporting, or for any other lawful use or business, including boats, barges, steamships sailing vessels, and any and all kinds of water craft; to own, handle and control letters patent, patents, and in ] ventions; to purchase or otherwise ac- quire. hold, pledge. hypothecate, sell or otherwise dispose of shares of other corporations; to borrow money and , execute notes, bonds, mortgages and deeds of trust to secure the same; to do and perform all matters and things necessary, expedient or proper to car " out the purposes and businesses or act for which individuals may lawful lly associate themselves together to perform and to do and perform every act which it is lawful for natural per sons to do; all of which business or occupations may be carried on at such places either in the United States or foreign countries as the Board of Di- rectors may consider for the best in terests of the corporation.
 V. The amount of the Capital Stock . of this corporation shall be one million (S1 .00O, ,000) dollars, divided into one million shares of the par value Of one dollar (s1.00) each, and said shares of stock shall be fully paid up at the time of issuing the certificates therefor, and shall be non-assessabie. At such time and under such conditions as the Board of Directors may direct, said capital stock shall be paid into the corporation, either in cash or by the sale or transfer to it of real or person : al property for the uses and purposes of the corporation, in payment oi which shares of the capital stock shall be issued and said stock when issued shall be fully paid and non-assessable The capital stock may be increased or decreased by the affirmative vote of majority of the stock then issued; but lin case of the increase of the capital stock, each shareholder shall have the