The Arizona sentinel., 1905-06-28
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
OF THE
The Eecla Mining Company.
OF The

Know all men by these presents, THAT we,
5s hose hands are hereunto affixed, Go hereby
associa tc ourselves together for the purpose
of forming a 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. Eeatel, \. II. Edmond, W. c.
Tonkin and the name Of the corporation
shall be The Hec:a Mining Company. The
principal place within the Territory OF .Ari-
IONA in which the business Of said corpora
ton is to be transacted is Yuma, Yuma
County, Arizona, and the corporation may
establish bra"ch offices either within CT
without Tie Territory OF Arizona where meet
in2s Of the Board OF Directors may he held
Second: The ecney>; natn-e of the business
proposed to bc transacted by this corporation
is as follows. tO-Wit:
To mine for gold, silver, copper, lead, and
all other precious metals, to buy and sell
ores, operate smelters, mills and other re-
duction plants, to make contracts; 10 pur-
chase, lease, bond, locate OF otherwise ac-
QuiTe, own, exchange, sell or OtberTiGe
dispose of, pledge mortgage, hypothccGte
and deaf in real estate and any and ali kinds
OF personal property; mines, mining cf4ilns,
oil lands, Coal lands, Iii neral lands, oil, gas
coal, shale asphaltum, petroleum, asbestos,
salt, water and water rights and machinery,
and to work, mine, explore, operate and
develop the same; and in general tC do all
things necessary to the proper conduct Of the
business of this corporation in the Territory
ana elsewhere, not inconsistent with the
laws of the United states and The Territory
OF Arizona.
Third: TIE authorized amount OF capital
stock of this corporation shall be five hun
dred thousand dollars N5G0,G00) divided into
five hundred thousand shares OF the par
value OF one dollar (Sl.60) each. Atsucn time
as The Board of Directors ln@y by resolution
direct said capital stock shall be paid into
this corporation, either in cash CO by the
sale and transfer 10 il of real or personal pro-
pert7 for the uses and purposes of said cor
pofation in payment for which shares Of the
capital stock OF said corporation may he iss-
ued, and the capital stock so issued shall there
upon and thereby become and be fully paid
up and non .assessabic, and in the absence Of
actual fraud in the transaction the Judgment
of the Directors as to the vade of the pre-
perty purchased shall be conclusive
Fourth: The time Of the commencement
of this corporation shall bc the date of the
fling Of a certified copy of these Articles Of
incorporation in the Office Of the auditor, ana
the termination thereof Shall be twenty-five
years thereafter
Fifth: The affairs Of this corporation shall
lie conducted by a Roard of seven Directors
and The following named shall Constitute the
Board Of Directors Until their successors are
elected: Geo. Il. Bentel, 4. ". Edmond, J.
D. Payne Jr., F. 4. Meyer, Burt Dunlap ".
C. Tonkin.
Thereafter the Board Of Directors shall be
elected from amoHg the stockholders on til@
first Monday in January Of each year. The
Offices Of said corporation until their sue
cesz<1s are elected shall be: George Z. Bentel
President; ". c. Tonhtn, viUe-prcsi5cnt an9
Manager; n NJ. Edmond, Secretary and
Treasurer.
Sixth: The highest aIno0nt of Indebtedness
OF liability, direct or contingent, to which
tlis corporatioais a. any time s:ttiect. shall
re fifty thousand dollars (s5o,GGO, which
:;mount does not exceed two thirds the
amount of capital stock.
Seventh The private properly Of the stock
holders Of this corporation shall be exempt
from corporate debts Of any kind whatsoever
IN witness whereof. We have hereunto set
oar hands and seals this...... day Of 1905
Geo. r. Bentel, GSeaD
y. NJ. Edmond. GSeaD
w. c. Tonkin, (SeaD
State Of California,
County Of Los Angeles,
On this thirteenth day of May. in the year
1906 before ne Hiram Woods Barlow, No
jary Public in and for the State and County
aforesaid, residing therein, duly commission
ed and sworn, personally appeared George r.
BenteI, n IL Edmond and W. c. Tonkin,
known 70 me 20 be the persons described in,
whose names are subscribed to, and who
executed the annexed instrument. and they
acknowledged to me that they executed the
same for the purposes and considerations
therein expressed.
In witness whereof, have hereunto set
my hand and affixed my official SEAL as my
Office, in the said Sta.eand COrnty. the day
and year last above written.
Hiram Woods Barlow,
[seaIl Notary Public.
My commission expires December %, 1909
Territory Arizona, GO
County of Yuma.
!, J. II. 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 the Articles Of sncor
PcratiOn of the Hecia Mining Company as
fled for record in my office on this date and
as recorded in Book 2, of Articles of Incorpo-
ration. at Page II, ct seq, records of Yuma
County aforesaid.
In witness whereof, have hcrcuntO set my
hand and affixed my seal Of Office this 2Gtif
day Of May, y. d. 1905.
LSealJ j. NJ. Folhamus,
County Recorder, in and for said County. |
First publication May y, 1905