Mohave County miner., 1904-09-17
Articles of Incorporation
OF Arizona Mining and Explora- ton Company.

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS: That we, the undersigned, s. E. Gross. of Chicago, Illinois; E. B Graham. of Chicago. Illinois; T. k. D. Bradley, of Chicago Illinois: Jesse E Roberts, of Chicago, Illinois, and Vim. G. Blakely, of Kingman, Arizona. have this day voluntarily associated ours elves together for the purpose of forming corporation under the provisions of Chapter Two Title XIII, of the Revised Statutes of the Territory of Ari- zona. and all amendments thereto, to transact the business hereinafter mentioned and de- scribed and we do hereby adopt, publish and declare the following to be the Articles of In. corporation of said company, to wit:
 ARTICLE 1.
 The name of this corporation shall be ARI. IONA MINING AND EVAPORATION COM PANY.
 ARTICLE H.
 The principal place in which the business of the corporation within the Territory of Ari- ZOna is to be transacted is at Kingman. in Mo. have county, and at the CompanyS mines in said Mohave county; and the principal place of business outside of the Territory of Arizona shall be the City of Chicago, in the State of Illinois, where meetings of the stockholders of the Board of Directors may be held and branch offices may be established at such other places within the United States, or in foreign coun. tries as shall be designated by the Board of Directors or as the interests of the corporation shall hereafter demand.
 ARTICLE III.
 The general nature of the business for which this corporation is formed is as follows, to- wit: (a) To purchase, lease, bond, locate and otherwise acquire mineral claims, mineral lands, mines, mill-sites and real estate in the Territory of Arizona. or in any other state or territory of the United States of America and to pay for the same in money, or in fully paid up shares of the company. or otherwise and to sell, lease, bond. or otherwise dispose of the same or any of them
 (b) To work, explore and operate mines and other property of this company, or of other companies or parties
 tc) To own operate and control reduction works and reineries. smelters, mills. or other methods for the reduction, treating and hand ling of ores and mineral products, and to buy, sell, dispose and deal in ores, metals and min era products and substances. either in a man. ufactured state or otherwise
 (d) To carry on the business of inn-keepers boarding houses, machine works and power plants, general merchandise and aSSaying: to plat and lay out tOwnSiteS and sell town lots and give mortgages one or more upon the same as security therefor, and to own electric and water power plants. and to sell to consumers for domestic anc public purposes, water and light.
 (e, To construct, maintain. control and op- crate trails, roadways, tramways, railroads. bridges reservoirs. water courses aqueductS. pipe lines power lines. electrical works tele- graph and telephone lines and warehouses, or any and all works and conveniences directly or indirectly conductive to any of the objects of the company or OtherwiSe
 (f) To acquire, manage, farm and operate agricultural lands canals and irrigating ditches, and to deal in the products of the same, and any and all other personal property:
 (g) To locate purchase or otherwise ac. quire lands and lay out townSiteS and to build buy. sell. rent. lease, own, operate control and manage property in any town or city,
 (h) To lend and borrow money, to buy. sell, acquire and dispose of, and deal in corporate stock and secureties, or negotiable paper;
 D To borrow or raise money for any pur- poses of the company and to secure payment of the same with interest or for any other pur- pose of the company to make, execute and de- liver trust deeds and mortgages. or to charge by undertaking, all or any part of the property of the company or its uncalled capital stock. and to create. issue, make, draw accept and negotiate perpetual or redeemable debentures or debenture. stocks promissory notes, bills of exchange. bills of lading. warrants, obligations, and other negotiable and transferable instru- ments;
 (O To do and to perform any and all such other and further acts and things necessary and proper to be done and peri Ormed or as may be incidental or conductive to the attainment of the above specified objects, or any of them
 ARTICLEIv.
 The capital stock of this corporation shall be One Million Five HunC red Thousand Dol lars, (Sl5OO. .OO0O0), divided inlo One Million, Five Hundred Thousand Shares. of the paI value Of One Dollar. (S .00) each: and aid stock may be paid for by the tranSference to the said corporation by good and sufficient deeds of con veyance or properties, mine or mines. mining claim or mining claims, or by the tranSferenct of any other property. real or personal. to the company, and said stock shall be fully paid uL and shall be thereafter forever non. .assessable
 ARTICLEV.
 The time of commencement of this corpora tion shall be the date of the filing of these Articles of Incorporation in the office of the County Recorder of the County of MOhaye Territory of Arizona. and the torn of it's ey istence thereafter shall be twenty-five years but shall be renewed again for the period oi twenty-five years when three-fOurths of the votes cast at any stockholders meeting. duly called and held for that purpose, shall be iT favor of such renewal.
 ARTICLE VI.
 The highest amount of indebtedness and lia bilty to which this corporation shall at any time subject itself is limited to the sum of One Million Dollars (sl l,0OO,OO0.0O).
 ARTICLE VII.
 The private property of the officers ant stockholders of this corporation shall be eX empt from liability for the debts of this cor poratio or it's successor. No debts shall bt contracted by said corporation save and except through and by the authority of the Board O Directors or majority of the stockholders and in accordance with the provisions of tho Bylaws to be adopted for the government o the affairs of this corporate n.
 ARTICLE VIII
 The business of the corporation shall be con ducted. managed and controlled by board O. Five Directors, who shall have authority t, elect a President. Vice President Secretar, and Treasurer from among their number: th, offices of Secretary and Treasurer may be helt by one and the same person, and said Directors shall adopt said Bylaws which may provide for an increase in the number of Directors an, which Bylaws shall prescribe the duties ant powers of such Board, the manner. times an, places of the holding of elections of officers annual meetings, special meetings. stockhold er's meetings, and shall specify and set fortl the rules and regulations for the governmen and management of the business affairs of sai corporation, the names of those who shall con stitute the first Board of Directors, and thei respective official positions, are as follows, tC wit