Mohave County miner., 1905-04-01
Articles of Incorporation
 OF THE Rattan 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 oi the Territory of Arizona, and to that end make the following statement:
 First: The names of the corporators are: John Boyle Jr., and Rudolph Hartmann. Jr., and the name of the Corporation shall be RAT TAN MINING COMPANY. The principal place within the Territory of Arizona in which the business of said Corporation is to be transacted is Kingman, MOhave County, Arizona, and the Corporation may establish branch offices either within or without the Territory of Arizona where meetings 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 make contracts; to purchase lease bond locate or otherwise acquire. own. exchange sell or otherwise dispose of. pledge. mortgage hypOthecate and deal in real estate and any and all kinds of personal ropelty. mines, min ing claims oil landS coal lands, mineral landS oil, gas, coal, shale. asphaltum, petroleum, as beStoS, salt, water and water rights and ma chinery, 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 Ot this Corporation in the Territory and elsewhere, not inconsistent with the laws of the United States and the Territory of Ari. Zona.
 i Third The authorized amount of capital stock of this Corporation shall be One Hundred 1 Thousand dollars ($lOO.OOOOO) divided into One Hundred Thousand shares of the par value of One dollar (Sl.OO) each. At such times as the Board of Directors may by resolution direct, i said capital stock shall be paid into this Cor pOratiOn. either in cash by the sale and trans 1 fer to it of real or personal property for the uses and purposes of said Corporation, in pay ment for which shares of the capital stock of said corporation may be issued. and the capital stock so issued shall thereupon and thereby become and be fully paid up and non-assesS. | able, and in the absence of actual fraud in the | transaction the judgment of the Directors as to | the value of the property purchased shall be | conclusive
 | this Corporation shall be the date of the filing of certified copy of these Articles of Incor pOratlon according to law, ana the termination | thereof shall be twenty-five years thereafter
 Fifth: The affairs of this Corporation shall be conducted by Board of Thee Directors and the following named shall const tute the l Board of Directors until their successors art elected: John Boyle, Jr., Rudolph Hartmann
 Jr and A. Cogho. Thereafter the Board o Directors shall be elected from among the stockholders on the first Tuesday in October O each year. The officers of said Corporation un til their successors are elected shall be Johr Boyle Jr.. President; A. COghO, Vice. President Rudolph Hartmann, Secretary and Treasurer. | Sixth: The highest amount of indebtedness or liability, direct or contingent, to which thl Corporation is at any time subject shall bt
 Fifty Thousand Dollars (S5O0UO.00). whicl
 amount does not exceed twothirdS the amour
 of the capital stock.
 holders of this Corporation shall be exemp
 from corporate debts of any kind whatsoever
 In Witness Whereof, We have hereunto SC
 our hands and seals this 18th day of March 1905
 RGDoLPH IA HARTMANN, JR. (seai