Arizona silver belt., 1906-01-18
lTlCLES OF INCORPORATION
OF THE opntezuma Copper Mining Company.
OF THE

ontezuma Copper Mining Company.
 Re. Lyman c. Woods, Peter Hutton, C&rles Maybush, Mrs. Lyman C.. WSods. o. R. Fiest, Louis Berndt and M Kitzmiler, all of the town of Globe, 0(h county, and Territory of Arizona, drSiring to incorporate ourselves under fke provisions of the laws of the Terri frrN of Arizona, and especially under Tf{le XIII. of the Revised Statutes of the Territory of Arizona concerning ocrporations, being CNaDter Il. of sad TIfie of the laws of 1901, and amenda- fory thereof. for the purpose of engag- inf in the lawful enterprise, business u1irsuit and occupation hereinafter spec }1ed. do make, subscribe and acknowl- o%pe. according to law, these Articles o(incorporation, and declare
 The name assumed by this corpora ton by which it hall be known IS The Nontezuma Copper Mining Com. pany, and it's principal place of ransacting business is in the town of Globe, County of Gila, snd Territory of Arizona; and it may lave branch offices for the purpose ot transacting any business of any kind 'and nature whatever, at such other lolaces as the Board of Directors may 3rom time to time determine.
 Al II.
 The general nature of the business Droposed to be transacted Is mining, md incidents thereto this corporation Proposes to acquire by location, pur- .ehase, or otherwise, mines of copper, Rold, silver, lead, coal, and mines and mineral land of every kind and descrip- 6on whatever, and to operate, lease or Fell the same; to erect and maintain mills and reduction works, teaching plants, concentrating works, smeltlng .plunts, and any and all kinds of mining and milling machinery for the econom- Heal handling and reduction of ores; to Require. construct, own and operate Railways, tramways, turnpikes and .canals to lead from it's principal wor ks, or place of business, to some navlgable Stream or to some existing railroad, Turnpike or public highway; to erect, operate. maintain stores, boarding .houses and hotels: to do a general mer- .chandise business. to acquire by pur- chase, location and in any other lawful ,manner, real estate, land and all other ,kinds of property, real and personal Sand mixed; to lay out, construct, acquire iby purchase or in any other lawful manner, and accept, hold. possess, 'enjoy, operate and use franchises from any State or Territory of the United States, or any County, municipal or private corporation, wagon roads, mills, factories. houses, capital stock and bonds of corporations, chattels, goods, wares, merchandise and choses in ac- tion: to buy, manufacture, sell and deal in all kinds of property, real, personal and mixed, electrical appliances for driving machinery, motor power for propelling any and all kinds of mechan- ical appliances where electricity IS applicable; telephone and electrical lines, telegraph lines, electric lights; transacting any and all kinds of busi- ness which may be transacted by natural person, to hold, cultivate, prove up, use and enjoy the same, and to alienate, sell lease, demise and dispose of the same, or any part thereof, as well as any other property this corpor- dllOn DOSStSStS, DC SClZNu Ol UT DC entitled to; to borrow money and con tract to repay the same at such time or times, with such rate or rates of interest as it's Board of Directors deem proper and see fit; to hypothecate, mort gage, or pledge all or any part of the property which this corporation may hereafter acquire to secure payment of such money with interest, or to secure payment of any debt of this corpora tion, with such interest thereon as it may be legally obliged to pay.
 The amount of the capital stock of this corporation shall be One Million Dollars, divided into One Million Shares of the par value of One Dollar each; and the time when, and the conditions upon which it is to be paid are as fol- lows, to-wit: The whole of the capital stock may be paid in, in cash or in pro perty, or valuable services necessary for the purposes of the corporation, upon resolution of the board of direct ors, and evidence of title and value satisfactory to said board of directors.
 
 The capital stock of this corporation shall be forever non-assessable, and five hundred thousand shares thereof shall be placed in the treasury of said corporation and be sold and used for development and other legitimate pur- poses of this corporation.
 V.
 The time of the commencement of this corporation shall be the day of the filing of these articles for record in the office of the County Recorder of Gila County, in the Territory of Arizona, and the termination thereof shall be twenty-five years thereafter, unless by law further extended by the corpora tion.
 VI.
 The affairs of this corporation are to be and they shall be conducted by a