Arizona silver belt., 1905-12-21
ARTICLES OF lNC0RP0RAI ION
OF THE Radium Mines Company

We, w. H. Mercer, T. Shields Col lins, William H. Butler, John l.; Alexander and Alfred Kinney, all of Globe, Gila county, Ari- zona, desiring to incorporate our selves under the provisions of the laws of the territory of Arizona, and espec- ially under Title XIII, of the revised statutes of the territory of Arizona, concerning corporation, being chapter II of said title of the laws of 1901, and amendatory thereof, for the purpose of engaging in the lawful enterprise, bus mess, pursuit and occupation hereinaf- ter specified, do make, subscribe and acknowledge according to law, these ar ticles of incorporation, and declare:
 The name assumed by this corpora tion by which it shall be known is the Radium Mines Company, and its prime ipal place of transacting business is in the town of Globe, county of Gila, ter ritory of Arizona, and it may have branch offices for the purpose of trans acting any business of any kind and nature whatsoever, at such other places as the board of Directors may from time to time determine.
 The general nature of the business proposed to be transacted IS mining, and as incidental thereto this corpora tion proposes to acquire by location, purchase or otherwise, mines of copper. gold, silver, lead, coal, and mines and mineral land of every kind and descrip- tion whatsoever, and to operate, lease or sell the same; to erect and maintain mills, reductions works, teaching plants, concentrating works, smelting plants, and any and all kinds of mining and milling machinery for the economi- cal handling and reduction of ores; and to acquire, construct, own and operate railways, tramways, turnpikes and ca nals to lead from its principal works, or place of business, to some navigable stream or to some existing railroad, turnpike or public highway; to erect, operate, maintain stores, boarding houses and hotels; to do general mer- chandise business, to acquire by pur- chase, location and in any other lawful manner, real estate, lands and all other kinds of property, real personal andmix- ed;to lay out, construct, acquire by pur- chase or in any other lawful manner, and accept, hold, possess, enjoy, oper- ate and use franchises from any state or territory of the United States, or any county, municipal or private corporation, wagon roads, mills, factories. houses, capital stock and bonds of corporations, chat tels, goods, wares, merchandise and choses in action; to buy, manufac- ture, sell, and deal in all kinds of prop erty, real, personal and mixed, electrical appliances for driving machinery, motor power for propelling any and all kinds of mechanical appliances where cleo tricity is applicable; telephone and cleo tric lines, telegraph lines, electric lights; transacting any and all kinds of business which may be transacted by a natural person, to hold, cultivate, prove up, use and enjoy the same, dispose of the same, or any part there of, as well as any other property this corporation possesses, be seized of or be entitled to; to borrow money and contract to repay the same at such time or times, with such rate or rates of interest as it's board of directors deem proper and see fit, and to hypothecate, mortgage or pledge all or any part of the property which this corporation may hereafter acquire to secure pay ment of such money with interest, or to secure payment of any debt of this corporation, with such interest thereon as it may be legally obliged to pay.
 III.
 The amount of the capital stock of this corporation shall be five million 6, GOO, GOO. 0O) dollars, divided into five hundred thousand $500, ,000) shares, of the par value of ten ($10.O0) dollars each, and the time when; and the con ditions upon which it is to be paid are as follows, to-wit: The whole of the capital stock may be paid in, in cash or in property, or in valuable services nec- essary for the purposes of the corpor- ation, upon resolution of the board of directors, and evidence of title and value satisfactory to said board of di- rectors.
 The time of the commencement of this corporation shall be the day of the fil- ing of these articles for record in the office of the county recorder of Gila county, in the territory of Arizona, and the termination thereof shall be twen- ty-fve years thereafter, unless by law further extended by the company.
 V.