Arizona silver belt., 1906-10-04
STATE OF MAINE
csr,if,oate of Organization of Cor
 noration Under the General Law.

"e'u"U s.;on finder inc General Law.
 The undersigned, officers of a cor ,,orat;on organized at kittery, m the
 State of Maine. at meeting of the s;'rnsrs off the articles of agreement tberefor duly called and held at the ot,ice of The Lawyers incorporation and Transfer Company in the town ol T;tterv on Wednesday, the 22nd day of November, A. D., 1905 hereby certify co The name of said corporation IS The National Mining Exploration Company.
 The nurposes of said corporation are oarrv;nc on the hereinafter named business. to-wit;
 Tn nnrchase. lease, or otherwise ac- o,;ra any mines and lands in the United States or elsewhere, or any interest tberein. and to explore, work, exercise, davelop and turn to account the same; to ouarry. mill, smelt, reduce, refine, dress. concentrate, amalgamate and nrenare for market, ore, metal and mineral substances of all kinds, and to carry on any other operations which may seem conducive to any of the com. pany's objects; to buy, sell, manufac- tnre 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-
 
 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 Tn 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:t, com plete. furnish, maintain, and conduct lawful lines of communication and transportation, and to conduct. carry on and transact a general transporta- tion business of passengers and freight in any lawful manner, and upon its 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 
 take the liabilities of any person, firm, association or corporation engaged in business similar to that of thls corpora tiOn. and to ray 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- cludng 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 he business of the company: to aid in any manner any corporation whose stock, bonds or other obligations are held, or in 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 of any such bonds, stocks or other obligations.
 To remunerate any person or corpora tiOn for services rendered or to be rem dered, in placing or assisting to place, or in 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 its 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 time to time; to receive it's own stock in 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 shall determine, it being provided, how ever, that stock shall not be declarable m dividends, unless majority in in terest of the stockholders so determine; but the capital stock of the company shall not be decreased, except as pro vided by the laws of Maine.
 To .1.. e 4. acquire, and to hold, use, own, operate and rent, sell, assign or otherwise deal m any trademarks, trade names, copy rights, patents, inventions, improve ments and processes used in connec- ton with nr ca.uraI rnIar laft