The Arizona sentinel. [volume] (Arizona City [Yuma], Yuma County, A.T. [Ariz.]) 1872-1911, 1905-05-10
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
OF THE
lro San Felipe Mines Company

Orc San Felipe Mines Company
Know all men by these preSentS:-
That we the undersigned, have associated
ourselves together for the purpose of forming a
corporation under the general laws of the Ter
ritOry of Arizona and the Amendments thereof
and have adopted for the government of such
corporations the following articles;
First:
The names of tie incorporators are Stephen
w. Dorsey, John w. A. OFF and George Halde-
man. all citizens Of the United States.
Second:
The name OF said corporation shall be-
THE ORC SAN FELIPE MINES COMPANY
And the principal place Of business shall be
in the town Of Yuma, Yuma County, Arizona;
with branch Offices in Hermosillo, Sonora, Mex
ico Los Angeles. California. and such other pla-
ces in this and other countries as the directors
may frcnn time to- time designate
The meeting of the stockholders shall be held
annually in Yuma. Arizona, on such day as, the
by Laws of the corporation shall designate but
the directors may meet at any place in this or
other countries that they may find convenient
to transact the business OF the corporation.
Third:
Tne general nature of the business Of this cor
poration shall be
To make contracts, to purchase, lease, bond oE
otherwise acquire or exchange sell or otherwise
dispose of, pledge mortgage and deal in all kinds
of mines and mining stock. mining
claims, mineral lands, water rights,
pumping plants, furnaces. smelling or
leaching plants and concentration works,
and own buy and sell any and all kinds Of min
ing machinery or inventions, or patents refer
ring to. OK In any way connected with the pro-
duction of ores and the extraction of the values
therefrom and to work, mine, explore, opera
and develop the same. either in the Territory
of Arizona, Mexico or elsewhere, To own, buy
and sell capital stock Of other corporations and
to exchange the capital stock of this corpora
ton for that of other corporations, to- consoli-
date with other corporations upon such terms
and conditions as the Board Of Directors may
decide. To OWN and operate stores for the sale
of merchandise of every name and description,
to loan money and borrow upon such security as
the directors may decide; to buy water rights
and water power and utilize tic same for the
use Of the corporation, or for sale to others; to
own and operate saw mills, cyanide plants or
such other mechanical appliances as may be
necessary and to do any and all things that
may be necessary or requisite to conduct gen.
ersi mining, merchandising and financial bust
ness rs well as to construct and operate rail-
roads TO facilitate mining operations and to
stock and bond the same as the directors may
determine
Fourth: The amount of the capital stock of
this corporation shall be one million (,0000C0)
shares, of a par value of one dollar (Sl.0O each.
AT such times and upon such conditions as the
board of directors of this corporation shall by
resolution accept or 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 property, including the capital stock
franchises and property of other corporations,
either domestic or foreign, in payment for which
the capital stock of this corporation may be
issued, and the capital stock so issued shall
thcreupon become and be fully paid up and non
asSesSable, and in the absence of actual fraud
directors as to the value OF the property so pur-
chased shall be conclusive,
Fifth: The time of the commencement of
this corporation shall be the date of the filing
Of these articles in the Office of the county re-
corder in Yuma county, Arizona and the filing
of copy of the same with the auditor of the
territory of Arizona, and the termination there
of shall be twenty-five years thereafter but
the same may be renewed from time to time for
she period of twenty-five years as provided by
law.
Sixth; The affairs of this corporation shall
be conducted by board OF directors, which
shall be composed Of ROs less thar three nor
more than seven members, to he chosen from
among the Stockholders OF the corporation at
the annual Stockholders meeting OF by the
board of directors, AMI until tsess SUCCESSORS
are elected and Qualified SteTipe1E VI, Dorsey
John w, A. OF and George c. HSsdezran shall
serve as directors
Seventh The highest amount of Liability, d.
rect or contingent to which this corporation IS at
any time subject is three hundred thousand
dollars $500, oOO).
Eighth; The private property of the stock
holders Of this corporation shall be exempt
from corporate debts.
In witness whereof, we have hereunto set
our hands this - day of March, 1905,
Stephen w Dorsey,
J. w. A. OF,
George C. Haldeman.
County of Los Angeles, '
Before me, Charles d. kimball, n Notary
Public on this day personally appeared Stephen
w. Dorsey, John w. A. Of and George G. Hal
deman known to me to be the persons whose
names are subscribed to the foregoing tnStru-
ment and acknowledged to me that they exc
cuted the same for the purpose and considera
ton therein expressed.
Given under my hand and seal of Office this
End day of March, 1905,
My commission expires October - 1906.
Charles ID. kimball,
ISeaD Notary Public.
Territory Of Arizona,
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 a true.
full and correct copy of Articles of Incorpora-
ton OF the Orc San Felipe Mines Company, as
filed for record in my office on the 8th day of
March. A. d. 1895, and as appears of record in
Book of Articles of Incorporation. page SO,
ct seq. Records of Yuma county, aforesaid.
In witness whereof j have hereunto set my
hand and affixed my seal OF office this Sth day
of March, A. ID. 1905
j. NJ Polhamus,
County Recorder Yuma County,
Arizona Territory,
First pub March Is. 1905