Mohave County miner., 1911-07-22
Articles of Incorporation
 of the Bell Rural Mining Go.

IN presents, that we, whose names are hereunto affixed do hereby as- sociate ourselves together for the pur- pose of forming a corporation under the laws of the Territory of Arizona and to that end we have the following statement:
 |. The name of this corporation shall be the BELL RURAL MINING Co.
 2. The name of the incorporators are John c. Bell, George M. Skelly and William N. Sutton.
 3. The principal place in which the business of said Corporation shall be transacted within the territory of Ari- zona shall be Golconda, MOhave County, with branch office at Spring field in the State of Illinois, or any place in the United States of America.
 This Company may wish to do busi- ness as the Board of Directors may by resolution direct, at any of which places all meetings of stockholders and board of directors may be held and all business transacted.
 1. The general nature of the busi- ness proposed to be transacted by this Corporation is to locate, buy, bond, ac- uuire, hold, own, lease, possess,
 
 mines or mining claims or prospects of gold, silver, copper, zinc, lead or coal, or any or all other kinds of mining or mineral lands or properties, oil wells and other real estate and interests in any of said properties: to engage ln and carry on the business of mining. building and operating stamp mills, saw mills. cement mills and other mills, smelters and reduction works for reducing ores of every description to acquire titles to mines and mining properties, mills. real estate, personal property and all other property of any and every nature whatsoever, requi- site and necessary to the transaction of it's business; to work, dispose of the deal in the same and in the products thereof; to carry on and conduct general merchandise business, and to that end to deal in any and all com modities of every kind conducive to the successful conduct of said business; to purchase, hold, own, control ana deal in the shares and properties of other companies and corporations; to locate, buy, bond acquire, hold, own, lease, possess, operate, sell, mortgage, pledge or otherwise hypothecaJe oil lands, mineral land, timber land, coal land, oil, gas, asphaltum, petroleum or any of their products, asbestos, salt, water and water rights, or any and all kinds of machinery: to own, handle and control letters patent and inven- tions; to build and operate railways to connect the mines and properties of the company with other railways; to build operate and maintain telegraph and telephone lines, electric light plants and oce plants, tramways, steam boats and water transportation facilities outside of the territory of Arizona; to enter into, make and per form contracts of every kind with any persons, firm, association or corpora tion, municipality, body polite, county. territory, state and government.
 To draw, make, accept, inforce, exc cute and issue promissory notes, drafts, bills of exchange, warrants, bonds de- bentures and other negotiable instru- ments and evidences of indebtedness whether secured or otherwise so far as may be permitted by the laws of the territory of Arizona and of the United States;
 To have officers and agents to con- duct its business and promote its ob- jects within and without the territory of Arizona, in other states, the Dis trict of Columbia, the territories and colonies of the United States and any foreign country without restriction or reservation as to place or amounts;
 To do any and all of the things here in set forth or otherwise permitted by law to the same extent as natural per- sons might or could do in any part of the world as principals, agents, trustees or otherwise, and either alone or in company with others, and in general to carry on any other business, oc- cupation or transaction in connection herewith whether enumerated herein or otherwise, not forbidden by the laws of Arizona and the United States.
 5. The authorized amount of the capital stock of this Corporation shall be One Million Dollars (Sl .000, 0O0), the par value of One Dollar (Sl.00) each, and the said stock shall be issued full paid and non-assessable, at such time or times as the Board of Directors may designate. in exchange for cash, property service or other valuable right or thing, and the judgment of the Board of Directors as to the value thereof shall be conclusive.
 6. The time of the commencement of this Corporation shall be the date of the filing of these Articles of Incor- ooration in the office of the Auditor of the Territory of Arizona, and the termination thereof shall be twenty five years thereafter.
 '. The affairs of this corporation shall be conducted by a Board of Directors consisting of five or more persons, John c. Bell, President, Will liam N. Sutton, Treasurer. Geo. M. Skelly, Secretary, shall constitute the Board of Directors and the officers un. til the annual stockholders meeting r.hinh shal be held nn rha fri