Daily Arizona silver belt., 1907-03-31
west MILTON R. MOORE, Register.
 First publication March l2, 1907. 1s9
Articles of Incorporation
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRE-.

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRES ! ENTS;
 That we, Julius A. Hobson, James w
 Graves, Lewis D. Aylett, Thos Arm
 strong, Frank P. Ryan, John w. Mas
 sic and w. II. Mercer do hereby asso
 ciate ourselves together for the pur | pose of forming a corporation under tn,
 laws of the Territory of Arizona, ant
 for this purpose we do hereby declar, and adopt the following Articles of In corporation:
 ARTICLE I. The names of the incorporators are
 Julius A, Hobson, of Richmond, Vir ginia,
 James w, Graves, of Richmond, vir ginia.
 Lewis D. Aylett, of Richmond, vir. ginia,
 Thos. Armstrong, of Richmond, vir ginia,
 Frank P. Ryan, of Richmond, Vir. ginia,
 John w. Massie, of Richmond, Vir. ginia,
 W. II, Mercer, of Globe, Arizona.
 The name of the corporation shall be THE VlRGINIA-ARIzONA COPPER COMPANY, and the principal place of transacting business of this corporation shall be- at Globe, Gila County, Terri. tory of Arizona, at which place the meetings of stockholders and directors shall be had and held, provided, how. ever, that branch offices may be estab lished and maintained at such other place or places, either within or with. out the Territory of Arizona, as the Board of Directors may from time to time determine, and at any of these of fees meetings of the stockholders and directors may be held and all business transacted.
 ARTICLE II.
 The general nature of the business proposed to be transacted by this cor poration is to locate, buy, bond, ac- quire, hold, own, lease, possess, operate, or sell or otherwise dispose of mines and mining claims, or prospects,, of gold, silver or copper, and all other minerals, and all kinds of mineral lands or prop critics; to buy, lease, or otherwise ae. quire, to hold and own, manage, oper. ate, improve, mortgage, sell or convey or otherwise dispose of any developed lands, concessions, franchises, mining claims, oil wells, and any and all other real estate and interests in any of said properties; to engage in the building of stamp mills, smelters and other mills and the operating of the same, extract ing precious metals, boring, digging, drilling, tunnelling and exploring for, producing, refining, treating, piping, handling, storing, dealing in, buying and selling gold, silver, copper, coal, iron, oil, lead, zine, salt, petroleum, min. eral gas, asphaltum, bitumen, bitumin. ous rock, and other minerals and hydro carbon substances, and for such pur poses to buy, contract for, lease or otherwise acquire, hold, own, manage, operate, mortgage or sell or otherwise convey, refneries, pipe lines, tank cars, machinery and other works, property and appliances and rights-Ofway that may be necessary or or appurtenant for the pur poses of said corporation; to manufae- ture electricity, obtain rights of way, erect poles, string wires, and buy or sell electricity; to carry on and control c. mission and storage business and to that end to deal in any and all com. of every kind conducive to the conduct of said business; to buy, procure, hold, own, sell, construct, equip, mortgage, maintain and operate steamships, ferries, tramways stage lines, automobiles and any and all other kinds of transportation, in. ,luding equipments thereof and there for, for mining or transporting, or for other lawful use of business; to own, handle or control letters pat snt and inventions; to purchase ,r otherwise acquire, hold, own, pledge, sell or dispose of the cap tal stock of this or other corporations, and also bonds, debentures, bills, prom. ssory notes, mortgages and pledges of 'ther partnerships, corporations and per sons; to borrow money and execute bonds, notes, mortgages and deeds of trust to secure the same. One of the ,peeial objects of the corporation is for the psrpose of acquiring and oper- iting what is known as the ''Cren. shaw Group" located in Gila and PinaI Counties, in the Pinto Section, about l2 miles from Globe, Arizona, paying therefor in cash or stock of this cor. poration, or part in both; to acquire by consolidation or combination shares ,f other companies; to have the right .o issue preferred shares and the same 10 be guaranteed to pay stated an lual dividend as may be deemed ad sisable by the Board of Directors; and in general to do and perform any and all acts and things necessary for and to the objects aforesaid or in anywise connected herewith, all of which business or occupations may be carried on at such places, either in the United States of America or foreign ss the Board cf Fire 'tors nay deem best for the interests of the