Mohave County miner., 1909-03-27
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
Orion Mining and Milling
Company.
A. Arr NfEN ny ruESE pREsENrS.

| Know ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS:
| That we the Undersigned. have this day vol
UNFAIRLY associated ourselves together tor the
/ purpose OF forming a corporation under the
/ laws OF the erritOry OF ArIzona and for that
purpose do adopt the following charter.
| FIRST: The name OF this corporation shall
| be ORION MINING AND MILLING CON-
| PANY.
SECOND: This company shall keep local
/ office at Oatman, Arizona, and may keep other
/ principal Offices and places OF business in the
| City and Connty OF Los Angeles. State of Cali
fOrnia' and at such other places and in such
| other states as the Board Of Directors may
establish. at which place or places all incor-
! pOratOTs'. stockholders and directors meet
ings may be held and all corporate business be
/ transacted.
Third: The objects for which this corpora
/ ton is formed. are:
la To locate. purchase. lease or mortgage.
sell and otherwise acquire and deal in lands
mines. mining claims, oil properties. water
/ rights and franchises and paI ticulaTly lands
containing or believed to contain gold. silver
copper or other precious metals and to carry
on the business of searching Tor. prospecting.
preparing aud producing gold. silver. copper
/ or other precious metals
| ID To hold, acquire, lease. hire. construct.
| erect. build and operate plants, mills, REIN
cries. concentrators. SIN citing works. cyanide
plants, lower plants; and to construct ana
prosecute all necessary and convenient pro-
| cesses and methods OF mining ores and for re-
ducing and marketing same and all minerals
and precious metals. and Tor these purposes TO
acquire. own. control. manufacture. patent and
d. al in all manner of mining machinery. Chem
zeal and mechanical processes water plants
lighting. hauling, pumping machinery. power
plants. transmission and transportation facili-
ties in Arizona OF other territory OF the United
States or elsewhere, and the products of the
same. and generally to do all things necessary
legally to further its enterprises.
(cJ TO conduct generally in all its branches
the production. smelling. assaying and refining
of ores. sulphuTets, metals, and other SUD-
stances containing pI ecious metals
(dJ To buy, own. hold. construct and other
wise deal in smelters.
al ia1 and
business in all their branches: to buy. sell. or
otherwise TO deal or to traffic in gold. silver.
iron. steel, manganese. copper, stone. ores.
coal, coke. wood. lumber. ana other materials,
and any of the products thereof. and any
articles consisting or partly consisting thereof
81 TO own. lease. purchase. patent, acquire
appropriate, locate. operate. work. develop,
buy, sell. mortgage, pledge and otherwise deal
in real aud personal property OF every KIND,
including water. steam and electric power. and
also deal in placer quartz and gravel mines,
lumLering mills. mill sites. sn1elters. water
rights hotels, warehouses. docks. copyrights
and patents. also franchises. rights OF way.
stocks. bonds and securities, both public and
private.
- To engage in and carry on generally the
business OF manufacturing. mining contract
ing. merchantile. mechanical CONSTRUCTION
commission. lumter. trauspoI tatICn, shipping
and commercial business in all their branches
(hl To own. hold. acquire. buy. sell. lease.
mortgage, and convey and deal in corporate
stock OIL every description and nature.
III To act in iduciary capacity in every
manner.
ID And in the usual course of business Of
said corporation and for the purposes incden-
tai TO the legitimate business Tor which tie
Corporation is formed. to borrow and loan
money. and to give and accept securities.
Xxi To do and perform all other things nee
essary or incident to the purpose hereinabove
set forth. and TO transact any and all kinds of
business. which a natural person may lawfully
engage in.
FOURTH: This Corporation is formed to en-
duTe Tor twenty-five years after its Al ticles are
duly executed, but its charter rights may be
renewed (befOre its charter eXpiresl from time
to time, for periods not exceeding twenty-five
years at a time. perpetually.
FIFTH: The ai1aiIs OF this Corporation
shall be conducted by Board of not less than
three ~ OF more than five l5l directors. who
shall be elected on the first Monday in Feb
r Try in each year as the Bylaws shall pro-
vide.
SIXTH: The amount of the capital stock of
tins Corporation shall be One Million Two
Hundred and Fifty Thousand lSl.2SOOO0 Dol
lars. divided into one million two hundred and
fifty thousand u25O.OOO shares OF the par
value OF (SlOOl dollar each; that said capt.
tai stock shall be paid up at the date of is
suance. at such time as the Board OF Direc-
tors may designate. in money. property, labor
or any other valuable right thing. and the
judgement of the Board OF Directors or manag-
ing officers. as to the value thereof, shall be
conclusive.
SEVENTH: The stock may be issued for
the payment of money. for services rendered.
or for the payment OF debts or property.
Dividends on the Stock may be paid from
any funds on hand.
EIGHTH: The highest amount of liability
that this Corporation shall subject itself TO at
any one time shall not exceed Two Hundred
and Fifty Thousand (S25O.00OOO) Dollars.
NINTH: The private property of the stock
holders of this Corporation shall be and is
hereby made forever exempt from all liability
for its debts and obligations.
TENTH: The capital stock of this Corpora
ton shall be and is hereby made forever nOu-
assessable by this Corporation for any pur-
pose.
In WITNESS WHEREOF. We have hereunto set
our hands and seals this IS day of March. one
thousand nine hundred and nine
J. L. HUMBLE. tSeall
c. J. RHODES. ISeail
E. ]. TERRELL. lSeall
STATE OF CALIFORNIA &C
County of Los Angeles 80
Before me. Hugh Sparkman. a notary public, |
in and for the county of Los Angeles. state of
California, on this day. personally appeared
J. L. Humble. c. J. Rhodes, +. J. Terrell. |
known to to be the persons whose names
are subscribed to the foregoing instrument and
acknowledged to me that they executed the
same for the purpose and consideration therein
expressed.
Given under my hand and seal of Office this
18th dav of March 1919.
lSeall HUGH SPARkMAN,
Notary Public in and for the county of
Los Angeles state of California.
Ny commission expires August. 1909.
First publication March 2I-May l.