The Coconino sun., 1908-08-28
Articles of Incorporation
 OF THE GOLD RIDGE MINING & MILLING COMpANy

| SOciRted 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 l the town of Prescott in the county of Yavapai, | Territory of Arizona. and may keep other prin | cipal offices and places Of business at such | other places as the Board of Directors may es- tablish, and at such place or places incorpora- | tors stockholders and directors meetings may | be held and all corporate business may be transacted.
 l The amount of capital stock of this corpora divided into one million shares Of the par value | of one S(l.00) dollar each, and said capital stock small pc paid up at the date Of its lssu- may designate, in money, 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 conclusive thereof.
 ! The general nature Of the business in which | the incorporators shall engage is the develop ment, exploration. exploitation ano operation Of mines and mining properties, the milling, | smelling and reducing and treating by the op- eratlon Of any and all kinds of plants and pro | cesses of all kinds of mineral bearing rock or | ore, the generation, transmission and utiliza- ! tion Of any and all kinds of. and for any and | all purposes, electric power, and in furtherance | Of It's general purposes and powers thls cor | poratlon shall have power to acquire, dispose | Of and otherwise de l with any and all kinds Of property; to do any and all acts and things, and | 10 engage in any and every lawful business not prohibited by the law Of the Territory of Arl- | zona 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 excersing the | same rights and privileges as private indiyi- | duals now enjoy.
 ARTICLE V | The existence Of this corporation shall com mence on the day when these articles are filed | in the office Of the County Recorder of Coconino County, Arizona Territory and a certified copy thereof filed with the Territorial Auditor of Arizona and shall terminate twenty-five CS5) 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 (s5000Oo) dollars. which may be in such form and secured In such manner as the Board Of Directors may deter mine.
 ARTICLE VII I The private property of the stockholders of | this corporation shall be and is hereby made forever exempt from any and all liabilities for it's debts or obligations. ARTICLE VIII The capital stock of this corporation shall be and is hereby made forever non-assessable by this corporation for any purpose. ARTICLE TX. | u,,,s aat.. ns ,k,, oo.uo.a,.oo .kar ta a,rx ducted by a Board of seven Directors, who shall be elected from among the stockholders at the annual stockholders meeting, which shall be held at the principal ofice of the corporation on the third Tuesday in December in each year. Said Directors shallhold office for one year or until their successors are elected and qusli- fled, and said Board shall have power to all va cancies in It's own membership and to make and establish bylaws rules and regulations for the government Of the corporation and the | management of its affairs Until the first an- uual meeting of the stockholders, or until their successors are elected and qualified, the follow | ing persons shall constitute the Board Of Di- rectors Of this corporation: K H. Cameron, A. V. Davis, K. A. Wing F. | M Ward, Byron Smith, J. A. Carter and T. E. | Pulliam.
 AhllCLE A | 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 if the Board Of Directors so elect The aforesaid officers shall be elected by the Board of Directors from among it's mem bers. In addition to the foregoing officers the Board may provide for such other officers as they may deem necessary or proper for the purpose of transacting the business of the cor | poraton. These officers shall be elected at the | annual meeting of the Board of Directors, which sk all be held soon 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 i'll va | cancies in said offices.
 | Until their successors are elected and Quali- flied the ofhcers.of said corporation shall be;
 President; A. w. Davis.
 First Vice President; E. H. Wing.
 Second Vice President; F. M Ward.
 Secretary and Treasurer; J. A Carter
 IN WITNESS WHEREOF We have hereunto set our hands this 2srd day Of July, A. D. 1908
 R. II. CAMERON A. w. DAVIS E. A. WING r. M. WARD
 J. A. GARTER
 BYRON SMITH Territory of Arizona ss
 County Of Coconino. 'N'
 Before me, Thomas A. Flynn, Notary Pub lie in and for Coconlno County, Territory of Arizona, on this day personally appeared R. H. Cameron.:A. W. Davis, E. A. Wing, F. M Ward and J. A. Carter each Of whom is personally known to me to be the person whose name Is subscribed to the foregoing instrument, and ac- knowledRed to me that he executed the same for the purposes and considerations therein expressed
 Given under my hand and seal of office, this 2srd day of July, A. D. 1908.
 THOMAS A. FLYNN,
 [sEAdl Notary Public.