Daily Arizona silver belt., 1907-03-23
Articles of incorporation

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 NIRGINIA-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.
 
 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 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 | that may be necessary or or appurtenant for the ,pur poses of said corporation; to manufac ture electricity, obtain rights of way, | erect poles, string wires, and buy or sell electricity; to carry on and control q general merchandise, forwarding, com 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 Duy, procure, hold, own, sell, construct, equip, mortgage, maintain and operate 'ailroads, steamships, ferries, tramways, 'tage lines, automobiles and any and III other kinds of transportation, in 'luding equipments thereof and there Tor, for mining or transporting, or for 'ther lawful use of business; to own, handle or control letters pat mt and inventions; to purchase IT otherwise acquire, hold, own, pledge, lypothecate, sell or dispose of the cap tal stock of this or other corporations, md also bonds, debentures, bills, prom ssory notes, mortgages and pledges of ther partnerships, corporations and per Ons; to borrow money and execute 'onds, notes, mortgages and deeds of rust to secure the same. One of the pecial objects of the corporation is or the purpose of acquiring and oper- ting what is known as the "Cren. haw Group" located in Gila and Pinal 'oupties. in the Pinto Section, about l2 niles from Globe, Arizona, paying herefor in cash or stock of this cor oration, or part in both; to acquire V consolidation or combination shares : f other companies; to have the right , Q issue preferred shares and the same Q be guaranteed to pay a stated an. ual dividend as may be deemed ad. isable by the Board of Directors; and n general to do and perform any and Il acts and things necessary for and lcidental to the objects aforesaid or in nywise connected herewith, all of mich business or occupations may be arried on at such places, either in the 'nited States of America or foreign ountries, as the Board of Directors lay deem best for the interests of the Drporation.
 ARTICLE III. The authorized capital of this cor. oration is and shall be the sum of Two Iillion Dollars ($2,0OO,0O0), which cap. al stock shall be divided into two undred thousand shares of the par alue of $l000 each share. At such