The Arizona sentinel., 1905-08-23
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
 OF THE Tie Hecla Mining Company.

Know all men by these presents That we, whose hands are htreuntO affixed, do hereby asSociate te ourselves together for the purpose of forming corporation under the laws of the Territory of Arizona, and to that end make the following statement:
 First: The names Of the corporators are Geo. R. Bentti, Y. NJ. Edmond. " c. Tonkin and the name of the corporation shall be The Hecia Mining Company. The principal place within the Territory of Afi- zona in which the business Of said corpora- tion is to be transacted is Yuma, Yuma County, Arizona, ana 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: The general nature of the business proposed to be transacted by this corporation is as follows. to-yit:
 To mine for gold, silver, copper, lead, and all other precious metals, to buy and sell ores, operate smelterS, mills and other re. dnc!icn plants, to make contracts; to pur- chase, lease. bond, locate or otherwise ac- quirP, own, exchange, sell CT otherwise dispose of, pledge, mortgage, hypotheeate and deaf in real estate and any and all kinds of personal property; mines, mining claims, oil lands, coal lands. mineral lands oil, gas, coal, shaie ;ssphaltGm, petroleum, asbestos, salt, water and water rights and machinery and to work, mine, explore, operate and develop the same; and in general to do all things necessary to the proper conddct of the business of this corporation in the Territory and elsewhere, not inconsistent with the laws of the United States and the Territory of Arizona.
 Third: The authorized amount of capital stock of this corporation shall be five hun dred thousand dollars (S500, ,O0O) divided into five Hundred thousand shares of the par value of one dollar (Sl OO each. At such time s5s the Board of Directors may by resolution 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 pro- perty for the sses and purposes of said cor poratfofl fin payment for which shares Of the capital stock Of said corporation may be iss- ued, and fhe capital stock so issued shall there Gpon ard thereby become and be fully paid up and non-assessable, and in the absence of actual fraud in the transaction the Judgment of the Directors as to the value of the pros perty purchased shall be conclusive.
 Fourth: The time of the commencement of this corporation shall be the date of the fling of 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 Board of seven Directors and the following named shall constitute the Board of Directors until their successors are elected: Geo. R. Bentel, x. 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 sue are elected shall be- George R. Behtel, President; w. c. Tonkin, vice President and Manager; N. NJ. Edmond, Secretary and Treasurer.
 Sixth: The highest amount of indebtedness or liability, direct or contingent, to which tl1is corporation is at any time subject shall be fifty thousand dollars (S5000O, which amount does not exceed two thirds the amount Of capital stock. Seventh: The private property of the stock holders of this corporation shall be exempt from corporate debts of any kind whatsoever. In witness whereof, We have hereunto set our hands and seals this. day of. 1905.
 Geo. R. Bentel, (SeaD |
 N. NJ. Edmond. (SeaD
 ". C. Tonkin, (SeaD State of California, CA
 County of Los Angeles, ~
 On this thirteenth day of May, in the year | 1905 before me Hiram Woods Barlow, a No 1 Eary Public in and for the State and County | aforesaid, residing therein, duly commissions | ed and sworn, personally appeared George k. Bentel N. NJ. Edmond and W. c. Tonkin, known to me to be the persons described in, whose names are subscribed to, and who executed the annexed instrument, and they to me that they executed the same for the purposes and considerations therein expressed.
 Tn witness whereof, have hereunto set | my hand and affixed my official seal, at my office, in the said State and County, the day md year last above written.
 Hiram Woods Barlow, TSCalJ Notary Public. My commission expires December p, 1909. Territory Arizona, se
 County of Yuma, ''
 l, ]. NJ. Pohamus County Recorder in and or tie County of Yuma, Territory of Arizona, 10 hereby certify that the foregoing is a true, ul and correct copy of the Articles of Incor- )oration of the Hecla Mining Company as filed for record in my office on this date and IS recorded in Book ?, of Articles of IncOrpO-' ation at Page Y, ct seq-, records of Yuma In witness whereof, I have heIeunto set my land and affiX Xed my seal of office this 20th lay of May, A. D. 1905.
 tSealI J. Nj. Poihamus,
 County Recorder, in and for said County. sTst publication May SI, 43Q5s