The border vidette. (Nogales, Ariz.) 1894-1934, 1904-02-27

ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
THE
ARIZONA AND SONORA GOLD MIN
ING AND DEVELOPMENT
COMPANY.
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS:
That we, the undersigned, Richard
Grid, NJ. c. Erskine, r. G. Brady. r.
c. 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 acknowledg e. each for himself,
and do adopt these Articles of Incor-
poration, and do hereby certify:
The name of this corporation and by
the .'ARIZONA AND SONORA GOLD
MINING AND DEVELOPMENTS COM
PANY."
The names OF the incorporators are
Richard Grid. NJ c. Erskino, r. G..
Alej Joffroy. The 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 Stockholders and
Directors may be held and all business
transacted.
The time of the commencement of
this corporation shall be the day of
the filing of its Articles of Incorpnr-
alton in the office of the County Re
81 All,
and certified copy thereof in the
office of the Auditor for the Territory
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, or sell or otherwise dispose of
mines or mining claims or prospects of
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 wells, and any and all other
real estate, and interests in any of
said properties; to engage in the bust
ness of building and operating stamp
mills and other mills. extracting pre-
cious metals, boring. digging. drilling,
tunneliing, and exploring for, produce
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 d o |
and carry on all things pertaining to
the cattle business; to buy, procure, |
hold, own. sell, construct, equip. mort /
gage, maintain and operate railroads. j
tramWayS, StaSe-llneS- duGoIlool!SS- anu
any and all other Kinds of transport
alton. including equipments thereof |
ard therefor for mining or for trans
porting, or for any other awful 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 proper to carry out
the purposes and businesses or acts for
which individuals may lawfully as
sociate themselves together to perform,
and to d o and perform every act and
thing which i; is lawful for natural