Arizona republican., 1906-09-23
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
 of THE ARIZONA HERCULES COPPER COMPANY.

selves together as a company, under the name and style of "The Arizona Hercules Copper Company" for the purpose of becoming a body corporate and polite, under and by virtue of the laws of the Territory of Arizona; and in accordance with the provisions of the laws of said Territory, we do here by make, execute and acknowledge in triplicate, this certificate in writing of our intentions so to become a body corporate, under and by virtue of said laws.
 First: The corporate name and style of our said company shall be "The Arizona Hercules Copper Company"
 Second: The object for which our said company is formed and incorpo- rated, is for the purpose of discovering, locating, buying, acquiring by lease and leasing. bonding, selling, operating and disposing of all kinds of mining claims, mining properties and mines. machinery and appliances; and the mining and selling of all kinds of ores: and of prospecting, exploring, discovering and locating lodes and veins, bodies and masses of mineral of all kinds. and using. occupying, developing, enjoying, working and possessing the same: and of acquiring mineral location sites. town sites and mill sites and sites and priv ileges of all kinds under the mineral and land laws of the United States and the various states and territories there of; locating, driving owning and oper- ating tunnels for the purpose of dis covering veins, lodes and bodies of ore, draining mines and mining properties; and for tramway purposes and for transporting for hire of ore, waste and other materials through said tunnels; T1IIrcbaS and all necessary real and personal property incidental thereto; and to buy own, control, erect lease and use, operate and enjoy smelting and concentrating plants and mills and processes of all kinds for the treatment and reducing of ores and saving and obtaining values from all kinds of mineral bearing rock earth and ores, and of doing any and all things that may be proper, useful and necessary or requisite to carry on a general mining and milling smelting and ore reducing business; and to buy and sell ore of all kinds containing precious minerals and metals; and of owning any and all kinds of property, real, personal and leased necessary to the proper conduct of said business; and of doing any and all things useful, necessary or requisite to carry into effect the business purposes for which the said company is formed; and for the purpose of buying. acquiring by To- cation, acquiring by lease and leasing. bonding, selling, operating and dispos- ing of water rights and privileges; and to construct and operate electric light plants, electric power plants. water power plants and all kinds of plants for the purpose of employing water in the manufacture of power and lighting and to construct and operate pipe lines for the purpose of conveying water, and for the purpose of selling the water that may be conveyed by such pipe lines; and for the purpose of selling, leasing, renting and in general dispos- ing of water power, electric power and electric lights; and to construct and operate railroads tramways, turnpikes and canals dams and reservoirs, lead ing to or from the principal works and other places of business of this com pany, to navigate streams and exist ing railroads, turnpikes and public highways, as allowed by the statutes of the Territory of Arizona; and to build equip and operate telegraph and telephone lines for the purpose of fla cilitating the business of the company and for profit; to carry on a general commercial and merchandising busi- ness; and to maintain stores and other necessary institutions incident to said merchandising business; to acquire use and operate water and ditch rights and privileges of every kind and na- ture whatsoever for profit and other wise; and to do any. and all things use ful, necessary or requisite to opera tt the same; and to do any and all things useful, necessary or requisite to carry out any of the purposes for which saiC company is formed.
 - company shall be Ten million dollars (s1O,O0O, ,OOO.OO) divided into one million OOO0,OO0) shares of the par value o Ten dollars (S1O.OO) for each share, anC said stock shall be issued full paid anC non -assessable, at such time or time! as the Board of Directors may desig. nate, in exchange for cash property services, or other valuable right o thing, and the judgment of the BoarC of Directors, in the absence of actua fraud, shall he conclusive.
 Fourth: Our said company is to eX ist for the term of twenty five (25 years, and may be renewed at the ex piration of that time.
 Fifth: The Affairs and managemen of our said company is to be under tn control of Board of five (5) Directors and w. P. Durham. E. c. Thomas. R H. Reid. c. K. Mccormick and William Bayly are hereby selected to act a said directors. and to manage all affair and concerns of said company durin the first year of it's existence and unti their successors are duly elected an qualified.
 Sixth: The operations of our sai company will be carried on in tn County of Pinal and other counties i the Territory of Arizona and in othe states and territories of the Unite States of America and republic c Mexico; and the principal place an business office of said companN sha