Arizona silver belt., 1906-08-16
ARTICLES Of INCORPORATION
The Victoria Chief Copper Mining &
Smelling Co.

Know All Men by These Presents,
That We whose names are hereunto
affixed do hereby associate ourselves
together for the purpose of forming a
corporation under the laws of the Ter
ritory of Arizona. and to that end make
the following statement
First: The names of the incorpora-
tors are Dana A. Rose, Howard C.
Dickinson, and Florence l.. Rutter, all
of New York City, New York, and the
name of the corporation shall be 1.-The
Victoria Chief Copper Mining &
Smelling Company.
The principal place in which the bust
ness of said corporation within the
territory of Arizona is to be transacted
in Globe, ella County, Arizona; and the
principal place of business outside of
the Territory of Arizona shall be Engle,
Sierra County, New Mexico; also
offices may be maintained at Jersey
City, New Jersey, and New York City,
New York, at which place the stock
holders may meet in general or special
meeting, as may be prescribed by the
bylaws, and the corporation may have
such additional branch offices either
within or without the Territory of Ari-
IONA, in addition to those mentioned
above, as may be established by the
board of directors.
| Second: The general nature of the
business proposed to be transacted by
I this corporation is rs follows, to-wit:
I To conduct the business of mining,
both lode and placer. To extract cop
per, gold, silver, or other mctallifcr-
Gus ores from the property or proper
[ ties of this corporation, or any proper
/ ties that the corporation may be inter
estcd in. To acquire, own, lease; occu-
py, use or develop any lands containing
/ gold, silver, copper, coal, iron, stone
or other ores or oil or water, and any
woodlands or other lands.
/ To buy and sell, or otherwise TO deal
or traffic in gold, silver, copper, iron,
steel, stone. ores. coal, wood, lumber
and other materials or oil or water and
any of the products thereof, and in
articles consisting or partly consisting
thereof.
To manufacture gold, silver, copper,
iron, steel, coke, lumber and other
materials, and all or any articles con-
sisting or partly consisting of gold,
silver, iron, steel, copper, wood OF
other materials, and all or any pro
ducts thereof.
To construct bridges, houses. build
ings, shops, hotels, stores, boarding
houses, factories, machinery, engines,
cars, and other Equipment; railroads,
elevators, cold storag warehouses and
plants, water works, gas works and
electric works, viaducts, canals and
other waterways, and any other means
of transportation, and TO sell the same
rent or otherwise deal therein, OF
otherwise dispose thereof, or to main
tain and operate the same; also tt
build, buy. construct and operate tol
roads, to manufacture or otherwls,
acquire, goods, wares and merchandise
and personal property of every kint
and description, and to hold, own
/ mortgage, sell or otherwise dispose OF
trade, deal in and deal with the same.
To buy mining property, real estate
personal property, or property of any
kind or description, either real, per
sonal, or mixed, and to pay for the
same with the stock of this corporation
or any corporation in which this com
pany may be interested. Also to buy
sell or otherwise acquire and hold. own
mortgage, sell, or let, rent or other
wise deal in or dispose of water, waite
rights, appropriations of water, PIP.
, lines and water works in general
of every description.
To buy, sell. or otherwise acquire
| and to hold, own, let, rent, irrigate o
otherwise deal in or deal with, or dis
, pose Of, any and all lands for agricult
2 ure purposes or otherwise.
e TO engage in the live stock bushes
and to buy, sell, breed and raise cattle
= horses, sheep, goats and any other kim
] of live stock, and to all things inciden
thereto
= To apply for, obtain, register, pur
= chase, lease, or otherwise to acquire
and to hold, use, own, operate and in
f troduce, and to SELL assign or other
wise to dispose of any trade marks
trade names, patents, inventions, i'm
y provements and processes used in con
nection with or secured under letter
n patent of the United States or else
where, or otherwise, and to use, exei
else, develop, grant licenses in respec
OF, or otherwise to turn to account an
such trade marks, patents, licenses
If processes and the like, or any sue
Z, property or rights.
g To buy, sell, issue, or dispose of an
i stock, bonds, or any obligation of thi
e or any other corporation, and to ente
e into, make, perform and carry ou
d contracts of every kind and for an
e lawful purpose, with any person, firm
d association or corporation.
:, To erect and operate mills and smell
/, ers for the reduction of all kinds {
e mineral bearing ores, also to purchase
ID sell and improve land and lay out sal
id land in townsites, blocks, lots. street.
alleys, commons and parks, also
% construct and operate wagon road
If toll roads, reservoirs and railroad
If from the mining property or prope
ties in which this company is interestt
to other railroads.
To conduct all and any of the va
ious business hereinbefore set forth