Mohave County miner., 1905-10-28
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
 OF THE Gro Plata Mines Company.

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PREsENTs:-
 That we, whose hands are hereunto affixed. a0 hereby associate ourselves together for the purpose of forming corporation under the iaws of the Territory of Arizona, and to that end make the following statement:
 First: The names of the corporators are, Sohn w: Gerritt,. Edward wyman and John Boyle, Jr, and the name of the corporation shall be ORC PLATA MINES COMPANY. The principal place within the Territory of Ari- Iona ln which the business of said corporation | t ts to pc transacted in Kingman, Mohave Coun- t. v, Asi,zona, and the corporation may establish .r Urahch ohces either within or without the pperrHory 0i Arizt na where meetings of the boaid Of Directors may be held
 second; The general nature of the business proposed to be transacted by this Corporation ls as follows, to-wit: To make contracts; to purchase, lease, bond, locate or otherwise acquire, own, exchange, sell or otherwise dis 9oss 9ose 0i, % pledge. mortgage. hypothecate and ~ ueal Ill real estate and any and all kinds of Peisonal property, mines, mining claims. oil lahds, coal lands, mineral lands, oil, gas, coal, snale, asphaltum, petroleum, asbestos, salt, machl cry, and to wOrK. mine, explore, op- crate and develop the same; and in general to t o1 an thlngs necessary to the proper conduct of the business of this corporation in the Ter rltory and elsewhere not inconsistent with the laws of the United States and the I territory of Arizona. Third: The authorized amount of capital s stocR n, this corporation shall be Five Hun.
 
 lhio nve hundred thousand shares of the par value of One Dollar ($l.OO) each. At such time SsraOt ds .ne boafd of Directors may by resolution uliect, sald capital stock shall be paid into tnls corr oratlon either in cash or by sale and transfer to it of real or personal property TOT 10 the uses anc purposes of said corporation, m payment for which shares of the capital stock of said corporation may be issued. and the capital stock so issued shall thereupon and InereDy become and be fully paid up and non a;ssessaoIe. ana m ihe abs ence of actual fraud iI6o fof fla t3rs as 10 the whole of the property purchased shall be conclusive.
 Fourth: The time ot the commencement of thls corporation shall be the date of the filing p' ration according 10 law, and the termina- ton thereof shall be twenty five years there. after.
 Fifth The affairs of this corporation shall pc conducted by Board of three directors but which number may be changed at any regular or regularly called stockholders meet Ing by majority vote of the stock holders of record, and the following named shall consti DTS are elected: John W. Gerritt, Edward Wyman and John Boyle. Jr. Thereafter the Board of Directors shall be elected from among inc ckholders on the first Tuesday in De, cember of each year The officers of said cor poration until their successors al e elected shall be: Edward Wyman, President and Treasurer; gohn w. Gerrilt. Vice President and John Boyle, Jr., Secretary.
 Sixth: The highest indebtedness or liability. 1lrect or contngenttO 10 which this corpC ration IS at any tune subje ct, shall be. Ore Hundred | Ihousand DOllars, ($l0Of 00.OO) which amount ioes not exceed two-thirds the amount of the capital stock.
 Seventh: The private property of the stock holders of this corporation shall be exempt rom corporate debts of any kind whatsoever ln witness, we have hereuDto set UT hands nd seals this 18th day of August 1905
 JOHN W GERRITT, (SeacQ
 EDWARD MAN, (Seal
 JOHN BOYLE, JR. (Seal)