The oasis., 1909-04-17
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION


the undersigned, having associated ourselves
for the purpose OF forming a corporation under
Chapter II OF Title XIII Of the Revised statutes
of the Territory of Arizona of 1901 and the Acts
amendatory thereof and supplemental thereto,
do hereby adopt the following Articles OF In
corporation:
ARTICLE I. The name OF the corporation
shall be BLACK DIAMOND COPPER COM
PANY and its principal place of business shall
be at Nogales, Arizona, but other offices may
be established and maintained within or out
side of Arizona at such places as the Board of
Directors may designate, where meetings of
stockholders and directors may be held and
any and all corporate business transacted.
ARTICLE II: The general nature of the bust
ness proposed to be transacted is to bore, drill,
prospect and mine for gold silver, copper.
asbestos and all kinds of ores metals, minerals
and precious stones, oils, gas and coal and to
mill, convert, prepare for market and other
wise produce and deal in the same and in the
products and by-products thereof; to purchase
or otherwise acquire, own, exchange, sell, or
otherwise dispose OF, mortgage, hypOthecate
and deal in mines, mineral lands of all kinds,
oil, coal and timber lands, real and personal
estate, water and water rights, and to work,
explore, operate and develop the same and
carry on the business of mining in all its
branches TO purchase or otherwise acquire,
erect, own, operate and dispose OF smelling
and ore reduction works, oil refineries saw
mills and power plants; to construct, carry
out, maintain improve, manage, work, con-
troll and Superintend any roads, ways, tram
ways, railways, bridges. reservoirs water
courses, aqueducts, furnaces, hydraulic works,
electrical works factories, warehouses and
other works and conveniences which may be
necessary, directly or indirectly, in connection
with the objects OF the company and TO con
tribute TO, substitute or otherwise aid or take
part in any such operations; to do "a general
manufacturing and mercantile business to
own, handle and control letters patent and in
ventions and shares OF its own capital stock
and that OF other corporations, and 20 vote any
shares of stock of other corporations owned by
il the same as natural person might do; to
borrow money and to issue bonds, notes de-
bentures and other evidences of Indebtedness
and secure the payment of the same by mort
gage, deed OF trust or otherwise; to act as
agent, trustee, broker, or in any other fduci-
airy capacity; and in general TO do and perform
such acts and things and transact such bust
ness in connection with the foregoing objects,
not inconsistent with law, in any part OF the
world as the Board OF Directors may deem to
the advantage OF the corporation.
ARTICLE Ill The capital stock OF the cor
poration shall be Two Million Five Hundred
Thousand Dollars ($2,j00 100000 divided into
two million five hundred thousand $500 000)
shares OF the par value OF One Dollar Isl 00)
each, which shall be paid for at such times and
in such manner as the Board of Directors may
designate. All or any portion of the capital
stock may be issued in payment for real or
! personal property services, or any other right
or thing of value necessary for or incidental to
the advancement OF the purposes OF the cor
pOration, and when so issued shall become and
be ll-paid. the same as though paid for in
cash at par, and the directors shall be the sole
! judges OF the value of any property, right or
! thing acquired in exchange for capital stock
No shares OF capital stock shall be issued until
! fully paid for in the manner and at the price
! prescribed by the Board of Directors and there
after the same shall be worcestershire.
ARTIcLEIV: The commencement of the cor
| poration shall be the Gay these Articles are
| filed in accordance with law, and it shall en-
dure for the full term of twenty-five years
thereafter, with the privilege OF perpetual sue
cession as provided by statute.
| ARTICLEV. The affairs of the corporation
shall be conducted by Board OF Directors and
/ by such officers as the said Board OF Directors
may elect or appoint. The number OF directors
shall be designated by the Bylaws and such
directors shall be elected from among the stock
| holders at their annual meeting To be held on
the second Tuesday OF March in each year II
not legal holiday, but ii legal holiday, then
on the day following. Until the first annual
meeting of the stockholders and until their
successors have been elected and have quail
| fed the following named persons shall be
| directors, Parke Wright, Franklin ID. L. Stowe,
John 7. Roberts, Charles T. Anderson and
| Irving L. Fisk
ARTICLE VI: The Board OF Directors shall
have power to fill vacancies occurring in the
| Board from any cause.
ARTICLE VII: The highest amount of in
debtedness or liability to which the corpora
ton may at any one time subject itself is Two
Hundred Thousand Dollars ($20O0O000).
ARTICLE VIII: The private property of the
| stockholders of the corporation shall be forever
exempt from its debts or obligations.
! IN WITNESS WHEREOF, we have hereto affixed
our signatures and seals this 10th day Of March,
| 1909.
JOHN 7. ROBERTS JR., SEAL.
;. f. NooN, [SEALl.