Mohave County miner., 1906-06-09
AhIIJLES UT INOUhPUhAIIUN
 OF THE
ARTICLEs OF INCoRPoRATIoN.

Whereas, E. P. Ripley, J. W. Kendrick, H. c. Trexler, A. D. Chidsey, John Denair. II. K. Hartzell, Dan Murphy. A. G. Wells. G. Hotter hOff. Jr., A. c. Godshall, H. H. GOdShall and l.. D. Godshall have become associated together for a certain undertaking, and for the better carrying on of the same the undersigned have agreed to organize a corporation under the laws of the Territory of Arizona;
 Now, Therefore know all men by these pres ents:
 That We, the undersigned, do hereby asso- ciate ourselves together for the purpose of forming a corporation under the general laws of the Territory of Arizona, the name of which corporation shall be:
 COCOPAH COPPER COMPANY
 and the principal place of transacting business of which corporation shall be Kingman, in MOhave county. in the Territory of Arizona. The general business to be transacted by said corporation is to purchase, lease, locate and otherwise acquire mineral lands and mining claims to sell and convey mineral lands and mining claims; to explore lands for minerals and metals; to mine for minerals and metals: | to extract. concentrate and reduce buy and sell and deal in ores. minerals and metals to | erect, maintain and operate SmelterS and other plants, to treat and reduce ores: to purchase. | lease, locate, appropriate develop or otherwise to acquire water and water rights and the same to sell and convey; to acquire by pur- | chase, location or otherwise mill sites. dam sites. reservoir sites. rights of way for dtches. cOuduitS, acqueducts pipe lines and canals. to erect and maintain telegraph and telephone | lines and electric light and power lines and acquire by combination or otherwise rights of way for such lines; to erect and maintain plants | for operating telephone and telegraph systems and electric power plants in connection with | the mining operations of the company, to | build. maintain and operate wire. cable or Oth | CT tramway or railroads to be operated and run | by electricity, steam gravltation or otherwise. | leaoiug from its principal works or place of | business to some navigable stream or to some
 
 10 condemn land necessary for the construction of any such tramway or railroad and for all purposes necessary and convenient in the op l eratiCn thereof; to acquire by location or Oth erwse lands and rights for tunnels and all | ai purtenanceS thereto incident and appertain | ing; to sell, exchange. lease and grant licenses | privileges and interests in and to any of the | properties. and ighiS acquired by the corpora | tion: to carry on the business of merchandise | ing and general trading in connection with | such mining and reduction business and to | construct, maintain. operate and lease any of | the things necessary. proper and incident to l carry On such business of merchandising and | general trading; to lay out towns and townsites and to sell and cispose of lots therein and i'm prOvementS on the same. to borrow money; to make and issue promissory notes. bills of ex- | change. debeni ureS and obligations and other l evidences of indebtedness of every kind and | description necessary or convenient in tn, con- duct of its business and to secure the same by mortgage. pledge or otherwise; to acquire hold and sell stock in other corporations and to hold. acquire and sell bonds and other secure | ties and evidences Of indebtednt ss.
 III
 The amount of capital stock of said corpora l tiOn shall be One Million Five Hundred Thou sand Dollars (Sl, ,5OO,OOO), divided into One Hun dIed and Fifty Thousand Q50OOOl shares of Ten Dollars, sl0) each. and the said stock shall be paid in upon assessments to be levied by the Board of Directors, provided that no assess ment shall be for more than ten per cent of the face value of the stock. and assessments shall not be levied oftener than once in two ! u0p t.l stock may be paid into this corporation either in cash or services. or by sale and transfer to | the corporation of real or personal property for | the uses and purposes Of the corporation, as the Board of Directors may determine. When | shares Of stock shall have been paid for in any | Of said ways. certificate for such shares may be | issued and the shares so issued shall thereupOn and thereby become and be fully paid and ncn | aSseSsable, and in the absence of actual fraud | tors as to the value of the property purchased | shall be conclusive. The stockholders may vote by written proxy for the election of directors and for the transaction of any other business that may come before the stockholders | meeting.
 The time of the commencement of the said | corporation shall be the time of the filing of the certified copy of these articles in the offce of the Auditor uf said Territory and the time | of the determination of this corporation shall be twenty-five t25) years from the date Of such filing.
 The affairs of said corporation shall be con ducted by Board of Directors consisting of nine stockholders, who shall be elected an nually on the first Wednesday after the first Tuesday of February.
 The highest amount of indebtedness or lia- bility to which said corporation shall at any time subject itself shall be One Million Dol lars (sl.OOOOOO).
 Private property of the stockholders of said corporation shall be exempt from the debts Of said corporation.
 In Witness Whereof we have hereunto set our names this 18th day of May 1906
 (Sgd) G. HOLTERHOFF, JR.
 lSgdl A. c. WELLS