Mohave County miner., 1904-10-01
Articles of Incorporation
Arizona Mining and Explora-
 ton Company.

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESERVES: That we the undersigned, S. k. 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 our. 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 EXPLORATION COM. PANY.
 ARTICLE II.
 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 Company's 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 bulS IS IS us lOllOWS O-WlU (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;
 (c) 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 eral products and substances, either in 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 town-Stes 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.
 (el 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 irrgating ditches, and to deal in the products of the same and any and all other personal property;
 (g) To locate, purchase or otherwise ac qulre 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
 Q To borrow or raise money for any pur poses of the company. and to secure payment Of Ovnn vIifh inf fnn 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 it's uncalled capital stock and to create. iSsue make, draw. accept ant negotiate perpetual or redeemable debentures or debenture. stocks: promissory notes bills o exchange, bills of lading. warrants, obligations and other negotiable and transferable instru mentS
 (D To do and to perform any and all sucf other and further acts and things necessary and proper to be done and peri ormed or as may be incidental or conductive to the attainmen of the above specified objects, or any of them
 ARTICLEIv.
 The capital stock of this corporation shal be One Million Five Hundred Thousand Dol lars, (Sl.500 0O0.00), divided into One Million Five Hundred Thousand Shares, of the pa value of One Dollar, GlOO) each and said stocl may be paid for by the transference to the sait corporation by good and sufficient deeds of con veyance or properties, mine or mines, minin: claim or mining claims. or by the transferenc, of any other property. real or personal. to tn, company, and said stock shall be fully paid u, and shall be thereafter forever non. aSsesSable
 ARTICLEv.
 The time Of commencement of this corpora tion shall be the date of the filing of thes, Articles of Incorporation in the office of tn, County Recorder of the County of Mohave Territory of Arizona and the term of its ex iStence thereafter shall be twenty five years but shall be renewed again for the period O twenty-five years when three-fourths of tn. votes cast at any stockholders meeting duI, called and held for that purpose shall be ii favor of such renewal.
 ARTICLE VI.
 The highest amount of indebtedness and lia bility to which this corporation shall at any time subject Itself is limited to the sum of Ont Million Dollars (sl,0OO0Oo.OO)
 ARTICLE VII.
 The private property of the officers anC stockholders of this corporation shall be ey empt from liability for the debts of this cor poratior or it's successor. No debts shall b contracted by said corporation, save and excep through and by the authority of the Board O Directors, or majority of the stockholders and in accordance with the provisions of tn, Bylaws to be adopted for the government O the affairs of this corporation.
 ARTICLE VIII.
 The business of the corporation shall be con ducted managed and controlled by a 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 Director shall adopt said Bylaws which may provid for an increase in the number of Directors, an which Bylaws shall prescribe the duties am powers of such Board, the manner, times am places of the holding of elections of officers annual meetings, special meetings, StOckhold CTS meetings, and shall specify and set fort the rules and regulations for the governmen and management of the business affairs of sai corporation; the names of those who shall COT stitute the first Board of Directors, and thei respective official positions, are as follows, tC