The border vidette. (Nogales, Ariz.) 1894-1934, 1904-03-26
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
ARIZONA AND SONORA GOLD MIN
ING AND DEVELOPMENT
COMPANY.

/ ING AND DEVELOPMENT
COMPANY.
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS:
That we. the undersigned, Richard
Gird, NJ. G. Erskine, r. G.. Brady, r.
G. Davis, Henry Levin and Alej.
Joffroy, being desirious of forming a
corporation under the laws of the Ter
ritory of Arizona, have this day volun-
tarily associated ourselves together into
body corporate, and do hereby make,
sign and acknowledged each for himself,
and do adopt these Articles of Incor-
poratIon, and do hereby certify:
The name of this corporation and by
which it shall be authorized to act is
the 'ARIZONA AND SONORA GOLD
MINING AND DEVELOPMENT COM
PANY."
The names of the incorporators are
Richard Gird. NJ. G. Erskine, r. G.
Brady, R. c. Davis, Henry Levin and
Alej Joffroy. Tho principal Office or
place of transacting the business of
this corporation shall be at the town
OF Nogales, Santa Cruz county, Terri
tory of Arizona. but branch offices may
be kept and maintained at such other
place or places either in the United
States or foreign countries as the Board
OF Directors may from time to time
determine, at any of which offices,
meetings of the Stock holders and
Directors may be held aud all business
transacted.
The time of the commencement of
this corporation shall be the day of
the filing of its Articles of Incorpor-
alton in the Office of the County Re
corder of Santa Cruz county, Arizona.
and a certified copy thereof in the
Office Of the Auditor for tho Tarrit0ru
of Arizona. and the termination thereof
shall be twenty-five years thereafter.
".
The general nature of the business
proposed to be transacted by this
corporation is to locate, buy, bond.
acquire. hold, own, lease, possess, Oper-
ate, sell or otherwise dispose of
mines or mining claims prospects of
gold, silver, copper and all other
minerals, and of all other kinds OF
mineral 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, conces-
sions, franchises, rights of way, mining
claims. oil wens and any and all other
said properties; to engage in the bust
ness of building and operating stamp
mills and other mills, extracting pre-
cious metals, boring. digging, drilling,
tunnelling, and exploring for. produc-
ing, refining treating. piping, handling.
storing, dealing in, buying and selling
gold. silver. copper, coal, iron. oil,
lead, zinc, petroleum, mineral gas.
asphaltum, bitumen bitumenous rock
and other minerals and hydro. carbon
substances and the products of all such
substances, and for such purposes to
buy, contract for, lease or otherwise
acquire, hold. own, manage. operate,
mortgage, sell or otherwise dispose of
refineries, pipe lines, tanks. cars,
manufactures. machinery and other
works, property and appliances. fran
chises and rights of way that may be
necessary or convenient or appurtenant
for the purposes of said corporation: TO
to 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 in, carry on and contro; a
general mercantile and real estate
business, and to that end to deal in
any and all commodities of every kind
and nature conducive to the successful
conduct of said business; to buy, own,
contract for, feed, sell or otherwise
dispose of or handle cattle. and to do
and carry on all things pertaining to
the cattle business; to buy, procure,
hold own, sell, construct, equip. mort
gage, maintain and operate railroads.
tram ways. Stage-lineS, automobiles, and
any and all other kinds of transport
alton. including equipments thereof
and therefor for mining or for trans-
porting. or for any other la wfuI use or
business. including boats. barges,
steamships, sailing vessels and any and
| all OF her kinds of water craft; to own,
handle and control letters patents and
and Inventions; to purchase or other
wise acquire, hold. pledge, hypOthe-
| cate, sell or otherwise dispose of shares
| of the capital stock OF other corpOr
| atiOns: to borrow money and execute
notes, bonds, mortgages and deeds of
| trust To secure the same; to do and
| perform all matters and things neces-
sary, expedient or proper to carry out
| the purposes and businesses acts for
which individuals may lawfully as
sociate themselves together to perform.
! and to do and perform every act and
thing which i: is lawful for natural
persons to do; all of which businesses
or occupations may be carried on at
such places either in the United State ;
or foreign countries as the Board of
Directors may consider for the best in
terests of the corporation.
The amount of the capital stock of
this corporation shall be One Million
Dollars tSI 900, 000) divided into
One Humid red Thousand shares of the
par value OF Ten Dollars tS10) each. AT
such time and under such conditions as
the Board of Directors may direct, said
ca apital stock shall be paid into the
corporation, either in cash, or by the
sale or transfer to it of real or personal
| property for the uses and purposes of
| the corporation, in payment of which,