Duncan Arizonian., 1912-04-24
Articles of Incorporation

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ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION OF THE
STARGO SILVER-BELT MINING COMPANY.
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS:
That we the undersigned w. l.. Keppler, t. F.
Campbell. w. P. Sands and G. Beruatto, residents
of the State af Arizona have associated ourselves
for the purpose of forming corporation under
the laws of the State of Arizona and in accordan-
ce Herewith execute and adopt the following as
the articles of incorporation for said Corporation
ARTICLEI.
The name of this corporation shall be "Stargo
Silver Belt Mining Company" and it's principal Of
flee and place of business shall be at the town of
Morenc County of Greenlee, State of Arizona.
with branch Offices elsewhere, either within or
without the State of Arizona and may be desig-
mated and established by the Board of Directors,
hereinafter provided for.
ARTICLE II.
The general nature of the business proposed to
be transacted, promoted and carried on is, to do
any and all of the things mentioned herein as full
ly and to the extent as natural persons might
do, and in any part of the world. To acquire by
purchase, lease, preemption, location or in any
other manner, lands, mines placer or lode mining
claims, mill and tunnel SITES mineral or coal bear
ing lands and any interest therein, or any other
claims, privileges, franchise rights property,
and real and personal estate of all kinds. and any
interest therein, necessary. beneficial, convent
ent for the company to develop, control maintain,
operate, mine, work and utilize the same and the
products and byproducts thereof any kind and de-
scrption and by whatsoever process can be or
hereafter produced and made useful and profitable
to maintain and carry and conduct general
mining business. To erect, construct, acquire.
purchase lease otherwise, operate and maintain
mills, smelters and reduction works, concentrat-
ors, roads, tramways and other plants and appli-
ances or machinery necessary or incidental to the
carrying on of the business of the Company. To
mine and extract by any process whatever, pur-
| chase and sell ores, metals. minerals mineral
bearing deposits, EARTH coal, OIL clay gravel To
mill, smelt, reduce or treat the same by mechanic
al, electrical or chemical processes, means ap-
pliances. or in any other manner whatsoever,
whether they shall be the property of the Com
pany for remuneration as the property of others
and render the same valuable for market to divert
and appropriate water from any natural stream,
or pumping system, to lay pipe lines fumes or
any other devise for the purpose of conveying
water from any stream pumping plant, to the
mines, smelter or lands. To make contracts, to
purchase, lease. bond. locate otherwise acquire
own, exchange, sell otherwise dispose of
pledge mortgage and deal in any kind of real es-
tate and personal property, including bonds. capi
tai stock of it's and other corporations, to bor
row money and execute notes. mortgages or deeds
of trust to secure the same, and to exercise
in respect thereof to carry general merchan-
disc business, and of all shares of capital stock
and other securities and obligations and all rights
powers and privileges of individual owners. and
in general to do all things necessary to the proper
conduct of the business of this Corporation.
ARTICLE III
| The authorized amount of capital stock of this
Corporation shall be Seven Hundred and Fifty
Thousand ($750 O00OO) Dollars, divided into Seven
Hundred and Fifty Thousand 0O0) shares of
the par value of One ($l.OO) dollar EACH At such
times as the Board of Directors may direct, said
capital stock shall be paid into this corporation in
cash by sale and transfer to it of real and per-
sonal property for the uses and purposes of said
Corporation, and may also be issued for services
rendered for said Company, in payment for which
shares of capital stock of said Corporation may be
issued and the capital stock issued shall there
upon and thereby become and be fully paid and
-assessable and in the absence of actual fraud
in the transaction and judgment of the Directors
to the value of the property purchased shall be
conclusive.
ARTICLE w
The time of the commencement of this Corpora
tion sh all be the date of the filing of certified
copy of these articles of incorporation in the office
of the State Auditor and the determination shall
be twenty five years thereafter, with the priv.
lege af renewal for period of like period pro-
vided by law.
ARTICLE
The affairs of this Corporation shall be conduct
ed by Board of four Directors who shall be elect
ed among the stockholders of the Corporation at
the annual meeting thereof, which shall be held
at the principal office of the Company at Morenci,
Arizona, on the Second Monday of January each
year. Said Directors when elected shall hold
Office for the period of year. until their sue
cessors have been elected and qualified. Said
Board of Directors when elected shall have
power to establish bylaws and make all rules and