The Arizona sentinel., 1905-09-13
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION OF THE
 The Hecla Mining Company.

uS 14OCld hIllnS OOLu pduy Know all men by these presents, That we, whose hands are hereunto affixed, do hereby assoeia te ourselves together for the purpose of forming corporation under the laws of the Territory of Arizona, and to that end make the following statement:
 First: The names of the corporators are Geo. R. Bentel N. NJ. Edmond, w. c. shall be The Hecla Mining Company. The principal place within the Territory of Ari- zona in which the business of said corpora ton is to be transacted is Yuma, Yuma 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 mine for gold, silver, copper, lead, and all other precious metals, to buy and sell ores, operate smelters, mills and other re- duction plants, to make contracts; to pur- chase, lease, bond, locate or otherwise ac- quire, own, exchange, sell or otherwise dispose of, pledge, mortgage, hypothecate and deaf 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, asbestos, salt, water and water rights and machinery, 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 | of Arizona.
 Third: The authorized amount of capital stock of this corporation shall be five hun- dred thousand dollars (S500OO divided into five hundred thousand shares of the par value of one dollar (Sl .OO) each. Atsuch time as the Board of Directors may by resolution direct, said capital stock shall be paid into this corporation, either in cash or by the sale and transfer to it Of real or personal pro- perty for the uses and purposes of said cor poTation in payment for which shares of the capital stock of said corporation may be iss- ued, and the capital stock so issued shall there upon and thereby become and be fully paid up and non-assessable, and in the absence of actual fraud in the transaction the judgment of the Directors as to the value of the pro- perty purchased shall be conclusive.
 Fourth: The time of the commencement of this corporation shall be the date of the filing of a certified copy of these Articles of incorporation in the office of the auditor, and the termination thereof shall be twenty-five years thereafter
 Fifth: The affairs of this corporation shall be conducted bya Board of seven Directors and the following named shall constitute the Board of Directors until their successors are elected: Geo. R. Bentel, N. M. Edmond, J. D. Payne, Jr., F. A. Meyer, Burt Dunlap, w. c. Tonkin.
 Thereafter the Board Of Directors shall be elected from among the stockholders on the first Monday in January of each year. The officers of said corporation until their suc- cessors are elected shall be: George R. Bentel, President; W. C. Tonkin, vice-President and N. NJ. Edmond, Secretary and Treasurer.
 Sixth: The highest amount of indebtedness or liability, direct or contingent, to which this corporation is at any time subject shall be fifty thousand dollars (S5O,OOO), which amount does not exec two thirds the of capital 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 our hands and seals this. day of. 1905.
 Geo. R. Bentel, (SeaD
 N. NJ. Edmond. GSeaD
 w. c. Tonkin, (SeaD State of California,
 County of Los Angeles, ] ""
 On this thirteenth day of May, in the year 1895 before me Hiram Woods Barlow, No tary Public in and for the State and County residing therein, duly commission ed and sworn, personally appeared George R. BenteL N. NJ. Edmond and w. c. Tonkin, known to me to be the persons described in, whose names are subscribed to, and who executed the annexed instrument. and they acknow wIedged to me that they executed the same for the purposes and considerations therein expressed.
 In witness whereof, 1 have hereunto set my hand and affixed my official seal, at my office, in the said State and County. the day
 Hiram Woods Barlow,
 [Seall Notary Public.
 My commission expires December 9, 1909. Territory Arizona, ss
 County of Yuma ] "
 l, J. NJ. Polhamus. County Recorder in and for the County of Yuma, Territory of Arizona, do hereby certify that the foregoing is true, full and correct copy of the Articles of Incor- poration of the Hecla Mining Company as filed for record in my office on this date and as recorded in Book 2, of Articles of IDcorpO- ration. at Page IT, ct sea-, records of Yuma County aforesaid.
 Tn witness whereof, have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal Of office this 2Oth day of May, A. D. 1905.
 tSeal J. NJ. POlhamuS,
 County Recorder. in and for said County.