Mohave County miner., 1906-09-22
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION Expansion Gold Mines Com
 pany.

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS: That we, the undersigned. Chas. J. Hutchison, Les ter D. Rogers, Frank B. Roger, and Frank J. Murphy. all of the County of Moha7e. erritory of Arizona. have voluntarily associated our selves together for the purpose Of forming corporation under the provisions of Chapter Two, Title XIII, of ihe Revised Statutes of I9Ol, of the Territory of Arizona, and all amendme ntS thereto. to transact the business herelnaiter mentioned and described, and we do hereby adopt, publish and oeclare the fol- lowing 10 be the Articles ot incorporation of such corporation, tOwit:
 ARTICLE 1.
 The name of this corporation shall be Ex- PANsIoN GOLD MINES COMPANY.
 ARTICLE II.
 The principal place of business of said cor poratiUn within the Territory of Arizona shall be the town of Kingman. in said County of Mohave, and other offices may be established at other places within the United States. or in foreiyn countries. as shall be designated by the Board of Directors, or as the interests of the Corporation shall hereafter demand, where meetings of the Board of Directors may be held.
 ARTICLE H.
 The general nature of the business for which this Corporation is formed aud Uy it to be con- ducted, Is as follows, to-wit:
 ta) To purchase, lease. bond. locate and oth- erwlSe acquire mineral claims, mineral lands, mines. millsltes and real estate in the Terri. tory of Arizona. or in any other State or Ter ritOry of the United States of America, and to ". shares Of the Corporation. or otherwise; and 10 sell. lease, bond. or otherwise diSI ose of the same or any of them;
 (b) To work, explore and operate mines and other property of this corporation, or Of other companies or parties;
 (cl To own. operate and control reduction works and retineries, Smelters mills, or other methods for the reduction, treating and hand ling Of ores and mineral products, and to buy, sell, dispose of and deal in ores, metals and mineral products and substances either in manufactured state or otherwise;
 tdl To carry on the buSin, SS of inn. keeping boarding houses, machine works and power plants. general merchandise and assaying:
 (e. To construct. maintain, control and op- crate trails. roadwayS. tramwayS, railroads, bridges, reservoirs, water courses. aqueducts. pipe lines, power lines. electrical works tele- graph and telephone lines and warehouses or any and all works and cOnvenleL directly or indirectly conducive to any of the objects of the Corporation or otherwise;
 CD To acquire, manage, operate and farm agricultural lands. canals. and irrigating ditches, and to deal in the products of the same and any and all other personal property:
 (gl To locate, purchase or otherwise acquire lands and lay out townSiteS, and to build. buy sell, rent. lease, own, operate. control and man age property in any town or city:
 (hl To leLd and borrow money, to buy, sell, acquire and dispose of and Ceal in corporate stock and securities, or negotiable paper:
 Q) To borrow or raise money for any pur- poses of the Company and to secure payment of the same, with interest, or for any other purpose of the company, to make, execute and deliver trust deeds and mortgages or to charge by undertaking all or any part of the property of the company or its uLcalled capital stock and to create. issue, make, draw accept and negotiate perpetual or redeemable debenture CT debentures. stocks prOmisSory notes. bills of exchange. bills of lading. warrants, obliga- tions and other negotiable and transferable in struments;