The Coconino sun., 1908-09-04
Articles of Incorporation
GOLD RIDGE MINING & MILLING
 COMPANY

| SoMIANt
 Know all men by these Presents: That we | the undersigned, have this day voluntarily as- sociated ourselves together for the purpose of | forming corporation under the laws of the | Territory Of Arizona, and for that purpose to | adopt the following Charter ARTICLE l. | The name Of this corporation shall be the | Gold Ridge Mining & Milling Company ARTICLE IT. This company shall keep principal office in | the town Of Prescott In the county Of Yayapai, | Territory or Arizona. and may keep other prin- | cipal oifices and places Of business at such other places as the Board Of Directors may es- l tablish, and at such place or places incorpora- | tors stockholders and directors meetings may be held and all corporate business may be | transacted.
 The amount Of capital stock of this corpora | tion shall be one million ts000,0O0) dollars, | divided into one million shares of the par value of one SQ.0Ol dollar each, and said capital stock shall be paid up at the date Of It's issu- ance, or at such time as the Boald of Directors may designate, inmoney, property labor or any other valuable right or thing and the judgement | Of the Board of directors or managing officers as to the value thereof shall be eonclusve | thereof
 | The general nature of the business in which | tue tncorporators shall engage is tfe develop | ment, exploration. exploitation ano operation Of mines and mining properties, the milling, | smelling and reducing and treating by the op- eration of any and all kinds Of plants and pro- | eesses or all kinds Of mineral bearing rock or | ore, the generation, transmission and utlliZa- | tion of any and all kinds of and for any and all purposes, electric power, and in furtherance | Of its general purposes and powers thls cor 1 poration sha have power to acquire, disp 'se | Of and otherwise de l with any and all kinds of ] property to do any and all acts and things, and | to engage in any and every lawful business not prohibited by the law of the Territory of Ari- zoDa or the United States of America, in any | part Of the world, as in the judgement of the | Board Of Directors may be deemed necessary | proper or expedient, having and exeersing the | same rights and privileges as private indivi-
 ARTICLE V The existence of this corporation shall com mence on the day when these articles are nled in the ofice of the County Recorder of Coconino County, Arizona Territory. and certified copy thereof filed with the Territorial Auditor of | Arizona and shall terminate twenty-five t25l | years thereafter, but this charter may be re- newed from time to time, as now provided by law, or may be hereafter provided by law, so as to make the same perpetual
 ARTICLE VI
 The highest amount of indebtedness to which this corporation shall at any time subject itself Is Five hundred thousand ts5Oo,OOO dollars. which may be in such form and secured in such manner as the Board of Directors may deter mine.
 | ARTICLE VII | The private property of the stockholders of this corporation shall be and Is hereby made forever exempt from any and all liabilities for its debts or obligations.
 | ARTICLE VIII l Tine capital stock of this corporation shall be and Is hereby made forever non-assessable by this corporation for any purpose. ARTICLE TX. The affairs Of this corporation shall be con- ducted by Board Of seven Directors, who shall be elected from among tbe stockholders at the annual stockholders meeting. which shall be held at the principal office of the corporation on the third Tuesday in December in each year Said Directors shallhold ofiee for one year or until their successors are elected and quali- fled, and said Board shall have power to all va cancies in its own membership and to make and establish bylaws rules and regulations | for the government of the corporation and She management of itS affairs Until the first an GGai meeting of the stockholders, or until their successors are elected and qualifed, the follow ing persons shall constitute the Board Of Di- rectors Of this corporation: | R. II. Cameron, A. W. Davis, E. A. Wing, F M Ward, Byron smith, J. A Carter and T. E Pulliam.
 ARTICLE K | The officers of this corporation shall be, | President. First Vice President, Second vice | President, Secretary and Treasurer, but the of | fees of Secretary and Treasurer may be held by | the same person fl the Board Of Directors so | elect The aforesaid officers shall be elected by | the Board of Directors from among its mem bers In addition to the foregoing officers the l Board may provide for such other officers as they may deem necessary or proper for the purpose of transacsing the business of the cor poration These officers shall be elected at the | annual meeting of the Board of Directors. which sb all be neid as practicable after the an nual stockholders meeting The duties of said officers shall be prescribed by the Board of Directors. which shall have power to nll va cancies in said offices.
 Untf their successors ire elected and quail flied the ofdcers.of said corporation shall be; i; President; A. w. Davis. First Vice President; E. H. Wing.
 Second Vice President; F. Nj. Ward, Secretary and Treasurer; J, A. Carter
 IN WITNESS WHEREOF We have hereunto set our hands this 2srd day of July, A. D 1908
 k. r. CAMERON A. W. DAVIS
 E. A. wtNG
 Y M. WA
 ]. A CAR,FR
 BYRON SMiIB
 errtory Arizona. s
 County of Coconino.
 Before me, Thomas A. Flynn. a Notary Pub lie in ahd for Coconino County Territory of Arizona, on this day personally appeared R. II. Cameron. A. W. Davis. E. A. Wing, r. M Ward and J. A, Carter, each of whom Is personally known to me to be the person whose name is subscribed to the foreRoinR instrument, and ac- knowledged to me that he executed the same O.. .t.. ,,a ,.n.tsa.asf,ug tbar,i,,