The border vidette., 1912-10-12
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
EsmeraIda Victoria Gold Mining Company

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS: that we the undersigned, do hereby as sociate 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: =
 ARTICLEI. The names of tne incor- porators are Edward E Warner. J
 Emory Hoy and Frank w. Garter and the residence and post office addd ress of each Of said incorporatOrs is Phiia- delphia, 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 Nogales. 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 maintain 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 business transacted.
 ARTICLE II. The general nature of the business proposed to be carried on by this corporation is as follows. to wit; To make contracts, to purchase, lease, bond. locete or otherwise acquire, own. exchange. sell or otherwise dispose of. pledg ge. mortgage. hypOthecate, and deal in any and all kinds of real and personal property, whether situate 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 machinery; to bore drill, prospect and niue for gold. silver, copper, lead. zinc, iron.. tn, antimony and all kinds of ore. metals, minerals and precious stones, oils, gas and coal; to mill. smelt, convert and re- fine and otherwise acquire, produce and dispose of the same and to carry on the business of mining in all its branches; 10 do general mercantile business, to own, handle and control letters patent and inventions aud that of other corporations, and to vote any shares of stock of other corpora tions owned by it. the same as natural person might do; to borrow money and issue bonds. notes, debentures and other evidences of indebted ness and to secure the payment of the same by mortgage. deed of trust or otherwise upon any o: the property of this cor poration. and in general to do and per form snch acts and things and transact such business in connection with the foregoing objects. not inconsistent with law. in any part of the world, as the board of directors may deem to the ad- vantage of the corporation.
 ARTICLE III. The sutho orized amount of the capital stock of this corporation shall be One million dollars ($l, 900 O0O) divided into on million shares 1,OOO, ,O00) 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 Of said stock Seven hundred thousand shares (7OO O00,) amounting to Seven hund red thousand dollars shall be Common stock. and Three hundred thousand shares, amounting to Three hundred thousand dollars $500, 0O0) shall be pre- ferred stock. Said preferred stock sh all entitle the holder thereof to re- ceive out of the net earnings, and the shall be bound to pay a fixed, yearly, non-cumulative dividend of seven per cent (7 per cent) but no more. payab before any dividend shall be set apart or paid on the common stock. The preferred stock shall be issued as and when the board of direct ors may determine, but the holders thereof in case of liquidation or dis- of the company, shall be paid in full the par value of theIr shares, together with the accrued dividend, not before any amount shall be