The Coconino sun., 1904-03-19
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
The Grand Canyon Platinum Con-
 pany.

Know all men by these presents. That we, whose hands are hereunto aff1xed, do hereby associate ourselves together for the purpose of forming a corporation under the laws of the Territory of Arizona. and to that end make the following statement:
 First: The names of the incorporators are William E. Gamble, J. Brown Loring and Eph riam K. Findlay, and the name of the corpora tion shall be The Grand Canyon Platinum Company The principal place within the Ter ritory of Arizona in which the business of said corporation is to be transacted is Williams, CoconinO county, Arizona, and the Corporation may establish branch offices either within or without the Territory of Arizona where meet ings of the Board of Directors may be held.
 Second: The general nature of the business proposed to be transacted by this Corporation is as follows, to-wit:
 To make contracts; to purchase. lease. bond. locate, or otherwise acquire own, exchange. sell or otherwise dispose of, pledge, mortgage. hypothecate and deal in real estate and any and all kinds of personal property, mines, mining claims, oil lands, coal lands mineral lands, oil. gas, coal, shale, asphaltum. petroleum, asbes- tos, salt, water and water rights and ma chinery. and to work, mine, explore. operate and develop the same; and in general to do all things necessary to the proper conduct of the business of this Corporation in the Territory and elsewhere. not inconsistent with the laws of the United States and the Territory of Ari- zona-
 Third: The authorized amount of capital stock of this Corporation shall be ten million dollars, (elO,000,0O0 divided into one hundred thousand shares of the par value of one hum dred dollars (sIOO) each. At such times as the Board of Directors may by resolution direct, said capital stock shall be paid into this corpo- ration, either in cash or by the sale and trans- fer to 1t of keal or personal property for the uses and purposes of said Corporation in pay ment for which shares of the capital stock of said Corporation may be issued, and the capi- tai stock so issued shall thereupon and thereby become and be fully paid up and non-assess- able, and in the absence of actual fraud in the transaction, the judgment of the Directors as to the value of the property purchased shall be
 Fourth The time of the commencement of this Corporation shall be the date of the filing of Q certified copy of these Articles of Incorpo- ration according to law and the termination thereof shall be twenty five years thereafter.
 Fifth The affairs of this Corporation shall be conducted by board of five (5) Directors and the following named shall constitute the Board of Directors until their successors are elected: William E. Gamble John R. McCul- tough. J. Brown Loring, E. K Findlay and John F.. Harper. Thereafter the Board of Directors shall be elected from among the stockholders on the first Tuesday in February of each year. The ofIlcers of said Corporation until their successors are elected shall be: William E. Gamble, president; John R. McCul- tough, vice-president; E. K. Findlay, secre- tary; J. Brown Loring, treasurer.
 Sixth: The highest amount of indebtedness or liability. direct or contingent, to which this Corporation is at any time subject shall be five thousand dollars (o5.0oO). which amount does not exceed two-thirds the amount of the oapi- tai stock.
 Seventh: The private property of the stock holders of this corporation shall be exempt from corporate debts of any kind whatsoever.
 In witness whereof. We have hereunto set