Mohave County miner., 1912-01-20
Articles of Incorporation
Gold Reed Mining Company.


 chise, Territory of Arizona have associated, and do hereby associate ourselves together for the purpose of forming corporation under the laws of the Territory of Arizona, and in accordance herewith do hereby adopt and execute the fol- lowing as the Artices ot Interpretations:
 ARTICLE l.
 The names of the incorporators are J. B. Rice H. Il. Shuck and L. L. Moore; the name of this corporation shaIl be GOLD REED MINING COM PANY, and it's principal office and place of trans acting business shall be at the town of Kingman, in the County of Mohave, in the Territory of Arizona, with branch offices and places of bus mess at any other place or places in the United States of America or elsewhere, may be des- igned and established by the Board of Directors of the Company as hereinafter provided for.
 ARTICLE II.
 The objects and purposes of said corporation. and the general nature of the business proposed to be transacted, promoted and carried on by it are as follows
 l. To carry on as principal agent, commission merchant, consignee, or in any other capacity whatsoever, the business of mining, concentrat- ing, converting, smelJng, refining, treating, pre- pairing for market, manufacturing, buying, sell ing. exchanging and otherwise producing and dealing Tn copper, gold, silver, lead, zinc, iron coal, oil and other salines and all kinds of ores metals and minerals, and the products and by- products thereof of any description, by whatso- ever process the same are or may hereafter be produced, and generally, and without limit as to the amount, to Duy sell, exchange, lease, acquire and deal in lands, mines, ores, metals, minerals, rights and claims, and in the above specified pro- uuctS, ana to cOnQucC any ana all DuSlneSS appur tenant thereto
 ?. To purchase lease, locate or otherwise &C., quire, own, occupy, hold and operate develop. sell. convey, and deal in copper, god, sver coal iron and other mines, mining claims, mineral lands, water right and oil lanis, and wood and timber, agricultural, ranch and pasture lands, located in the Territory ot Arizo 1a elsewhere, for the purposes of the corporation.
 8 To mine or otherwise extract or remove gold silver, copper, coal, iron, and other minerals from any lands owned, acquired leased or occupied by the corporation, or from any other lands
 A. To buy otherwise acquire, own, hold, operate sell, convey or o herwise dispose of cleo tric power plants, stamps mills, smelters and all kinds of reduction works.
 D. To purchase or otherwise acquire, own, hold, operate, exchange, mortgage, lease, sell otherwise dispose or buildings, machinery, ap- paratus, and any, and all other appliances, and all other property, real, personal or mixed, for use in carrying out the purposes and objects of this corporation
 G. To buy, construct, maintain, own operate lease mortgage sell or otherwise dispose of rail roads, turnpikes, tramways, canals, water sys- tems reservoirs, roads, telegraph and te.ephone lines, fumes. and pipe lines necessary to any of the operations of this corporation. Provided, however, that in the case of railroads, tramways, turnpikes or canals. this corporation shall only have power to construct and operate the same from it's principal works or places of business to some navigable stream, or to some existing rail- road, tui npike or public highway
 T. To buy. sell, exchange and deal in goods and ineTCndHulst Ol all kHuSs OH commission or OIner- wise. and do general mercantile, trading, lum- bering, mining, manufacturing, mechanical, transportation. shipping and forwarding buness, or any one or more or all of the same, and to con struct and operate supply houses, stores, restau- rants, hotels and boarding houses, at any place places which may be fixed and designated by the Board of Directors.
 S To purchase, acquire, own, sell, pledge or otherwise dispose of the stock of this o.poraon, as well as the stock of other corporations, and to exercise all the rights and privileges of owner ship, inc .uding the right to vote the same to the same extent as a natural person might do, and do and perform all things necessary to properly carry out the objects aforesaid within or without the Territory of Arizona, in the United States ol America.
 g In furtherance of, and without, in any par ticular, limi ting any of the objects, purposes and powers of the corporation, it is hereby expressly declared and provided that the corporation shall have power to issue bonds and other obligations in payment of any or all property purchased or acquired by it, or for any other object purpose in or about it's business, and to mortgage pledge any stocks, bonds other obligations, or all or any property, which may be acquired by it 70 se- cure any bonds or othe' obligations by it issued or incurred, and to guarantee any dividends or bonds or contracts other obligations, and to make and perform contracts of any kind and descrp- tion; and in carrying on its business, or for the purpose of attaining or furtherng any of it's objects or purposes, and to do any and all other acts and things, and to exercise any and all other powers which a natural person might or could do and exercise, and in any part of the world, as principal. agent, contractor, factor, trustee, or otherwise.
 ARTICLE III.
 The capital stock of this corporation shall be in the amount of One Million Dollars ($l 0OO 900 OO, lawful money of the United States of America, divided into One Million Q,000.OOO) shares of the par value of One Dollar ($l.0O) each, which shall be paid for at such time and in such manner the Board of Directors may from time to time designate, provided, however that all or any por- tion of said capital stock may be issued in pay ment for real estate personal property, services, or any other right or thing of value, necessary for or incidental to the advancement of this cor poration; and when so issued, the same shall be and become fully paid and inaccessible. the same and with like effect as if paid for in cash at par; and the Board of Directors shall be the sole judge or the value of any property, real per- sonal, right or thing acquired and exchanged for capital stock of this corporation and no shares of the capital stock of this corporation shall be issued until fully paid for in the manner, upon the conditions and at the price specified by the Board of Directors, and thereafter the same shall be in all respects full paid and non-assess- able.
 The time of commencement of this corporation shall be the day upon which certified copy of Territorial Auditor of the Territory of Arizona as provided by law, and the corporation shall endure and continue for the full term and period of twenty-five (25) years thereafter, with the privilege of perpetual sue cession, as provided by statute and the copora- tion may be renewed from time to time for fur ther periods, each Of twenty-five (25) years.
 ARTICLE V.
 The government of the corporation shall be vested in, and it's affairs shall be conducted by Board of Directors, consisting of not less than three, or more than seven Directors, each of whom shall be a stockh holder, and who, other than the first five hereinafter provided for shall be elected annually by the stockholders from their own number at annual meetings, which shall be held at the office of the corporation in Kingman Mohave County, Arizona, on the first Monday of November of each year, at the hour of twelve o'clock noon.
 The Directors shall hold office until their suc- cessors are elected and qualified, and any vacancy in the Board may be filled by the remaining mem bers thereof by appointment, from the stock. holders. and such appointment shall be for the