Mohave County miner., 1905-04-15
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 Of 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 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 Ur otherwise acquire own. exchange sell or otherwise dispose of. pledge, mortgage hypOthecate and deal in real estate and any and all kinds of personal [ roperty 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
 Third: The authorized amount of capital stock of this Corporation shall be One Hundred Thousand dollars (Sl0O.OO0.0O) 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, said capital stock shall be paid into this Cor pOration either in cash or by the sale and trans 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.
 Fourth: The time of the commencement of this Corporation shall be the date of the filing of certified copy of these Articles of Incor- pOration 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 Three Directors, and the following named shall const ute the Board of Directors until their successors are elected John Boyle, Jr., Rudolph Hartmann, Jr., and A. Cogho. Thereafter the Board of Directors shall be elected from among the stockholders on the first Tuesday in October of each year. The officers of said Corporation un. til their successors are elected shall be John 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 thlS Corporation is at any time subject shall be Fifty Thousand Dollars ($5O,0OO.0O), which amount does not exceed two-thirdS the amount of the 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 18th day of March. 1905.
 JOHN BOYLE, JR. (Seal)
 RUDOLPH HARTMANN, JR (Seal)