Arizona silver belt., 1906-12-16
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
Globe Wheatf,eIds Mining Company

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS:
 That, we, Fred c. Booth, J. Thorn ton Price. Claud w. Lightfoot, and N. G. Nelms. all of Gila county, Arizona, do hereby associate ourselves together for the purpose of forming a corpor- ation under the laws of the Territory of Arizona, and for this purpose, we do hereby declare and adopl the following articles of incorporation:
 ARTICLE l.
 The names of the incorporators are Fred c. Booth, J. Thornton Price, Claud w. LightfoOt, and N. G Nelms; the name of this corporation shall be and is Globe Wheatfields Mining com pany, and its principal place of trans acting business shall be at Globe, Gila county, Arizona, at which place the meetings of the stockholders and directors shall be held, provided that branch offices may be established at other points within the Territory of Arizona to be selected by the stock holders in meeting assembled, and at such places any and all business may be transacted necessary to the carrying out of the purposes of this incorpor- ation.
 ARTICLE II
 The general nature of the business to be transacted by this corporation is to buy, sell, bond or mortgage mines and mining property, and to work, operate and maintain the same; to ac- quire, by proper conveyance, all real estate necessary for the purposes of its business, either in or out of the Ter ritory of A'izona; the erection and maintenance of works, mills and smell ters necessary for its purposes; to en- gage in and carry on the business of treating, smelling and refining copper and other ores and metals; to construct all necessary buildings, roads, and tramways for the carrying out of the purposes of this corporation ;and in gen. eral to do and perform any and all acts and things necessary for and incidental to the objects aforesaid or in anywise connected herewith.
 ARTICLE III.
 The authorized capital stock of this corporation is and shall be one million dollars, which said capital stock shall be divided into one million shares of the par value of one dollar each, and when issued shall be fully paid and non-as- sessable.
 ARTICLE ".
 The time of the commencement of this corporation shall be the date upon which these articles are filed in the of. flee of the county recorder of Gila county, Arizona, and a copy thereof filed in the office of the territorial audi tor of Arizona; and its termination shall be twenty-five years from and after the filings aforesaid.
 ARTICLE V.
 The affairs oF this corporation shall be conducted by board of five direc- tors, elected annually by and from among the stockholders thereof. The first annual meeting of the stockhold- CTS for this purpose, and for the tran saction of such other business as may properly come before them, shall be held on the first Monday of October, 1907, and annually thereafter on said date. The officers of this corporation shall consist of president, vice president, secretary and treasurer. and general manager. Until such board of directors shall have been the following named persons, who shall become owners of shares of stock herein before qualifying as such, shall constitute the hoard of directors of this corporation: Fred c. Booth, J. Thornton Price, James H. Lightfoot, Claud w. Lightfoot and N. c. Nelms. The president of said board, when elected by the board of directors, shall also be the presiding officer of all meetings.
 ARTICLE VI.
 The board of directors shall have power to fill all vacancies in said board, pr in the offices of this corporation, and until their successors are elected and qualified such board and such of icers are hereby empowered and authorized to do any and all things necessary to the proper conduct of the ,ffairs of this corporation.
 ARTICLE VII.
 The highest amount of indebtedness