The Arizona sentinel., 1905-07-12
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
OF THE
The Hecla Mining Company.

Know all men by these presents, That we
whose hands are hereunto affixed, do hereby
associa 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. Bentel, y. NJ. Edmond, w. c..
Tonkin and the name of the corporation
shall be The Hecla 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, Y9IlI;s
| 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: 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 re-
! duction plants, to make contracts; to pur-
chase, lease, bond, locate or otherwise ac-
quire, own, exchange, sell or otherwise
dispose of, pledge, mOrtgage, hypotheeate
and deaf in real estate and any and all Kinds
of personal property; mines, mining claims,
oil laf1ls, 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 the same; and in general to Go all
| things necessary to the proper conduct 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 (S5G0,G0O) divided into
five hundred thousand shares of the par
value of one dollar (2l.O0 each. At such time
as 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 uses and purposes of said corr
poration in payment for which shares of the
capital stock OF said corporation may be iss-
ued, and the capital stock so issued shall there
upon and thereby become and be fully paid
up and on-assessable, and in tie absence of
actual fraud in the transaction the Judgment
of the Directors as to the vai.ie of the pro-
perty purchased shall be conclusive,
Fourth: The time of the commencement
filing of Il 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 shall
be conducted by ii Beard of seven Directors
and the following named shall constitute the
Board of Directors their successors are
elected: Geo. r. BGntel, n. NJ. Edmond, i.
D. Payne, Jr., +. x. Meyer, Burt Dunlap, w.
C, TOnkin.
Thereafter 5he Board Of Directors shall be
elected from among the stockholders OH the
first Monday in January of each year. The
officers of said corporation J.ntiti their size
cessors arc elected shall be: George Il. BeIitel,
President; W. G. Toniin, vice President and
Manager: N. VI. Edmond; Secretary and
Treasurer.
Sixth: The highest amount oTindebtcdness
o. liability. direct or contingent, to which
tflis corporatior'is at afiy time subject shall
Be fifty thousand dollars (S509C0, Witch
amount does not exceed two thirds the
amount of capital 'stock
Setenthx The private property of tile stock
holders of THIS corporation shall be exempt
fromcorporate debts of any kind whatsoever.
In witness whereof. We have hewunto set
cur hands'and seals this day of. ....l 1905.
SEQ. r: Bentel,, (ScaD
~ NJ. Edmond. (Seab
W. TOnkin,. (SeaD
State CT California;,
County Of Los Angeles; j''S
0r' t7ris thirteenth day of May in the year
lfe5befo.e nie Hiram. Woods Barlow, a No
hzsy Public in. and for the State and County
dforesafd, residing therein, duly commission
Sd aIiri sworn, personally appeared George II.
Bent.i! n. NJ Edmond and W.. c.. Tonkin,
KNOWN 30 me to be the PERSONS described in,
whese names are subscribed to, and who
executed tile annexed Instrument. and they
acknowledged to me that they executed the
same for the purposes and. considerations
therein G XprpsSed.
In witness whereof, / have hereunto set
my hand and afTi xed my official seal, at my
office, in the said State and County. the day
and year last above written.
Hiram Woods Barlow.
TSeal] Notary Public.
My commission expires December22, 1909.
Territory Arizona,
County OF Yuma.
I,,J. NJ. Polhamus. County Recorder in and
for the County of Yuma, Territory of Arizonai
do hereby certify that the foregoing Isl true,
full and correct copy of the Articles of HicOr-
poraton of the Hecla Mining Company as
filed for record in my office on this date and
as recorded in Book =, of Articles of Incorpof
ration. at Page II, ct sea-, records of Yuma
County aforesaid.
In witness whereof, J. lave hereunto set my
hand and affixed my seal of office this 10Th
day of May, 4. D. 1905.
TSeall J. NJ. Poliamus,
L. ~
First publication May 81, 1905