Mohave County miner., 1908-06-06
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
 OF THE Southwest Gold and Copper Mining Company.

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS: mat we. the undersigned. have this day us sociaUeu uurselv, $ together Tor the purpose of toluIug u cvrl luraiiJu under the laws of the Territory uI Arizona. and We have hereDy adopted the following as the Articles Of such Incorporation.
 The names of tLe. lncorpVrators are: J. F. LuIhy and J. l.. lark.
 ARTICLE II
 The name Of said incorporation shall be The Southwest l. Cld allu Copper ndlnlnS Company.
 ARTICLE H.
 The principal pl.cc wuicn the business of the Col DOT. livn witnln the territory ur ArlLuna shall ue tlans.cleu IS hlnginaL, Monave CUun- t.. ArlZuLa. h. "athi-s' ie iulhs at Ming man. Is hereby named as resiuent aSehV, upon whom D, ,Uuess may Ut served III any acLlon, suiI, ur proceeding that may ue had UT brought agulusL the IUmpany III ahl o1 the courts of Ariz,na The principal place of Uushcss out sue Uf Arizona shall Dt tnt Guy uI AiDuquer- que. territory uf New MeXlcu. where the meet IIgs of the slock khUluers anu the Board Of Dl- recJurs shall be nel., should the interests of the Corporation demahu It, the Buard Ul Dlrtc Jurs mdy drSlenate any other place Tor the prlncIpuI place of business anu Where the meet Ings vl he stockholders and directors may be nelu
 AkTICLElv
 The purposes for which said corporation is or s.,uized ana the general nature uf the buSi ness pr, posed Lo be lransacLed ale as fellows: d. 10 purcnase and acquire. sell and GlspuSe or, Tn any luWlu LII Wuy, hlHtS, miicIhl CldlMS auu lanus; mlil-siLes, coal, timber, and oil luuds; and all utuer kiuds of real (. tate; also ores, meals. nachinery, tools, teams, and all other klnus of per>vnal property.
 b. To work, explore and operate mines and other property
 C. 10 construct, operate, and own smelters, mills retineries, and works Tor any method Ut rtductiun ol ores.
 d. 10 const uct, acquire, sell or dispose of or operate for gain, water rights, dams, reser- volrs, ditches, water and electric light work, and power plants power nnes, telep one and telegraph lines, roads, tramwayS. anu Tai roads q To locate, puI chase UT otherwise acquire lands and lay out tuwnsites. nnu to build. buy, sell, rent, lease, own, operate, control and man age pro. .crJy in any town orc ty.
 |. To carry od the business of aSsaying, gen eral mercnandise, and boarding houses.
 z. To lead and borrow money t., make. luy, sell, acquire, dispose of, and deal in corpurate stocks and secure etie,. or negotiable paper
 h. To do ana perform any and all such other aud further acts and things necessary and proper to 0e done and perloined or as may be incidental or conducive to thc attainment of tue auuve specified objects CT any Of them. or tu engage Ill any kind of business, and do any tninE hat natural person might or could do in the Uniied States Cr any other part of the worlC.
 |. 10 conduct all of the business specified, in said 1eI ritury of Arizona. and in any other state or territory of the United states, and in all foreign countries.
 ARTICLEv
 The capital stock of this corporation shall Le Two Million Dollars, (S-.UU0.OOU.OO), divided into two million shares t2,UUO,UUU) of the par value of One Doll IT tSl.UUJ each. Said Cal ltal stock shall bt paid in within six months from the date Of umFletiOn of tulS organization. aId on such conditions as the Board of Directors may determine, and the same may be exchanged for minpS. mining claims options services, Ur any other valuable thing that may ne designated d q determined by the Board of Directors. and their judgment as to the value there'f shall be conclusive. Such stock when issued shall be fully paid up.
 ARTICLE VI
 The capital stock of thus corporation shall be and Is hereby made forever non assessable by this corporation for auy purpose whatever.
 ARTICLE VII
 The private property of all stockholders of this corporation shall be. and is hereby made forever exempt from all liability for the debts or obligations of thi, corporation.
 ARTICLE Will
 The highest amount of indebtedness or la bility, direct or contingent, to which lhS Cor poruton is to subject itself at any me shall be wenty Thousand D.'llarS, (S!c,OOOOO).
 ART iCLE K.
 This corporation is formed for twenty-five years after It's Articles rre duly executed, but it's charter rights may be renewed from tune tu time for periods not exceeding twenty-five years at time. perpetualiy ARTICLEX. The affairs of thls corporation shall be con ducted by d board of three Directors who shall ue stockholder. and shall hold office until lhe' Succes SUrS are eIpc eu ana nave Qualneu ! ne ore, tors shall be elected at the annual meet | ing of stockholders which ShaIl be held the second Tuesday in March. should vacancy occur Tn said Board, it may be filled by vote If the majority ot the remaining Directors s lid Board of Directors is empowered to elert | rom among themselves President, a Vice | President a Treasurer, and Secretary, whose | duties shall be defined in the By Laws. Int | following shall constitute the Board of Direc. | tors and officers of the corporation until thei successors have been elecieu | J. E Clark, of Santa Fe. N. M., President. A. E. Walker, of Albuquerque, N. M, Vice. | President
 | J. F. Luthy. of Albuquerque, N M., Treas, | uier and Secretary.
 | five or seven members at any meeting of the Board of Directors or annual meeting of the | stockholders,
 | ARTICLE XI Among the powers of this body corporate shall be to sue and be sued by the corporate | name; to have n common seal and to alter the | same at pleasure: to render the shares trans ferable and prescribe the mode of making such | transfer to adopt Bylaws and to make al | rules and regulations deemed eXpedient for the manngem, n. If it's affairs. not inconsistent with these Articles of Incarceration. or the | laws of AriZOnH. and the constitution and laws of the United States.
 | ARTICLE KIT.
 These Articles of Incorporation may be amendp1 hv the affirmative vote of ma jOritv of tre stock at any regular meeting of the stocl holders or special meeting called for that pur, ose.
 In Witness Whereof. we have hereunto set our hands and seals, this 23rd d " of April, A D. 1908.
 J. P LUTHY, GSeall ! J. F. Clark, [Seall | TERRITORY OF NEW MEXICO,l SC
 County of Bcrnalllo. { D. | Before me. Lloyd HunSaker Notary Pub | lie in and for the County of BernnillO, Terri tory of New Mexico. on this day personally ap- peared !. F. Clark and J. F. Luthv. known tC me to be the persons whose names are sub Scrib-d to the foregoing Articles of IncUrpora ticn and acknowledged to me that they exc cuted the same for the purpose and considera