The oasis., 1909-03-06
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
 OF THE LIsTA BLANCA COPPER COMPANY.

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, That we whose hands are hereuntO affixed do hereby associate ourselves together for the purpose of forming n corporation under the laws of the Territory of Arizona, and to that end make the following statement:
 FIRST: The names of the cOrpOratOrs are John Henderson and l.. M. Salazar and the name of the Corporation shall be IISTA BLANCA COPPER COMPANG. The principal place within the Territory of Arizona in which the business Ol said Corporation is tO be trans acted iS NOgale5, ranti Cruz County, Arizona, and the Corporation may establish branch offices either within or without the Territory Of Arizona where meetings Of the Board of DsrectOrs may be held
 SECOND The general nature Oi the business proposed to be transacted by this Corporation is as follows, tO-wit: Acquire mines by pur- chase, location or otherwise, work and operate the same buy, erect and operate all kinds ol machinery for mining and reducing ores. IO make contracts to purchase, lease, pond, locate or otherwise acquire, own, exchange sell or otherwise dispose of pledge, mortgage hypothecate and deal in real estate and any and all kinds Of personal pr0perty mines, mining claims, oil lands, coal lands, mineral lands, oil. gas coal, shale, aSphaltum, petr0- leum asbesto, salt, water and water rights and machinery, and to work, mine, explore, operate and develop the same; and in general Co do all things necessary to the proper con duct of the business of this Corporation in the l Territory and elsewhere, not inconsistent with th laws Of the Uniied States and the Territory Of Arizona.
 l THIRD: The authorized amount of capital stock of this Corporation shall be Five Hun dred Thousand Dollars (S500,0Uu) divided into ? five hundred thousand shares of the par value Of One Dollar t$) each. Al such times as the Board Of Directors may by resolution direct said capital stock shall be i'd into this Cor poration, either in cash or by the sale and transfer 10 |, of real or personal property flr the uses and purposes of said Corporation n payment for which shares of the capital stock ..f lafA ion laA nd nl ] capital stock so issued shall thereupon and thereby become and be fully paid up and non assessable, and in the absence of actual fraud in the transaction the judgment of the Direc tors as Co the value of the property purchased shall be conclusive
 FOURTH: The time of the commencement Of the affairs oi th orpnTation hall be the date Of the filing of ceItined copy ni these Articles of Incorporation in the office of the territorial auditor and of the recorder of santa Cruz County, and the termination thereof shall be twenty-five years thereafter
 FIFTH: The affairs of lhis Corporation shall be conducted by Board Of three Directors and the following named shall constitute the Board of Directors until theil successors are elected: John Henderson l., NJ. salazar. William Kemp. Thereafter tho Board of Directors shall be elected from among the stockholders on the irst Monday in Febru ary of each year. The officers Of said COrpora ton until their successors are elected shall be John Henderson, President; William Kemp Nice-President, and L. M. SalaZar Secretary and Treasurer.
 SIXTH The high stamount Ofindebte 9nes' or liability, direct or cont ngent, to which thi Corporation is at any time subject shall b' TO Hundred and Fifty Thousand Dollars , (S250O0O), which amount does not exceed two thirds the amount of capital stock. SEVENTH: The private property of the stock holders of this Corporation shall be eXemp from corporate debts oiany kind whatsoever.
 IN.WITNEss WHEREOF, We have hereunto SC our hands and seals this Sth day of February lg09 Pc
 } # JOHN HENDERSON, [SEALl
 l.. NJ. SALAZAR, [SEALl.