Duncan Arizonian., 1912-04-10
Articles of Incorporation


ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION OF THE
STARGO SILvER-BELT MINING COMPANY.
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS:
That we the undersigned w. L. Keppler, T. F.
Campbell. w. P. Sands and G. Beruatto, residents
of the State af Arizona, have associated ourselves
for the purpose of forming a corporation under
tn laws of the State of Arizona. and in accordan-
ce Herewith execute and adopt the following as
the articles of incorporation for said Corporation.
ARTICLEI.
The name of this corporation shall be "Stargo
Silver-Belt Mining Company and its principal Of
flee and place of business shall be at the town of
Morenci, County of Greenlee, State of Arizona,
with branch offices elsewhere, either within
without the State of Arizona and may be desig
mated and established by the Board of Directors
hereinafter provided for.
ARTICLE II.
The general nature of the business proposed to
be transacted promoted and carried is, to do
any and all of the things mentioned herein as full
ly and to the same extent natural persons might
do, and in any part of the world. To acquire by
purchase. lease, preemption location or in any
other manner, lands, mines. placer or lode mining
claims, mill and tunnel sites. mineral or coal bear
ing lands, and any interest therein, or any other
claims, privileges, franchise, rights or property.
and real and personal estate of all kinds and any
interest therein necessary beneficial, or convent
ent for the company; to develop, control maintain
operate, mine work and utilize the same, and the
products and byproducts thereof any kind and de-
scription and by whatsoever process be or
hereafter produced and made useful and profitable
to maintain and carry on and conduct a general
mining business. To erect construct, acquire.
purchase lease or otherwise, operate and maintain
mills, smelters and reduction works, concentrat-
ors, roads, tramways and other plants and appli-
ances or machinery necessary or incidental to the
carrying on of the business of the Company. To
mine and extract by any process whatever, pur-
chase and sell ores, metals, minerals, mineral
bearing deposits, earth, coal, oil, clay gravel To
mill smelt, reduce or treat the same by mechanic
al, electrical or chemical processes means or ap
pGances, or in any other manner whatsoever,
whether they shall be the property of the Com
pany or for remuneration the property of others
and render the valuable for market; to divert
and appropriate water from any natural stream,
or pumping system, to lay pipe lines, fumes or
any other devise for the purpose of conveying
water from any stream or pumping plant, to the
mines smelter or lands. To make contracts, to
purchase lease, bond locate otherwise acquire,
own, exchange sell or otherwise dispose of,
pledge mortgage and deal in any kind of real
tate and personal property. including bonds capi-
tai stock of its and other corporations. to bor
row money and execute notes, mortgages deeds
of trust to the same, and to exercise
in respect thereof; to carry "a general merchan-
disc business and of all shares of capital stock
and other securities and obligations and all rights,
powers and privileges of individual owners, and
in general to do all things necessary to the proper
conduct of the business of this Corporation.
ARTICLE III
The authorized amount of capital stock of this
Corporation shall be Seven Hundred and Fifty
Thousand ($75O.OOO.OO) Dollars divided into Seven
Hundred and Fifty Thousand (75O.O0O) shares of
the par value of One ($1.OO) dollar each. At such
times the Board of Directors may direct said
capital stock shall be paid into this corporation in
cash or by sale and transfer to il of real and per-
sonal property, for the uses and purposes of said
Corporation and may also be issued for services
rendered for said Company, in payment for which
shares of capital stock of said Corporation may be
issued and the capital stock so issued shall there
upon and thereby become and be fully paid and
-assessable and in the absence of actual fraud
III IHe IfdnSdcIlOn anu judgment OF the Directors
as to the value of the property purchased shall be
conclusive.
ARTICLE w
The time of the commencement of this Corpora
ton sh all be the date of the filing of certified
copyof these articles of incorporation in the office
of the State Auditor and the determination shall
be twenty five years thereafter with the privi
Iege af renewal for period of like period as pro-
vided by law
ARTICLE V
The affairs of this Corporation shall be conduct
ed by Board of four Directors who shall be elect
ed among the stockholders of the Corporation at
the annual meeting thereof, which shall be held
at the principal office of the Company at Morenci
Arizona, on the Second Monday of January each
year. Said Directors when so elected shall hold
office for the period of year. until their sue
cessors have been elected and qualified aid
Board of Directors when SO elected shall have
power to establish bylaws and make all rules and
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