Arizona silver belt., 1906-12-23
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
The Pinto Copper Mining Company
,ow ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS

That ve l. c. Clark, H. A. Sidow Q. s. Cross. Hinson Thomas, lnoma' % p Kelly, Carl Eder George Bower and Wade Sotel, all of Gila county, Arr aona do hereby associate ourselves to 'gether for the purpose or forming sornoration under the laws of the ter rit6ry of Arizona, and for this purpose n,e do hereby declare and adopt the following Articles of Interpretations
 ARTICLE 1.
 Tba names of the incorporators are ~ Clark, II. A. Sidow, o. s. Cross, u;nson Thomas. Thomas P. Kelly. GarI Fder, George Bowen and Wade Sotal The name of this incorporation ,baIl he and is The Pinto Copper Min ;n% Co. and it's principal place of trans ,aIing business shall be at Globe, Gila "onnfy Arizona, at which place the ,,setings of the stockholders and di- mactors shall be held; provided that branch offices may be established at ntber points within the territory of Ari- gona to be selected by the stockholders ;n @ meeting assembled, and at such niacas any and all business may be transacted necessary to the carrying out of the purposes of thls mcorpora- tiOn. ,,
 The general nature of the business to hs transacted by this corporation is: To buy, sell, bond or mortgage mines and mining property, and to work, op- srate and maintain the same; to ac- nnire by proper conveyance, all real estate necessary for the purposes of it's bnsiness. either in or out of the terri tory of Arizona; the erection and main- fpnance of works, mills and smelters necessary for it's purposes; to deal in merchandise of all sorts, and to engage in and carry on the business of treat ing. smeting and refining copper and other ores and metals; to construct all necessary buildings, roads and tram ways for the carrying out of the pur- noses 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 any wise connected herewith.
 ARTICLE III. The capital stock of this corporation shall be One Million Dollars (Sl, ,0OO.- OOO). divided into one million q Q,0o0.- OOO) shares of the par value of One Dollar (Sl.OO) each Each share of stock, wheu issued, shall be first fully paid for in cash or its cash equivalent, ] and such shares of stock, when so is- sued. shall thereafter be non-assess- | able
 ARTICLE ".
 The time of the commencement of this corporation shall be the date upon which these articles are filed in the of- ]. fee of the County Recorder of Gila County. Arizona, and a copy thereof . filed in the office of the Territorial Au- | ditOr of Arizona, and its termination | shall be twenty-five years from and af- ! ter the filings aforesaid.
 ARTIC-E
 The affairs of this corporation shall be conducted by board of seven dir ectOrS, 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 bu .iness as may properly come before them, shall be held on the first Monday of November, 1907, and annually thereafter on said date. The officers of this corporation shall consist of a president, a vice president, a secretary and treasurer and a general manager. Until such board of directors shall have been elected, the following named persons who shall become owners of shares of stock hereinbefore qualify ing as such, shall constitute the board of directors of this corporation: Hinson Thomas, Q. s. Cross, J. C. Clark, H. A. Sidow, Wade Sotel, Thomas P. Kelly, Carl Eder; and majority of such board shall have the power to call such meet lngs and transact such business as may be deemed necessary or expedient and adopt bylaws.
 ARTICLE VI.
 The board of directors shall have power to fill all vacancies in said board pr m the offices of this corporation, and lntil their successors are elected and lualltled, such board and such officers ire hereby empowered and authorized 10 do any and all things necessary to me proper conduct of the affairs of hls corporation.
 ARTICLE VII.
 The highest amount of indebtedness 'r liability to which this corporation nay at any time subject itself shall be md hereby is fixed at the sum of fifty housand dollars ($5O, O,OOO).
 ARTICLE VIII. The private property of the stock lolderS of this corporation shall be for ,S Vef exempt from liability for the ] Iebts thereof. 2 In Witness Whereof, we, the incor- orators aforesaid, have hereunto set g ur ur hands and seals this l7th day of November, 1906.
 IHoS. P. KELLY (SeaD
 n. n. A. SiDow (SeaD IARL EDER (SeaD JOHN ' CLARK (SeaD t 0. $. CROsS (SeaH 2