Daily Arizona silver belt., 1907-04-05
Articles of incorporation

Articles of incorporation
 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 pui pose of forming a corporation under tn laws of the Territory of Arizona, an, 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 gimia,
 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 VIRGINIA-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 direc tors 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 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 to engage in the building lf 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, ron, oil, lead, zine, salt, petroleum, min. sral gas, asphaltum, bitumen, bitumin. ,us rock, and other minerals and hydro ;arbon substances, and for such pur-
  otherwise acquire, hold, own, manage, operate, mortgage or sell or otherwise .onvey, refneries, pipe lines, tank cars, machinery and other works, property and appliances and 'ights-Of-way that may be necessary or or appurtenant for the pur. poses of said corporation; to manufac- ure electricity, obtain rights of way, rect poles, string wires, and buy or ell electricity; to carry on and control general merchandise, forwarding, com. mission and storage business and to hat end to deal in any and all com of every kind conducive to the conduct of said business; to 'uy, procure, hold, own, sell, construct, quip, 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 or, for mining or transporting, or for ther lawful use of business; to own, andle or control letters pat. mt and inventions; to purchase r otherwise acquire, hold, own, pledge, sell or dispose of the cap. tai stock of this or other corporations, nd also bonds, debentures, bills, prom 5sory 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 in the Pinto Section, about 12 | niles from Globe, Arizona, paying | herefor in cash or stock of this cor. Oration, or part in both; to acquire y consolidation or combination shares f other companies; to have the right Q issue preferred shares and the same | Q be guaranteed to pay 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 | incidental to the objects aforesaid or in nywise connected herewith, all of | yhich business or occupations may be arried on at such places, either in the Jnited States of America or foreign | ountries, as tho Board of Fire tor, nay deem 5est for the interests of the orporation.
 ARTICLE III.
 The autho 'ized capital of this cor. oration is and shall be the sum of Two