Arizona silver belt., 1906-09-27
STATE OF MAINE
certiAoate of Organization ot Cor
 noration Under the General Law.


 The undersigned, officers of a cor. noration organized at kittery, m the State of Maine, at meeting or the signers of the articles ot agreement therefor. duly called and held at the office of The Lawyer s Incorporation and Transfer Company m the town ol Kittery on Wednesday, the 22nd day oi Noven,ber, A. D., 1905 hereby certify
 The name of said corporation IS The National Mining Exploration Company. The nurposes of said corporation are carrying on the hereinafter named bnsinvss, to-wlt:
 To nnrchase. lease, or otherwise ac- ouire any mines and lands in the United States or elsewhere, or any interest therein, and to explore, work, exercise, develop and turn to account the same; to quarry, mill, smelt, reduce, refine, dress. concentrate, amalgamate and nrepare for market, ore, metal ana ,n;neral substances of all kinds, and to carry on any other operations which may seem conducive to any of the com nanv's objects: to buy, sell, manufac- tnrc 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 purchase or otherwise acquire. operate 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 constru #, com pete, furnish, maintain, and conduct lawful lines of communication and transportation, and to conduct, carry on and transact general transporta- ton business of passengers and freight in any lawful manner, and upon it's 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 inder take the liabilities of any person, firm, association or corporation engaged in a business similar to that of thls corpora tion. and to gay for the same in money, stock or bonds of the corporation or otherwise.
 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 the ! business of the company; to aid in any manner any corporation whose stock, 1 bonds or other obligations are held, or | Tn 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 l of any such bonds, stocks or other | obligations.
 To remunerate any person or corpora tlon for services rendered or to be ren- | dered, m placing or assisting to place, | or m 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 it's business. To use and apply the surplus earnings of the corporation, or it's ac- cumulated profits authorized by law to be reserved; to the purchase of, or in Vestment in, it's own capital stock from tune to time; to receive its own stock m 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 snail determine, it being provided, how <, i.' ','"I SIOCh Sndil ilOJ De uecldrdDle m dlvdends, unless a majority in in- tterest of the stockholders so determine; put the capital stock of the company snail not be decreased, except as pro- Vlded by the laws of Maine.
 10 apply for. purchase, or otherwise acquire, and to hold, use, own, operate and rent sell, assign or otherwise deal m any trademarks, trade names, copy rlghtS, patents, inventions, improve iinehtS and processes used in connec- toh with, or secured under letters natnni nf fhn Irn;Anl c4nA.. ... .Ine.