The border vidette., 1904-01-23
Articles of incorporation
 of the Humboldt Mining and Reduction Company.

That we, the undersigned, Richard Farrell, H. G. GIore and Frank J Duffy, each of whom is citizen of the United States, being desirous of form ing corporation under the laws of the Territory of Arizona, have this day voluntarily associated ourselves to- gether into a body polite and corpor- ate, and do hereby make. sign and ac- knowledge, each for hi&Aself, these Articles of incorporation. and do here by certify:
 The name of this corporation. and by which 1t shall be authorized to act is the "H UMBOLDT MINING AND REDUCTION COMPANY"
 The names of the incorporators are Richard Farrell, H. G. Glore and Frank J. Duffy The principal office or place of transa ctins the business of this corporation shall be at the town of Nogales. santa Cruz County, Terri tory of Arizona, with branch offices 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.
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 The time of the comme ncement of this corporation shall be the date of the filing of it's Articles of Incorpora- tion 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 the Territory of Arizona, and the termination there of shall be twenty-five years there after
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 The amount of the capital stock of this corporation shall be One Million (S1 1000, ,OOO) Dollars, divided into One Million shares of the par value of One Dollar each. At such time and under such conditions as the Board of Direc- tors may direct, salo capital stock shall be paid into the corporation, either in cash or by the sale or transfer to 1t of real or personal property, for the uses and purposes of said corporation, in payment for which shares of the cap ital stock shall be issued, and said stock when issued shall be fully paid and non assessable. The capital stock may be increased or decreased by the affirmative vote of majority of the stock then issued; but in case of the in crease of the capital stock each share holder shall have the privilege of sub scribing for such number of shares of the proposed increase as he may be entitled to according to the number of shares held by him before the stock is increased.
 The highest amount of indebtedness or liability, either direct or contingent, to which this corporation is at any time to subject itself, shall not exceed the sum of One Hundred Thousand Dollars (S1O0,0OO); and the private corporation shall be exempt from the payment of it's corporate debts.
 The general nature of the business ! proposed to be transacted by this cor porGtion Is to locate, buy, bond, ac- quire, hold, own, lease, possess, operate, | or sell or otherwise dispose of mines or mining claims or prospects of any or all kinds of mining or mineral lands or properties; oil wells and other real estate, and interests in any of said properties; to engage in and carry on the business of mining, building and operating stamp mills and other mills, smelters and reduction works of every description for reducing ores; to acquire title either in the United States or foreign countries, to mines and mining properties, mills, real estate, personal property and all other property of any nature whatsoever requisite and nec- essary for the transaction of its husi- ness; to work, dispose of and deal in the same, and in the products thereof; to carry on and conduct a general business, and to that end to deal In any and all commodities of every kind necessary to the successful conduct of the said business; to pur- chase, hold own, control and deal in the shares and properties of other and corporations; to locate, buy, bond, acquire, hold, own, lease, possess, operate, sell, mortgage, pledge or otherwise hypothecate oil lands, mineral lands, oil, gas asphaltum, or any of their products, as bestos, salt, water and water rights, md any all kinds of machinery; to own, handle and control letters patent md inventions; to borrow money and execute notes, bonds, mortgages or leeds of trust to secure the same. and to do all things necessary or Incident to the proper conduct of the business of this corporation. and to do md perform each and every act and hing which it is la wfui for natural persons to do; ell of which businesses