The border vidette., 1908-03-14
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
 OF THE PROVIDENCIA MINING COMPANY

PROVIDENCIA MINING COMPANY. KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRE- | SENTS: That we, the undersigned, have | this day associated ourselves together l for the purpose of forming a corpor- ation under the laws of Arizona, and | for that purpose do adopt the follow | ing Charter:
 ARTICLE I.
 The names of the incorporators are l Geo A. Narbeth, J A. Faymon vile, 1 Cecilio Luna and Gerardo Castro. The n6me of this corporation shall be PROVIDENCIA MINING COM PANY
 This Company shall keep an office at | Nogales, Santa Cruz County. Arizona | and may keep other principal offices and places of business at other points within the United States of America and the Republic of Mexico, at which place or places all incorporators, stock holders, and directors meetings may be held, and all corporate business may be transacted.
 ARTICLE II.
 The amount of the capital stock of this corporation shall be Two Hundred Thousand (S2OO, OO0.OO) Dollars, divided into POO, 900 shares of the par value of One 1.00) Dollar each, and said capl- tai stock shall be paid up at the date of issuance, or at such time as the Board of Directors may designate. in money, property, labor, or any other valuable right or thing, and the judgment of the Board of Directors as to the value thereof shall be conclusive.
 ARTICLE III.
 The general nature of the business in which this corporation shall engage is as follows, to-wit: It shall have the power to engage in any and all oc- equations, pursuits and enterprises and T. zI-.- of business in the United States of America and in the Republic of Mexico in which natural persons, individuals. partnerships or corporations may law fully engage in those countries, and among others the following:
 To acquire by location, purchase or otherwise, mines of gold, silver, copper. lead, iron, coal and other minerals, and to own, maintain, operate, sell, lease, mortgage and otherwise dispose of or hypothecate and to deal in the same.
 To purchase, lease or otherwise ac- qulre, to erect, maintain and operate and to hypothecate. sell and dispose of mills, reductiOn works, cOncentrators, concentrating works, smelters, smeit- ing and refining plants, and all kinds of mining and milling works, plants, machinery, tools and appliances.
 To buy, purchase, lease or otherwise acquire, and to own, hOld,r use, sell, IodSo, nOrGS2S0. ny pOGuScdlo duQ u0dl In prospecting, mining and exploration rights, grants, franchises. privileges and concessions of all kinds and to eX- plOre and prospect for ores, metals and minerals of all kinds.
 To acquire by purchase, location, de- nouncement or in any other lawful manner, min eral, oil, timber agricult- ural and grazing lands, water rights and real property of all kinds; to hold, cultivate, prove up, use and enjoy the same and all and every manner of estate or interest therein, and to alien ate, sell, lease, demise, dispose of, mort gage, hy pothecate, exchange and deal in the same and every part thereof and interest therein, and also any and all property which this corporation p S. sesses or to which it is or may be entill d.
 To erect, buy, lease, operate and maintain boarding houses, hotels, hos pita1s, warehouses, mills, factories, houses and buildings of all kinds, gas plants, ice factories, refrIgerating plants, telephone and telegraph lines, railways, tramways, steam or other ships and vessels, and all manner of machinery, tools, devices and applian- ces used in connection therewitb, ap- purtenent thereto or otherwise.
 To lay out, construct, acquire by purchase, lease or otherwise, to main tain and operate trails, wagon roads, toll roads, turnpikes, canals, aqueducts, ditches, fumes and pipe lines.
 To carry on d general commission and brokerage business.
 To borrow money and to contract to 1 pay the same in such manner, at such l times and at such rates of interest as | its Board of Directors may deem proper. l and to hypothecate, mortgage or pledg ge i all or any part of its property to secure i the payment of such money with in terest or to receive the payment of the ] debts of the corporation with such in terest thereon as it may be legally | obligated to pay
 To act as the agent of other persons, ! firms, Co partnerships and corporations |