The Arizona sentinel., 1905-07-26
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
 OF THE The Hecla Mining Company.

1 The Hecla Mining Company
 Know all men by these presents, That we whose hands are hereuntO affixed, do hereby associa tc ourselves together for the purpose of forming a corporation under the laws O. the Territory of Arizona, and to that end make the following statement: First: The names of the corporators art Geo. R. Bentel, \. NJ. Edmond, w. C 1 Tonkin and the name of the corporation shall be The Hecla Mining Company. Tho principal place within the Territory of Ari zona in which the business of said corpora 1 tion is to be transacted is Yuma, Yuma i County, Arizona, and the corporation may establish branch offices either within ol 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-wit:
 To mine for gold, silver, copper, lead, and all other precious metals, to buy and sell ores, operate smelters, mills and other rc- ducticu plants, to make contracts; to pur- chase, lease, bond, locate or otherwise ac- Guire own, exchange, sell or otherwise dispose Of, pledge, mortgage, hypothecate and deaf in real estate and any and ali kinds 1 of personal property; mines, mining claims, oil Iands, coal lands, mineral lands, oil, gas, coal, shale asphatum, petroleum, asbestos, salt, water and water rights and machinery. 1 and to work, mine, explore, operate and develop the same; and in general to do all things necessary to the proper conduct of the business of this corporation in thc Territory | Sf fTx laws of the United States and the Terri tory | of Arizona.
 Third: The authorized amount of capital stock of this corporation shall bc five hun drcd thousand dollars (S509,G0) divided into five hundred thousand shares of the par value Of one dollar (Sl G0) each. ht such time 1 as the Board of Directors may by resolution direct, said capital stock shall be paid into this corporation, either in cash CT by the sale and transfer to it of real or personal pro- | perty for the uses and purposes of said cor poraton in payment for which shares of the capital stock of said corporation may be iss- ued, and the capital stock so issted shall there upon and 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 pro- perty 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-ArticIes of incorporation in the office Of the auditor, and the termination thereof shall be twenty-five years thereafter.
 F'iftb: The affairs of ths corporation shaf1 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. M. Edmond, J.. D. Payne, Jr., F. \. Meyer, Burt Dunlap, w. C. Tonkin.
 Thereafter the Board of Directors shall be elected from among the stockholders on the firss Monday in January of each year. The officers of said corporation until their suc- cessors are elected shall be: George E. Bentel, President; ". C. Tonkin, vice President and Manager; N. Nf. Edmond, Secretary and Treasurer.
 sixth Tbe highest amount of indebtedness I or liability, direct OF contingent, to which fhis corporation is at any time subject shall be fifty thousand dollars ($509O0, 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....:. 19O5.
 Geo. R. Bentel, (SeaD
 N. NJ. Edmond. (SeaD
 W. C. Tonkin, (SeaD State of California, r
 County of Los Angeles, "'
 On this thirteenth day of May, in the year
 
 eary Public in and for the State and County aforesaid. residing therein duly commission ed and sworn, personally. appeared George R. Bentel N. M. Edmond and ". c. Tonkin, known to me to be the persons described in, whose names are subscribed 60, and who executed the annexed instrument. and they acknowledged to me that they executed the same foF she purposes and considerations therein expressed.
 In witness whereof have hcreunto se5 my hand and affixed my official seal, at my office, in the said State and County. the day and year last above written.
 Hiram Woods Barlow, LSeall Notary Public. My commission expires December 2, 1869. Territory A Arizona, SC
 County of Yuma
 F,J. NJ. PoIhamus. County Recorder in and for the County of Yuma, Territory of Arizona, do hereby certify that the foregoing is true, full and correct copy of the Articles of lncor- poration of the Hecla MiEing 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 seq., records of Yuma County aforesaid
 Tn witness whereof l have hefeunto set my rl N-o1r fsf day of May, A. D. 1905.
 ISeaII ]. NJ. POlhanrTS,
 County Recorder in and for said County. First publica sion May II, I'No@
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