The border vidette., 1912-10-05
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
 of the
Esmeralda Victoria Gold Mining Company

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS:
 that we the undersigned, do hereby snciate ourselves together for the pur-
 pose of forming corporation under the laws of the State of Arizona, and do hereby adopt the following Articles of Incorporation:- :-
 ARTICLE. The names of fine incor-
 porators are Edward B Warner,
 Emory Hoy aud Frank w. Carter and
 the residence and post office address
 of each of said incorporators is Phiia- de'phia, Pennsylvania, and the name of
 the corporation shall be the ESM ER-
 AIDA VICTORIA GOLD MINING COM PANY, and it's principal place of busi-
 ness shall be at Nogsles, in Santa Cruz County. Arizona, but said company
 may carry on it's business in any other
 state, territory or foreign country, and
 may establish and main tain offices with
 in or outside of Arizona at such places
 as the Board of Directors may design
 ate where meetings of the directors
 may be held and all corporate busin ess
 transacted.
 ARTICLE II. The general nature of the business proposed to be carried on
 by this corporation is ns follows. to wit; To make contracts, to purchase, lease
 bond, locate or otherwise acq ufre own, exchange. sell or otherwise dispose of, pledge, mortgage. hypothecate, and deal in any and all kinds of real and PoTSOnSl property, WuoInf7r SltuaLO within the United States of America or in any foreign country, including mines and mining claims, oil lands, coal lands, mineral lands, oil. gas. coal, shale. asphatum, petroleum. asbestos. salt, water and water rights, and and mine for gold, silver, copper, lead, zinc, iron. tn. antinony and all kinds of ore. metals, minerals and precious stones, oils, gas and coal; to mill. smelt, convert and re-
 fine and otherwise acquire, prod uce on the business of mining in all it's branches; to do a general mercantile business, to own, handle and control letters patent and inventions aud shares of its own capital stock, and that Of other corporations, and to vote any shares of stock of other corpora tions owned by it. the same as a natural person might do; to borrow money and issue bonds, notes, debentures and other evidences of indebtedness and to secure the payment of the same by m Ortg1ge, deed of trust or otherwise upon any Of the property of this cor poration. and in general to do and per- form snch acts and things and tranSac. such business in connection with the objects. not inconslst ent with law, in any part of the world, as the board of directors may deem to the ad- of the corporation.
 ARTICLE III. The auth orized amount of the capital stock of this corporation shall be One million dollars (SI. 900 O0O) divided into on million shares T, ,OO0 OOO) of the par value of One dollar (S1) each, which shall be paid for at such times and upon such conditions as the board of directors may designate. Or sad stock Seven hundred thousand shares | 700, ,000, amounting to Seven hundred l thousand dollars shall be Common stock. and Three hundred thousand | sh ares, amounting to Three hundred | dollars ($3OO, OOO) shall be pre-, | 'erred stock. Said preferred stock | shall entitie the holder thereof to re- ,eive out of the net earnings, and the 1 corporation shall be bound to pay a fixed, yearly, nOn-cumulative dividend | ,f seven per cent (7 per cent) but no nore. pay able before any dividend shall 1e set apart or paid on the common tock. The preferred stock shall be ssued as and when the board of direct ITS may determine, but the holders hereof in case of liquidation or dis olution of the company, shall be paid