Arizona silver belt., 1906-10-14
STATE { OF MAINE
cs,,;soate of Organization of a Cor " noration Under the General Law.

"e'.'".s u.s.;or finder the General Law.
 Tho undersigned, officers of cor
 ,.,-at;., orpanized at kittery, m the
 State of Maine, at a meeting or the
 s;gners of the articles ot agreement
 tberefor. duly called and held at the
 oTice of The Lawyers Incorporation
 and Transfer Company m tne town or
 Titterv a on Wednesday, the 22nd day of
 November, A. D., 1905 hereby certify
 The name of said corporation IS. The
 National Mining Exploration company.
 The nurposes of said corporation are
 ,or,.vinq on the hereinafter named
 business, to-wlt:
 To nurcbase, lease, or otherwise ac-
 ,u;re any mines and lands in the United
 States or elsewhere, or any interest
 therein, and to explore, work, exercise, davelop and turn to account the same; tn ,uarry. mill, smelt, reduce, refine, dress concentrate, amalgamate and nrepare for market, ore, metal and
 nineral substances of all kinds, and to carry on any other operations which may seem conducive to any of the com. many s. objects; to buy, sell, manufac- fnre and deal in minerals, ores and
 finished products, plants, machinery, implements, conveniences, provisions and things capable of being used in connection with mining operations, or required by workmen and others em- ployed by the company; to construct, carry out, maintain, improve, manage, work, control and superintend any roads, ways, bridges, tramways, reser- voirs, water courses, acqueducts, wharves, furnaces, mills, crushing works and conveniences which may seem directly or indirectly conducive to any of the objects of the company, and to contribute to, subsidize or otherwise. aid or take part in any such operations.
 To buy, sell and own dredging plants, and articles used in or about dredging operations and the real estate proper for carrying on such business; and to make contracts for and perform the work of dredging and removing and carrying away by land or water, eX- cavated or dredged material; to reclaim and fill in low lands by diking them or depositing upon them rock, soil or other material: to build docks, walls and piers, and to do all things incidental to, and proper to be performed in said business.
 To acquire, hold, improve, lease, operate and sell timber, farming, graz ing, mineral, oil and other lands, and the products thereof; to build, con struct, maintain, and operate plants and works for the development of such lands and for the handling, preparing and rendering commercially available all of the various products thereof To nth harusfcn ataa and maintain hotels, buildings, stores and warehouses.
 To acquire streams, lakes and small ponds for irrigation purposes or other wise. To build, acquire, own, charter and operate vessels propelled by steam or otherwise, and to construct, com plete, furnish, maintain, and conduct lawful lines of communication and transportation, and to conduct, carry on and transact a general transporta- tion business of passengers and freight in any lawful manner, and upon its property to construct, conduct and operate transportation business in any manner deemed proper. To ac- quire and use, sell or otherwise dispose of the whole or any part of the good will, property and rights, and to 1nder take the liabilities of any person, firm, association or corporation engaged in business similar to that of thls corpora tiOn. and to ray for the same in money, stock or bonds of the corporation or Otherwlse.
 To enter into, make, perform and carry out contracts of every kind and for any lawful purpose with any per son, firm, association or corporation, or with any government. incidental to the business of this company. To bor- row and raise money by the issue of or upon warrants, bonds, debentures and other negotiable or transferable instruments or otherwise. To hold, purchase, or otherwise acquire, sell, assign, pledge or otherwise dispose of the shares of the capital stock, bonds, or other evidences of indebtedness created by any corporation, and while the owner thereof to exercise all the rights and privileges of ownership, in cluding the right to vote thereon.
 To guarantee the payment of divi- dends or interest on any shares of stock, bonds, debentures or other securities or obligations of this or any other company in which the corpora tion may be properly interested when ever in the judgment of the Board of Directors proper and necessary for he business of the company; to aid in any manner any corporation whose stock, bonds or other obligations are held, or in- any manner guaranteed by the com pany, and to do any other acts or thing necessary for the preservation, i'm provement or enhancement of the value of any such bonds, stocks or other obligations.
 To remunerate any person or corpora tion for services rendered or to be rem dered, in placing or assisting to place, or in guaranteeing the placing of any of the stock of the company, or in or about the formation or promotion of the company, or in the conduct of its business. To use and apply the surplus earnings of the corporation, or its ac- cumulated profits authorized by law to be reserved; to the purchase of, or in- vestment in, its own capital stock from time to time; to receive it's own stock in payment or satisfaction of indebted ness to the corporation, and to reissue and sell any of the stock so purchased or acquired to such extent, in such manner, and on such terms, as the Board of Directors of the corporation shall determine, it being provided, how ever, that stock shall not be declarable m dividends, unless a majority in in- terest of the stockholders so determine; but the capital stock. of the company shall not be decreased, except as pro- yided by the laws of Maine.
 To apply for. purchase, or otherwise acquire, and to hold, use, own, operate and rent, sell, assign or otherwise deal in any trademarks, trade-names, copy rights, patents, inventions, improve ments and processes used in connec- tlOn with, or secured under letters