The border vidette., 1912-09-14
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
 of the
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 a corporation under the laws of the State of Arizona. and 10 hereby adopt the following Articles of IncOrpOration:-
 ARTtCLEL The names of the incor- pnrators Ed dward Warner,
 Emory Hoy and Frank W. Garter and
 the residep and post office addd ress 1 of each of said incorpOrators is Phiia
 q phia, Pennsylvania, and the name of
 the corporation shall be the ESMER- AIDA VICTORIA GOLD MINING COM
 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 estab b,ish 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 ns follows. to wit;
 To make contracts, to purchase, lease,
 bond, locate or other wise acquire, own, exchange sell or otherwise dispose of,
 pledge. 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, uding 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 mine for gold. silver. copper, lead, zinc, iron. tn, antimony and all kinds of ore. metals, minerals an coal; to mill. smelt, convert and re- fine and otherwise acquire, prod uce and dispose of the same and to carry on the business of mining in all its branches; 10 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 a 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 mOrtg 1ge. deed of trust or otherwise upon any of the property of this cor pnration. and in general to do and per form snch acts and things and transac: 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 authorized amount of the capital stock of this corporation j shall be One million dollars (SI, 900 000) divided into on million shares ,00O 0O0) 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 sad stock Seven hundred thousand shares GOO O00 amounting to Seven hund red thousand dollars shall be Common stock. and Three hundred thousand shares, amounting to Three hundred thousand dollars (S3OO, OOO) shall be pre- ferred stock. Said preferred stock shall entitle the holder thereof to re- ceive out of the net earnings, and the shall be bound to pay fixed, yearly, non-cumulative dividend of seven per cent C per cent) but no more. pay a ble before any dividend shall 1 be set apart or paid on the common stock. The preferred stock shall be l issued as and when the board of direct 1 DTS may determine, but the holders l hereof in case of liquidation or dis solution of the company, shall be paid |