The oasis., 1905-06-03
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
THE VICTOR MINING AND SIMPLIFYING
 COMPANY.

KNOW ALI MEN BY THESE PRESERVES
 That we, whose names 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 statements:
 FIRST: The names of the corporatOrs are Frank ?. Jackson, Lewis ]. Haas, John l.. Trauger, w H Paul and T. J Abernethy, ] s. Shepherd and Allen T Bird, and the name of the eorporatIon shall be I'll VICTOR MINING AND SIMPLIFYING COMPANY. The principal place in which the business of said corporation shall be transacted within the Territory of Arizona, shall be NogAles, santa Cruz County, Territory of Arizona, with branch offices ut such places in the United states and the Re- public of Mexico as the Board ot Directors may by resolution direct, at any of which places all meetings of the stockholders and Board ol Directors may be held, and all busi- ness transacted.
 SECOND: The general nature of the business proposed to be transacted by this corporation is as follows, tO.wit
 TO purchase, easr bond, locate or otherwise acquire, own, exchange sell or otherwise dis pose of, pledge, mortgage hypothecate, and deal in mines, mining claims, OIL lands miner- al lands oil, gas, as phAltum, petroleum, water and water rights and to work, mine, explore and develop the same to do general cal estate and mercantile business; to own, handle and control letters patent and inventions; to borrow money and execute mortgages or deeds of trust to secure the same, to build and own dams, canals, ditches, fumes and other means as may be necessary to divert impound or con duet water, and to use the same for irrigation, and to generate power to be used as such, or to he converted into electricity or electric power as may be desired, and to use, sell, rent or otherwise dispose of the same; to build, con struct or otherwise provide lines for the trans mission of electricity or electric power, and to equip the same; to build, own, equip and oper- ate railway, telegraph and telephone lines from it's mines and works to a connection with other lines; to buy own, hold and dispose of the stock or bonds of other corporations, and in general do all things necessary to properly conduct the business of this corporation in the Territory of Arizona and elsewhere, not inc0n- sstent with the laws of the Territory of Arizo na and the United States.
 THIRD: The authorized amount of capital stock of this corporation shall be One Million i dred Thousand Shares of the par value of Ten 5000 Dollars each. Al such time 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 transfer to 1t of real and personal property fol l payment for which shares of the capital stock of said corporation may be issued, and all q I the capital stock issued by the company shal
 be fully paid up and non-assessable.
 FOURTH: The time of the commencement Q l this corporation shall be the date of the filing of these Articles of Incorporation in the office
 of the Auditor of the Territory of Arizona, ant
 the termination thereof shall be twenty-five
 years thereafter.
 FIFTH The affairs of this corporation shal l be conducted by Board of Five or more Di
 rectors, who shall be elected annually by thu stockholders of the corporation. Until th first annual meeting the following person shall constitute the Board of Directors: Franl
 F. Jackson, Lewis ]. Haas, John l.. Trauger, W