Mohave County miner., 1912-01-13
Articles of Incorporation
 or Gold Reed Mining Company.

cnise, Territory or Arizona, have associated, and do hereby associate ourselves together Tor the purpose Of forming a corporation under the laws of the Territory ot Arizona and in accordance herewith do hereby adopt and execute the fol- lowing as the Artices of lncorporation:
 ARTICLE l.
 The names of the incorporators J. B. Rice, Il. ii. Shuck and L.. L. Moore; the of this corpora asion shdl be GOLD REED MINING COM PANY and it's principal office and place of trans- acring business shall be at the town or kingman, in the County Of Mohave, in the Territory or Arizona, wlLn branch offices and places of bus mess at any other place or p.aces in the United States of America or elsewhere, may be des- lgned and established by the Boaid of Directors oi the Company as hereinafter provided for.
 ARTICLE H.
 The objects and purposes of said corporation. and the general nature of the business proposed 10 De transacted, promoted and carried by 1t are follows:
 l, To carry on as principal, agent, commission merchant. consgnee, or in any other capacity whatsoever, the business of inning, concentrat- ing. converting, smeiung, refining. treating pre- pairing for market, manufacturing, buying, sell ing, exchanging and otherwise producing and dealing m copper, gold, silver lead, zlnc, iron coal, oii and other sanes and all kinds of ores. metals and minerals, and the products and by- products thereof of any description, by whatso- ever D. ocess the same may hereafter be produced. and generally, and without limit the amoun to buy, sell, exchange, lease, acquire and deal in lands. mnes ores, metals, minerals, rights and claims, ana in the above specified pro- duets and to conduct any and all business appur- tenant thereto
 c. quire, own, occupy. ho.d and operate, develop, sell. convey and deal in copper, god, silver, coal ion and o.her m'nes, mlning claims, mineral .alds, water iIght and oil Ian IS, and wood and umber, az .icuiIural, ranch and pasture lands, l1ca.ed in the Territory of 4\riao Na elsewhere, Tor che purposes Of the corporation.
 $. To mine or otherwise extract or remove gold, silver, copper, coal, ron, oIes and other ln.nel als from any lands owned, acquired leased oc occupied by the corporation, or from any OCnef ianuS.
 |. To by or otherwise acquire, own, hold, opetaIe, sell, convsy O. ne Wise dispose of eec- tric power plants, stamps mills, smeisers and all kinds or reduction Works.
 5. To purchase oc otherwise acquire own, hold. operate, exchange, mortgage, lease, sell otherwise dispose of buildings, machinery, ap- pa.a.us. ana any, and al other appliances and all other p.opersy. real, personal or nnxed, for use in car!ying out the purposes and objects of this co. poration
 6 To buy, construct, maintain own, operate, lease, mor gage, sell or otherwise dispose rai- roads, tufnpikes. ramways, canals. water sys- tems reservoirs, roads, telegraph and Ie.ephone hnes. fumes, and p.ps inss necessary to any or the opera ions or this corporation. Provided, however. that in the case of railroads, tramways, tucnpikes ol canals, this corporation shall only have power to construct and operate the same froin US principal works or places of business to some navIgable stream, or to some existing rail road, tui nplke or pubic ghway.
 T. To buy, sell, exchange and deal in goods and me chandise all kinds. commission or other wise and GO general mercantile, trading, lum- bering. mining, manufacturing, mechanical, transportation. shpping and forwarding buiness, or any one or more O. al, or the same, and con stIucl and operate supply houses, stoIes, restau- rants hotels and boarding houses, at any place places which may bs fixed and designated by the Board of Directors.
 D. To pui chase. acquire, own, sell, pledge otherwise d:-?ese of the s:ct et this pora ion, well as the sock of other corporations, to exec else all the rights and privileges of ship, inc uding the rght to vote the same to the same extent as a naeuI al person .ght do, and do and perform al things necessary to properly carry out the objects aforesaid, within or without narft ftf.,Uxy xys,f .rtzn in tha Irntral America.
 In furtherance of. and without. in any par ticula,, lmi,ng any of the objects, purposes and powers oI the corpo ation, iI is hereby expressly dcc,ared 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 tor any other object purpose in or about it's business, and to r:.ocgage or peGge any stocks, bonds or o,her obligation, all or any property, which may be acquired by it Q se- cure any bonds or othe obligations by it issued or incurred, and to guarantee any dividends or bonds O. contracts or other obligations, and 70 make and perfol m contracts Of any kind and descrip- tion; and il carrying on it's business. for the purpose of attaining or furthering any of it's objects or purposes, and to do any and all other acts and things and 10 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 H.
 The capital stock of this corporation shall be in the amount of One Million Dollars (Sl,0OO, ,0JO.OD, lawful money of the United States of America, divided into One Million Q,OOJ,00O shares of the par value of One Dollar $l.OJ each. which shall be paid for at such time and in such manner as the Boa d Of Drec ors may from time to time designace provided. however. that all or any DOT tion of said capital ,ock 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 non-assessabie the and with like effect if paid for in cash at par and the Board of Directors shall be the sole judge Of 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 samv shall be in all respects full paid and non-assess- ao!e.
 ARTICLE ".
 The time of commencement of this corporation shall be the day upon which certified copy of these articles shall be filed in the office of the dsrritGial rnaDa Ant0r mrovdod br he Territory the corporation shall endure and continue for the full term and period of twenty-five (25) years thereafter. with the privilege of perpetual cesson. 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 its affairs shall be conducted by Board of Directors, consisting of not less than three, more than seven Directors, each of whom shall be a stocNholder 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 b, he'd 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 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 unexpired term for which the appointment is