Arizona silver belt., 1906-02-08
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
OF THE
Monte1uma Copper Mining Company

OF THE
monte1uma Copper Mining Company.
We. LYMAN C. Woods, Peter Hutton,
Charles Maybush, Mrs. Lyman Z;
Woods, o. X. FEST, Louis Berndt ana
w Kitzmiller, all of the town OF Globe,
ella county, and Territory of Arizona,
desiring to incorporate ourselves under
the provisions of the laws of the Terri
tory of Arizona, and especially under
Title XIII. of the Revised Statutes OF
the Territory of Arizona concerning
corporations, being Chapter ii. OF SAID
Title of the laws of 1901, and amenda-
tory thereof, for the purpose OF engag
inc in the lawful enterprise. business
nnrsuit and occupation hereinafter spec
fled. do make, subscribe and acknowl-
edge, according to law, these Articles
of incorporation, and declare
The name assumed by this corpora
ton by which it hall be known is The
Montezuna Copper Mining Com.
pany, and its principal place OF
transacting business is IN the
town of Globe, County of ella,
and Territory of Arizona; and II may
have branch offices for the purpose OF
transacting any business of any KIND
and nature whatever, at such other
places as the Board of Directors may
from time to time determine.
The general nature of the business
proposed to be transacted is mining,
and incidents thereto this corporation
proposes to acquire by location, pur-
chase, or otherwise, mines of copper,
gold, silver, lead coal, and mines and
mineral land of every kind and descrip-
ton whatever, and to operate, lease or
sell the same; to erect and MAINTAIN
mills and reduction works, teaching
plants, concentrating works, smelling
plants, and any and all kinds of mining
and milling machinery for the econom-
zeal handling and reduction of ores: to
acquire, construct, own and operate
RAILWAYS, tramways, turnpikes and
canals to lead from its principal works,
or place of business, to some navlgable
stream or to some existing railroad,
turnpike or public highway; to erect,
operate. maintain stores, boarding
houses and hotels: to do general mer-
chandise business. to acquire by pur-
chase, location and in any other lawful
manner, real estate, land and all other
kinds of property, real and personal
ndmixed; to lay out, construct, acquire
by purchase or in any other lawful
manner, and accept, hold. possess,
enjoy, operate and use franchises from
any State or Territory of the United
States, or any County, municipal or
private corporation, wagon roads, mills,
factories, houses, capital stock and
bonds of corporations, chattels, goods,
wares, merchandise and chooses in &C
ton; to buy, manufacture, sell and deal
in all kinds of property, real, personal
and mixed, electrical appliances for
driving machinery, motor power for
propelling any and all kinds of mechan-
ical appliances where electricity is
applicable: telephone and electrical
lines, telegraph lines, electric lights;
transacting any and all kinds of bust
ness which may be transacted by
natural person, to hold, cultivate, prove
up, use and enjoy the same, and to
ALLEVIATE, sell, lease, demise and dispose
of the same. or any part thereof, as
well as any other property this corpor-
alton possesses, be seized of or be
entitled to; to borrow money and con-
tract to repay the same at such time
or times, with such rate or rates of
interest as its Board of Directors deem
proper and see fit; to hypothecate, mort
gage, or pledge all or any part of the
property which this corporation may
hnrna.ftar To NOV nf
such money with interest, or to secure
payment of any debt of this corpora
ton, with such interest thereon as it
may be legally obliged to pay.
The amount of the capital stock of
this corporation shall be One Million
Dollars, divided into One Million Shares
of the par value of One Dollar each:
and the time when, and the conditions
upon which it is to be paid are as fol-
lows, to-wit: The whole of the capital
stock may be paid in, in cash or in pro-
perty, or valuable services necessary
for the purposes of the corporation,
upon resolution of the board of direct
ors, and evidence of title and value
satisfactory to said board of directors.
The capital stock of this corporation
shall be forever worcestershire, and
five hundred thousand shares thereof
shall be placed in the treasury of said
corporation and be sold and used for
development and other legitimate pur-
poses of this corporation.
V.
The time of the commencement of
this corporation shall be the day of the
filing of these articles for record in the
Office of the County Recorder of ella
County, in the Territory of Arizona,
and the termination thereof shall be
twenty-five years thereafter, unless by
law further extended by the corpora
ton.
vi.
The affairs of this corporation are to
be and they shall be conducted by a
Board of Directors consisting of five
persons, who shall be elected annually
on the second Monday in May by the
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