The Arizona sentinel., 1905-08-09
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
 OF THE The Hecla Mining Company.

me Hecla Mining Company.
 Know all men by these presents, That we, whose hands are hereunto affixed, do hereby associate ourselves together for the purpose of forming corporation under the laws of the Territory of Arizona, and to that end make the following statement: l First: The names Of the corporators are Geo. R. BenteI, N. NJ. Edmond, w. C. Tonkin and the name of the corporation shah be The Hecla Mining Company. The | principal place within the Territory of Arf- zona in which the business of said corpora: tion 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: = rhe general nature of the business proposed to b. transacted by this cGrporasi sioA | Is as follows. to-wit:
 To mine for gold, silver, copper, lead, and all other precious metals, to buy and sell ores, operate snieiters, mills and other re- duction plants, tO make contracts; to ptr. chase, lease, bonJ locate or otherwise ac- qure, own, exchange, sell or otherwise dispose of, pledge, mortgage, hypothecate and ieai in real estate and any and all Kinds of personal property; mines mining claims, oil lands, coal lands, mineral lands, oil, gas, coal. shae asphaltum, petroleum, asbestos, salt, water and water rights and machinery. and to work, mine, explore, operate and develop tine same; and in general to do afg | things necessary to the proper eondttct of the business of this corporation fn the Territory and elsewhere, not inconsistent with the So ,,t, tafe of AffzOna.
 Third: The authorized amount of capital stock Of this corporation shall be five hum dred thousand dollars fs5oo,OoO) divided into five hundred thousand shares of the par Value of one dollar ($1.00 eaclr. At such time as tEe Board of Directors may by resolution direct, said capital stock shall be paid into this eorporationf either fin cash or by the sale and transfer to it of real or personal pro- pertt fo. the uses and purposes of said cor porGtion fn payment for which shares of the capital stock of said corporation hay be iss- ued, and the capital stock so issued shall there upon snd thereby become and be fully paid u D and fof -assessable, and in the absence of actual frHad i'll the transaction the Judgment of the Directors as to the value Of the pro- pcrtt 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 shalf be conducted by a Board of seven Directors and the following named shall constitute the Board of Directors until their successors are elected: Geo. R. Bentei, N. NJ. 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- eesSors are elected shall be: George R. Bentel, President; w. c. Tonkin, vice President and Manager; N. M. Edmond, Secretary and Treasurer
 Sixth: The highest amount of Indebtedness or liability, direct or contingent, to which be fifty thousand dollars (S5O,OOO), which amoGnt does not exceed two thirds the anoFsnt of capital stock.
 Seventh: The private property of the stock holders of this corporation shall be exempt 
 Tn witness whereof, We Fsave hereanto set our hands and seals this. day of ... 1905.
 Geo. E. Bentel, (SeaD
 N. NJ. Edmond. (SeaD
 w. c. Tonkin, (SeaD State Of California, C County of Los Angeles,
 On this thirteenth day of May, in the year 1905 before me Hiram Woods Barlow, a No- tary Public in and for the State and County aforesaid, residing therein, 6ufy commissions ed and sworn, personally appeared George R. Bentel, N. NJ. Edmond and w. c. TOnkinI known to me Co be the persons described in, whose names are subscribed to, and who executed the annexed instrument. and they acknowIed to me that they executed the same for the purposes and considerations therein expressed. IM witness whereof, have hereuHto sef my hard and affi xetf my official seal, at my office, in the said State and County. the day and year last above written.
 Hiram Woods Barlow,
 [Seall Notary Public: My commission expires December P, 1909. Territory Arizona, s County of YuEra I,J. NJ. Polhamus. County Recorder in and | for the County of Yttsaa, Territory of Arizona do hereby certify that the foregoing is atrue, full and correct copy of the Articles of Incor- poration of the Ffecr;l Mining Company as ! filed for record in my office on this date and ! as recorded in Book 2 of Articles of IncorpO- ration. at Page F, ct sea-, records of Yuma | County aforesaid.
 In witness whereof, have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of office this 20th | day of May, A. D. 1905.
 [Seal j. NJ. POlhamuS,
 County Recorder, in and for said County.l kiFSt publication May Jl, 1905