The Coconino sun., 1913-10-10
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION OF THE LITTLE COLORADO
 RIVER OIL COMPANY

 Know All MEN By These Pres. ents: That we. the undersigned have this day voluntarily associated ourselves together for the purpose of forming a corporation under and pursuant to the provisions oi Chapter Forty-Nine t49) of the Sassion Laws of the regular session of the First Legislature of the State of Arizona for the year 1912, and all laws amendatory thereof, and thereto, and for that purpose do hereby agree upon and adopt the following Articles of Incor. poration.
 The name of this corporation shall be The Little Colorado River Oil Company.
 The names, residences, and post. office addresses of each of the in. corporators are as follows:
 w. w. Durham, of the Town of Flagstaff. in Coconino county, State of Arizona; John Marshall, of the Town of Flagstaff. in Coconino county, State of Arizona; D. H. Jones, of the Town of Flagstaff, Tn Coconino county, State of Arizona Geo. E. Triggs, of the Town of Flagstaff, in CoconIno county. State of Arizona.
 The principal place nf business of this corporation shall be on the Little Colorado River at a place known as the Black Point, which is about fifty miles northeast of Flagstaff. in the County of Coco nino, State of Arizona. Branch office or offices may be established by the Board of Directors at any other place or places in the State of Arizona.
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 The general nature of the busi- ness to be transacted, and the pur- pose for which this corporation is formed, is to carry on and conduct general oil business; to buy, hold, lease, sell. option, or other wise acquire, own. control and dispose of, pledge, hypothecate, mortgage, and deal in oil claims and oil lands; and to work, ex- plore. operate, dig, drill and de- velop oil claims and oil lands. and to extract any and all minerals. oils and gas therefrom. and to deal in the products and by-pro. duets thereof, and to buy and sell the same for profit; to buy, sell, own and operate plants and ma chinery for the manufacturing working, preparing and refining of oils, minerals and gases. To drill for and develop water and to ac- quire water rights for the use of the corporation, and to purchase hold, own, lease. mortgage and dispose of such real and personal property as the Board of Directors shall deem necessary to carry on and conduct a general business of this corporation. To build. pur- chase, lease, construct. maintain and operate trails, roads, tram ways, pipe lines, ditches, fumes, reservoirs and storage tanks for transporting and storing oils, min. erals and gases, and the by-pro- duets thereof; to buy, sell, con- struct, operate and maintain such railroads, terminals, and necessary equipments, tramways. turnpikes and canals. but not as common carriers. as may be necessary to lead from its principal works or place of business to some existing railroad or public highway. To acquire, construct, operate and maintain electric light plants. tele- phone and telegraph lines neces- sary to conduct and carry on the general business of this corpora tion. To lease the property of this corporation to other persons or corporations for such purposes and on such terms as its Board of Directors may determine, and to mortgage or pledge any or all of its property to such extent and for such purposes as its Board of Di. rectors may deem proper. And to do all and everything necessary for the accomplishment of any and all of the purposes of this corporation herein set forth.