Arizona silver belt., 1905-09-21
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
Of the Miami Copper Company

OI tne W'dini copper company
 Know all men by these presents: That we, the undersigned, hereby asso- ciate ourselves for the purpose of 1 forming corporation under the laws of the Territory of Arizona, and for that purpose hereby adopt the follow ing Articles of Incorporation:
 ARTICLE I.-The name of the cor poration hereby formed shall be Miami Copper Company.
 ARTICLE II. The names of the incor- porators are, R. II. Daniel, s. L. Gib- son and K. Clayton.
 ARTICLE III. The principal office and place of business of this corpora ton shall be in the town or city of Globe, County of Gila, Territory of Arizona, but it may maintain an office or offices, carry on its business and hold che meetings of it's directors either in said town or city of Globe, or at any other place or places designated by the Board of Directors in Arizona
 ARTICLE ". This corporation shall begin on the date on which these arti- cles of incorporation, duly certified by the County Recorder in and for said County of Gila, Territory of Arizona, as having been filed for record in his office. shall be filed for record in the office of the Territorial Auditor of said Territory. It shall continue for the full statutory period of twenty-five years, and may be renewed from time | to time. as provided by law.
 ARTICLE V.-The general nature of the business, pursuits and occupations | to be carried on and transacted by this corporation are as hereinafter stated, ! to-wit:
 "a''-The business of prospecting | for, mining and recovering gold. silver, copper, iron, coal and other precious or useful metals or minerals by any pro cess and with any appliances, and to mill, work and reduce all kinds of ores, metals and minerals; to purchase, ac- quire, lease, bond, contract for, locate, | or take options for the purchase of mines, mining claims, mining rights and mineral lands; and to own, control, develop, work and operate, or sell, lease, mortgage, or otherwise dispose | of the same or any thereof.
 | "b"-To purchase, erect or other wise acquire and operate smelters, mills. dredges, hydraulic or any other | | for the extraction or reduction of gold, silver, copper. lead, coal or any other minerals or metals; and to construct, ! own and operate drills, pumps, holsts, railroads, tramways, turnpikes, and any and all other structures or appIl- ances that the directors of this cor poration may consider necessary Tn the | mining, milling, reduction, transporta- tion and sale of minerals, ores, metals, oil or coal, or of any product of any thereof, which shall not be inconsistent with law.
 "c"-To engage in the business of buying and selling merchandise and supplies and in any other business deemed necessary or convenient Tn con nection with the business of mining, milling and reducing ores; to erect and operate stores, boarding houses, tele- graph and telephone lines, electric power and lighting plants, pipe lines, water powers and power plants.
 "d"-To buy, manufacture, or other wise acquire, deal in and sell and dis pose of any and all machinery, pro ducts, materials and things used in the business of mining, milling, handling, treating, reducing or refining minerals or metals
 "e"-To purchase, hold, mortgage, sell or otherwise dispose of, real and personal property of every kind, na- ture and description, including the shares, bonds, debentures or certificates of other corporations, and to have, use and exercise in respect to any such shares, bonds, Gebentures or certifi- cates or other real and personal pro perty, all the rights, powers and privl- leges, which may be enjoyed by indi- yidual owners thereof, including the right to represent and vote, hypothe- cate. and dispose of any such shares, bonds, debentures and certificates, helo or owned by it to the same extent ano in the same manner that natural per son might or could do.
 "f "-To borrow money and execute notes, bonds, debentures or other nego- tiable certificates and to secure the same by mortgage or deed of trust oi by the deposit of collateral security.
 "g. "-ro purchase, lease, register, or otherwise acquire or hold, own, use, operate, sell, assign or otherwise dis pose of any invention or inventions, i'm
 provement or improvements, process or processes, secured under copyright or letters patent of the United States or any other government.
 "h"-To carry on the business o1 buying, selling or dealing in ores, min
 erals, metals or precious stones.
 ARTICLE VI-The authorized amour of the capital stock of this corporation shall be Five Hundred Thousand ($50O,