Mohave County miner., 1907-02-23
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
 OF THE Arizona SiIver-Lead Mining
 Company"

NOlllpdAII. Know all men by these presents. that we. whose hands are hereto affixed do hereby as- socate ourselves together for the purpose of forming corporation under the laws of the Territory of Arizona. and to that end make the following statement:
 First. The names of the corporators are H. M. Bowen. Geo. Mosher and Robert Mushet. and the name of the corporation shall be the Arizona Silver-Lead Mining Company" The principal place within the Territory ot Arizona in which the business of said corporation is to be transacted is Kngman. County of Mohave. and the corporation may establish branch of fees either within or without the Territory of Arizona where meetings of the board of direc- tors may be held.
 Second. The general nature of the business proposed to be transacted by this corporation is as follows towit: To acquire deal in. sell and otherwise dispose of ores. metals and minerals: to smelt. reduce. extract. refine aiieal and otherwise treat ores. minerals and metals: and to manufacture. acquire deal in: sell and otherwise dispose of all products or ores. minerals and metals. To purchase. lease and otherwise acquire, improve. develop. let. sell and otherwise dispose of. as well as to con- Struct and operate. any railroad, tramway. turnpike or canal which may lead from the principal works of said company. in the differ ent counties of said Territory. to some navi' gable stream. or to some existing railroad. turnpike or public highway.
 To pay any individual or co, poraton for any right privilege. license. matter or thing re-
  shares of the capital stock of the corporation organized hereunder at the par value of sucl, stock. and at bona fide valuation of the right. privilege. license. matter or thing so received and paid for.
 To receive in payment for any right. privi- lege. license, matter or thing that may be iu any manner transferred bv the corporation or gauiZed hereunder to any other corporation, either cash. evidence of debt. or shares of the ca ptal stock of the corporation to which any matter or thing. as aforesaid. is so transferred, such shares of such capital stock to become part of the assets of tlle corporation. organized hereunder. and to be held. managed. used and disposed of as it's directors may deem for the best interests of tine corporation organized hereunder.
 To deal in any evidences of debt received in payment for any right. privilege. license. mat ter thing transferred by tue corporation or Ganized hereunder, as the directors may deem for the best interests of the corporation. as to holding the Sa me. procuring it to be discounted. | negotiating it. rcpurchasiug it. if the interests | of tie corporation require such acton and gen- orally dealing with same according to ulercau- | tile usage and customs. but not engaging in the | business Ot banking or in a business of cor poratiOn intended to derive profit from the loan and of money.
 To make contracts, to purchase lease. bond. | locate or otherwise dispose of. pledge. mort | gage, l1ypothecate and deal in real estate and any and all kinds of personal property. mines, | miniug claims. oil lands, coal lands. mineral lands oil. gas, coal. slIale. asplaltuni. petrol | cum. asbestos. salt. water aud water rights and l machinery. and to work. mine, explore. operate | and develop the same: and in general to do all | things necessary to the proper conduct of the | business of this corporation in the Territory | and elsewhere not inconsistent with the laws or the United States and the Territory of Arizona. | Third. The authorized amount of capital | stock of this corporation shall be One Million ($l, ,OOOOOO.U) Dollars. divided into one million shares of the par value Of One Sl.UO! Dollar | each. Said capital stock shall be paid in to this corporation within six months from the date of filing of a certified copy of these arti- cles of incorporation in the office of the Terri. torial Auditor. either in cash. or by the sale and transfer to it of real or personal property for the uses and purposes of said corporation in payment for which shares of the capital stock of said corporation may be issued. and the capital stock SD issued shall tereupOn and thereby become and be fully paid up and non assessable. and in the absence of actual fraud | in the transaction. the judgment of the direc. | tors as to the value of the property purchased shall be conclusive
 Fourth. The time of the commencement oi this corporation shall be the date of the filing of a certified copy of these articles of incorpor ation in the office of the Territorial Auditor
 and the termination thereof shall be twenty five years thereafter.
 Fifth. The affairs of this corporation shal
 be conducted by board of five directors. and the following named sha II constitute the board of directors until their successors are elected
 John Denair. R. Mushet. H. M. Bowen. w. H
 Pratt, G. H. MOsher. Thereafter the board
 of directors shall be elected from the stock
 holders on the first Thursday of January o
 each year.
 The officers of said corporation until theil successors are elected shall be RObt. Mushet President. G. H. Mosher. Vice-Presdent. Citi zen Natl. Bank. Treasurer. H. M. Bowen. Sec retary, and H. M. Bowen. General Manager Sixth. The highest amount of indebtedness
 or liability. direct or contingent. to which thi , corporation is at any time subject shall b Five Hundred Thousand ($500.0OOO0 Dollars which amount does not exceed two thirds O , the capital stock.
 , Seventh. The private property of the stock holders of tiis corporation shall be exemp from corporate debts of any kind whatsoever. ) In Witness Whereof. we have hereuntO SC
 our hands and seals. this the 4th day of Janu
 ary, A. D. 19O7
 G. H. KOSHER. H. M. BOWEN.