Mohave County miner., 1904-09-03
Articles of Incorporation The Commonwealth Reduc-
 ton Company.

KNOW ALL MEN BY TIES PRESENTS, That we, whose hands are hereu to affixed, do hereby a, sociate ourselves tOeether or the purpose of forming corporation under the laws oI the
 Territory of Ari7on and to that end make the following statement:
 FIRST: The names of the corporatOrs are J. n. Jordan, s. R. navis, M. A. Sawye AnsOn
 H. Smith, and the name of the corporatioL shall be "rHE COMMONWEALTH REDUCTION COMPANY" The principal place within the
 Territory of ArilOua in which the business o' said corporation is to be transacted i> King man, Couury of MOhave, a d the corpora ion
 may e e,tablish branch offices either within O. without the Territory of Arizoia where meet ings of the Board of Directors may be held.
 SECOND: The general nature of the business proposed to be trsnsacted by this corporation Is as follows, to-wit: To acquire, deal in sell and otherwise dispose of ores, metals and min
 erals; to smelt, reduce, extract, refine, aneal
 and Otherwis treat ores. minerals and metals and to manufacture. acquire, deal in, sell aud
 otherwise dispose of all products of ores, min erals and metals. To ,urcha e lease and oth
 erwise acquire, improve. develop, let, sell aud | and operate, any railroad, tramway turnpike | or canal which may lead from the principal
 works of said company, in the different cOun
 ties of sad Territory, to some ravigable stream, or to some existing railroad, turnpike | or public highway.
 To pay any ind vidual or corporation for any
 right, privilege, license, matter or thing 'e ceived, either in cash, evidence of debt, or in shares Of the capital stock of the corporation or ,anized hereunder at the par value of such
 stock and at bona fide valuation of the right, privilege. license, matter or thing so received and paid for. | To receive in pay yment for any right. privi. | lege license matter or thing that may be in any manner transferred by the corporation or | ganized hereunder to any other corporation, either cash, evidence of debt. or shares of the | capital stock of the corporation to which any
 matter or thing, as aforesaid, is so transferred.
 such shares of such capital stock to become | part of the assets of the corporation OrganiZed | hereunder snd to be held, managed, used and | d ,pos ed of as its directors may deem for the | best interests of the c'rporatiOn organized | hereunder.
 | To deal in any evidences of debt received in
 payment for any right. privilege, license, mat | te or thing transferred by the corporation or | ganized hereunder, as the directors may deem | for the best interests of the coronation, as to | holding the same, procuring It to be discount | ed negotiating it., repurchasing 1t, if the inter
 ests of the corpOra,iOn require such action, and
 generally dealing with same according to mer. l cautile usage and customs, but not engaging | in the business of banking or in business of
 corporation intended to derive profit from
 the loan and use of money.
 To make contracts: to purchase, lease, bOrd.
 locate or otherwise acquire, own, exchange, sell, or otherwise dispose of, pledge, mortgage,
 hypothecate and deal in real estate and any
 aud all kinds of personal property mines.
 min ng claims, oil lands coal lands, mineral
 lands, oil, gas, coal, shale. asphaltum, petrol
 cum, asbestos salt, water and water rights and