Mohave County miner., 1907-02-16
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
 OF THE "Arizona Silver-Lead Mining
 Company"

Company"
 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. aud to that end make the following Statement:
 First. The names of the corporators are H. M. Bowen. ,.eo Mosher and Robert Mushet and the name of the corporation shall be the Arizona Silver-I.ead Mining Company. The principal place within the Territory of Arizona in which the business of said corporation is to be transacted is Kingnlan County of Mohave. and the corporation may esta bli h branch of fees either within without the Territory of Arizona where meetings ot 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. to-wt: To acquire. deal in. sell | and otherwise dispose of ores. metals. and minerals: to Sn1elt. reduce. extract. refine aneal 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 slruct 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 uavi- gable stream. or to some existing railroad. ! turnpike or public highway.
 | To pay any individual or coI pOratOn for any | ceived. either in cash. ev deuce of debt. in | shares of the capital stock of the corpora ton | organized hereunder at the par value of such stock. and at a bona fide valuation of the right. privilege. lcenSe matter or thing so received and paid for
 | To receive in payment for any right. privi- | lege. license. matter or thing that may be in any manner tranSferied by the corporation or ganized hereunder to any other corporation. either cash. evidence of debt, or shares of the capital stock of tile corporation to which any |
 such shares of such capital stock to become part of the assets of the corporation. organized | hereunder. and to be heli. managed. used and disposed of as it's directors may deem for the | best interests of the corporation organized | hereunder.
 | To deal in any evidences of debt received in payment for any right. privilege. license. mat | ter or thing transferred by the corporation or.
 gauired hereunder. the directors may deem | for the best interests of the corporation. as tC holding the same. procuring it to be discounted | negotiating it. repurchaSing it. if the interests | of the corporation require such actOn and gen
 orally dealing with same according to mercan
 tile usage and customs. but not engaging in the
 business ot banking or in a business of cor
 pOratiOn intended to derive prOht from the lOar
 and use of money.
 To make contracts. to purchase. lease. bond
 locate or otherwise dispose of. pledge. mort
 gage, hypothecate and deal in real estate anC
 any and III kinds of personal property. mines
 miniug claims. oil lands, coal lands. minera
 lands. oil. gas coal. sl1ale. asphaltuni. petrol | It,
 achinery. and to work. mine. explore. operate
 a nd develop the same; and in general to do al
 things necessary to the proper coniuct ot th' business ot this corporation in the Territor,
 and elsewhere not inconsistent with the laws O
 the United States and tile Territory of Arizona
 Third. The authorized amount of capita ] stock of this corporation shall be One Million (Sl ,O0O O0O.uOJ Dollars, divided into one million shares of the par value of One SlOOJ Dolla each. Said capital stock shall be paid in t this corporation within six months from tn
 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 sal and transfer to it of real or personal propert! for the uses and purposes of said corporation in payment for which shares of the capita stock of said corporation may be issued. an, , the capital stock SO issued shall thereupOu an l thereby become and be fully paid up and non
 assessable. and in the absence of actual frau
 in the transaction. the judgment of the dircc
 tors as to the value of the property purchases
 shall be conclusive.
 Fourth. The time of the commencement O , this corporation shall be the date Of the hlini
 of certified copy of these articles of incorpor
 ation in the office of the Territorial Auditor , and the termination thereof shall be twenty L five years thereafter
 Fifth. The affairs of this corporation shal ,. be conduc ted by a board of five directors, an 0 the following named slIs II constitute the boar 6 of directors until their successors are elected Pratt G. H. Mosher. Thereafter the boar e of directors shall be elected from the stock s holders the first Thursday of January 0 | each year.
 d The officers of said corporation until thei S successors are elected shall be RObt. MuShe r P, esident G. H. Mosher. Vce-Presdent. Cit ]. zen Natl. Bank, Treasurer. H. M. Bowen. Se' " retary. and H. NJ. Bowen. General Manager f Sixth. The highest amount of indebtedness
 or liability, direct or contingent, to which th t corporation is at any time subject shall S Five Hundred Thousand (S500.0O000 Dollars tt which amount does not exceed two thirds ( ,S the capital stock.
 2 Seventh. The private property of the stool " holders of ti.s corporation shall be exemI } from corporate debts of any kind whatsoever. o In Witness Whereof. we have hereunto s'
 our hands and seals. this the 4th day of Jam , ary. A. D. l907
 i' G. H. KOSHER. q n H. M. BOWEN.