The border vidette., 1907-04-13
ARTICLES OF INCOR PORATION
THE EScONOIDO COPPER COMPANY

That we, the undersigned, J. $. GARRISON Of s..
Louis, j. A. Hurrell of Pasadena, California,
John s. Hurst of Nogales, Arizona, j. c. Nc
Knight and F. A. Garetson of San Diego. Ca
lifornia, and Thomas Ellis of Magtlalena, Me
xico, being desirous of forming a corporation
under the laws of the Territory of Arizona.
have this day voluntarily associated ourselves
together into a body corporate, and have made.
executed and acknowledged these Articles of
incorporation and to that end, do hereby
certify:
The name of this corporation and by which
it shall be authorized to act is THE ESCON-
DIDO COPPER COMPANY The names of
the incorporators are J. s. Garetson, J. A
Horrell. John s. Hurst, J. q. Mcknight. f. A.
Garetson and Thomas Ellis. Tie principal
place of transacting the business of this
poration in the Territory of Arizona shall be
at the town of Nogales, Santa Cruz county; the
principal place of transacting it's business out
side of the Territory of Arizona shall be at the
city of St. Louis, state of Missouri. and branch
offices may he established at such other place
places the Board of Directors may fire. m
time to time determine.
II.
The general nature of the business to be
transacted by this corporation is to locate. buy,
bond. acquire, hold, own, lease, possess. oper-
ate sell otherwise dispose of mines
mining claims or prospects of gold silver or
| copper and any and all other kinds of mining
mineral lands properties; to buy, lease
or otherwise acquire, to hold and own, manage
/ operate. improve. mortgage. SELL convey or
otherwise dispose of and develop lands. con-
! cessione. franchises. rights of way, mining
| claims. oil wells and other real estate, and
interests in any of said properties; to engage
! in and carry the business of mining, build
| ing and operating stamp mills and other mills.
extracting precious metals, boring, digging,
drilling tunneliing and exploring for. produc-
| ing. refining, distilling. treating, manufacture
! inc min han ste
| ing IN, buying. and selling gold, silver. "copper"
coal. iron, oil, petroleum. mineral gas, asphal-
tum bitumen. bitumenous rock and other
| minerals and hydrocarbon substances, and for
| such purposes to buy, contract for. lease or
otherwise acquire. hold, own. manage and
| operate, mortgage. sell otherwise dispose OF
refneries. pire lines. tanks cars, manufactures,
| machinery and other works, property and ap
pliances, franchises and rights of way for
Transporting and freghting, patents and leases
under patents that may be in cfdent or aux
Hilary to said business or pertaining thereto or
that may he deemed nece ssary convenient or
| appurtenant by the Board of Directors of said
corpor ration; also as factor agent to engage
| in and carry any of the occupations herein
| mentioned, or any portion thereof also to
establish and carry agencies, offices, stores.
| storage tanks structures, appliances and
houses, and to buy and sell all articles or
| products manufactured by itself other per
| sons corporations; also to purchase other
otherwise dispose of shares of the capital stock
of other corporations, and also bonds, debent-
| ur 8. bills, promissory notes. mortgages and
pledges of other corporations, partnerships and
persons; to borrow or loan money, to give and
| take mortgages; manufacture electricity
| obtain rights of way, erect poles, string wces
| and buy sell electricity also to bargain and
agree for, buy, sell, mortgage, hypouhecate, and
| in any and ry way and manner deal in and
| with goois, wares and merchandise, real
| estate, mines and mining machinery, chooses in
| action, and other property in possession or in
| action or IN expectancy, and to make, do and
| transact all and every kind of business of what
! nature and kind sOever; to sign, seal, execute
deliver and ACKNOWLEDGE such deeds. covenants
| indentures, agreements mortgages, hypothec-
ations bottOmres, charter parties bills of lading
billie, bonds. notes, receipts, evidences of debt.
releases, and satisfaction of mortgages, Judge
ments and other debts, and such other instru-
| ments in writing of whatever XII nd and nature
| as may he necessary convenient proper in
the premises; to buy, procure, hold. own, sell &.
| let lease. demise. mortgage, construct, equip.
| maintain and operate railroads., ferries, tram
| ways, stage lines, and any and all other means
| of transportation, including equipments there
| of and therefor for mining for any other
lawful use or purpose; to build, make, cons
truct, manufacture. repair, buy, sell, lease,
mortgage, own, maintain and operate all
kinds of boats, barges, steamships, sailing
vessels and all kinds of water craft and any
and all things incident thereto; to acquire,
| locate manufacture, procure, construct, buy.
hold own sell let, lease demise. mortgage, main
| tain operate, develop, distribute transmit and
furnish both for itself and Others water rights.
water power electric lights electric light plants.
| electric power, steam power and any and all
| other kinds of power for any ana all lawful
uses and purposes; to treat, smelt, matte, mill
| stamp and reduce ores minerals, metals, bull
| lion and .concen rates of every kind, nature
and description; to erect. construct. maintain
operate, buy, hold, own. sell, dispose of, LETT
| lease, demise and mortgage mills smelters
| concentratOrs and any and all kinds of ma
chinery and to repair the same, and all part
and appliances incident necessary per
tanning thereto: to engage in the business OF
| inspect.I &, examining, exporting and reporting
| upon mines and mineral lands of every kind
and nature for itself o others, and to buy,
own, sell and deal in assayer'S supplies of all
kinds; own, handle and control letters
| patent and inventions; to do a general real
| estate and mercantile business, and for that
purpose may carry in stock such articles the
Board of Directors may deem necessary ex-
pedient; to buy, own, contract for, iced o sell
or otherwise dispose of cattle, and to do and
| carry all things pertaining to the cattle
business; to do and perform each. eve ry and all
matters and things necessary e2peiient OF
proper to carry out the purposes businesses or
sociate themselves together to perform, and to
do and perform each and every act and thing
which it is lawful for natural persons to do;
such place or places the Board of. Directors
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