Graham guardian., 1905-05-05
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
of the
Stanley Butte Consolidated Copper
Company.

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS:
| That we, the underagBed do hereby associate
under and by virtue Of the laws Of the Terri
| tory of Arizona, and In accordance herewith
do hereby adopt, execute and acknowledge
these "ARTIcLEs OF INCORPORATION
ARTICLE
The name Of this Corporation shall be and is
/ the Stanley Butte Consolidated Copper Com
ARrIcLEu II
The names Of the incorporators are: n. NJ.
Dodge, J. \. Carpenter, T. A. Bryant, j. Ross
Moore, NJ, d,
| The principal place of business of the Cor
| poration shall be the Stanley Butte Mining
\ District, Graham County, Arizona, the post
Corporation shall establish an office in this
mining district and may conduct its business
in any other state or territory subject to. the
laws of the United States, and of the Territory
of Arizona, and may have such other Offices,
either within the territory or In other states or
territories, as may be established by the board
of directors, at which offices meetings Of the
board of directors and of the stockholders may
be held, and any of the business of the Cor
pora ton transacted.
ARTICLE ~
The general nature of the business authorized
70 be transacted by this corporation is as fol-
lows, to-wit
To make contracts. to purchase, to bond. to
lease locate, or otherwise acquire own, ex-
CnAnHe, sell or OtnerWiSe dispose OF, pledge,
mortgage, hypothecate and deal in real estate
and any and all kinds of personal property,
and any and all kinds of mines and mining
claims, mineral lands and precious metals. oil.
oil lands, coal, coal lands, gas. asphaltum.
petroleum asbestos, salt. any and all minerals
and metals, water and water rights, and machin-
cry and to work mines, explore, operate, and
develop the same. To build and operate roads,
tramways and railroads TO some existing rail
road, navigable stream, turnpike, or public
highway, which may at any time be necessary
fnr "a a IN mi nd he af any f,f
the properties of the Corporation: to lay erect
and maintain on and gas pipe lines for the
pdrpose Of transporting Oil and gas. To ac-
quire rights of way; TO do general real estate,
general manufacturing and mercantile business
To buy, sell. work, treat, refine, any and all
mineral and metals ores, tailings, dumps or
products or buy products from any of its
properties, or those Of other companies or in
diyiduals. To build, equip and operate
machinery, smelters plants and refining plants
for handling same. machine shops and found
cries, and TO buy and sell the products thereof.
To manufacture, buy sell, contract for and
fur ish material for improvements and for the
erection OF buildings; TO own, handle and con
troll letters patent and inventions, and shares
OF capital stock of its own corporation aud any
stock of other corporations, To borrow money
and execute bonds, notes, mortgages, OF deeds
OF trust TO secure the same and TO exercise in
respect 10 all such bonds, mortgages, notes,
shares OF stock and other securities and obliga-
ofindividual owners thereof including the right
to vote upon any shares of stock held by 1t to
the same extent that natural person might
or could do, and in general TO do all things nee
essary 10 the proper conduct of the business of
this Corporation, as above stated and herein
set forth, in the Territory of Arizona and in
any other state and territory, NOT inconsistent
with the laws of the United States and the
Territory of Arizona.
ARTICLE
The authorized amount Of capital of this
Corporation shall be Five Million (S5 600 900 0Ol
Dollars divided in to Five Hundred Thousand
(5oOOOG shares of tho par value OF Ten Dollars
$50 each
Al such time as the majority of the Board of
Directors may, by resolution direct, said capi-
tai stock shall be paid into the Corporation,
transfer to 1t OF real or personal property for
the use and purposes Of said Corporation, in
Of said Corporation may be issued, and the
capital stock so issued shall theTeupon and
thereby become and be fully paid up and non.
assessahle, and In the absence OF actual fraud
In the transaction the Judgment Of the majority
Of the directors, or of the board of managing
officers Of the Corporation as to the value OF
services, or OF properly purchased shall be
ARTICLE vi
The time OF the commencement of this Cor
poratiOn shall be the date of the fling Of these
Articles Of Incorporation in the office Of the
recorder Of Graham County Arizona, and the
life Of which shall continue for Twenty-Five
years thereafter.
The Affairs of the Corporation shall be con.
Quoted by board Of directors, and the fol-
lowing named persons shall constitute the
Board OF Directors until their successors are
elected
j. Ross Moore, ], z. Carpenter, NJ, NJ. Dodge
r. A. Bryant, and 8. l.. Dodge,
Thereafter the Board Of Directors shall be
elected annually ffem among the stock holders, |
on the First Tuesday of December.
The officers Of the Corporation, until their |
successors are elected, shall be: j. Ross Moore,
president; J. +, Carpenter general manager |
N. NJ Dodge secretary and treasurer; A. |
Bryant, assistant secretary and assistant treas
urer.
ARTICLE VIII
The highest amount ofindebtedness or llai
biity, direct OF contingent TO which this Cor
poration Is at any time subject, shall be Three |
Hundred Thousand Dollars, (s30Q,0O0l, which !
amount does not exceed two-thirds Of the |
amount Of the capital stock
ARTICLE TX
The private property Of the stock holders of |
this Corporation shall be exempt from its cor |
porate debts Of any kind whatsoever,
In witness whereof we have hereunto set our |
hands aud seals this both day OF April 1905.
M, NJ. DoDGE, lsEALl
j. E, CARPENTM, lsEAL
T. A. BRYANT, lsEALl
J. Ross Moore NJ D. lSEALl