Mohave County miner., 1913-03-22
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
 OF THE Grand Canyon Gold Dredging
 Company.

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS desiring to form corporation under the laws of the State of Arizona. do hereby associate ourselves together tor that purposes and adopt the following Articles of Incorporation: ARTICLEl.
 The names of the incorporators are Mark ". Musgrove. kingman, Arizona, Nicholas P. Bond, Continental Building, Baltimore, Md, and James A. Roberts, 257 Broadway, New York,
 The name of the eorpqratoon shal, be s,. the PANY.
 The principal place in which the business of the corporation is to be transacted Is at the general offices of the company at K!NGMAN. ARIZONA; the e. corporation % a ss shall have S York, and at such other places, within and without the State of Arizona, as may be here. after established by the Board of Directors, at any of which branch offices all meetings of stockholders and the Board of Directors may be held.
 ARTICLE ".
 The general nature of the business to be transacted by the corporation is as follows: To make contracts; to purchase, leaSe bond, sell, improve, develop and operate mines, min. ing claims, mining properties or rights there in: mineral lands. oil. gaS coal, Shale, asphalt um petroleum, asbestos, salt. water and water rights and machinery; to work. mine, explore, dredge, operate and develop the same, aud to pledge. mortgage or otherwise deal in the same or any leases, options, or bonds thereon;
 To quarry. smelt, retine dredge, wash, anal gamate and prepare for market ore, metal and mineral substances of all kinds. and to carry on any other operation which may seem con- ducive to any of the cOmpany'S objects; to buy. sell. manufacture and deal in minerals, plants machinery. implements. conveniences, provisions end things capable of being used in connection with mining operations or required by workmen and others employed by the com pany.
 To buy. construct. lease sell convey, main tain, improve manage, work. control and su. perintend any roads, canals. bridges, ways, reservoirs, water courses. corrals, pipe lines, tramwayS, electric or other railroads, in so far as it may be lawful so to do; to buy, construct, lease, sell. convey, maintain improve, manage, control and superintend furnaces, smelters, concentratOrs mills, crushing works, hydraulic works. factories, warehouses and other con- venlences which may seem directly or in- directly conductive to any of the objects of the corporation. and to contribute to, subsidize or otherwise aid or take part in any such opera tionS.
 To take, acquire, own hold sell, lease, ex- change. mortgage, pledge, improve and other wise deal in real estate tOwnSiteS and divi- sions, lots or subdivisions thereof. and to erect thereon and lease, sell or convey houses, stores or other buildings. and to make and maintain all other necessary or desirable improvements in connection herewith also to purchase, sell. exchange and otherwise deal in all kinds of personal property. merchandise. goods and chattels; to construct, operate and maintain any and all power plants which may be deemed necessary or otherwise beneficial to the oper- ations of the corporation, and to buy, sell or otherwise dispose of any and all power of any character or description,
 rc do all things incident to or advantageous in the carrying on of any or all of the objects or purposes above set forth.
 To issue bonds. debentures or other form of corporate obligations, and to sell or hypothe- cate the same ana to secure the payment of khap hxvv, nrfn nr fharvu uy{Cn all any of the properties of the corporation.
 To make any and all contracts, acquire and transfer any and all species of property, and to possess the same power in such respect as pri. vate individuals now enjoy, and in general to do all things necessary to the proper conduct of the business of the corporation in the State with the laws of the United States and the State of Arizona.
 To hold. purchase. buy and otherwise ac. quire, and to sell, exchange, mortgage, pledge and otherwise deal in the bonds, mortgages, noteS debentuIeS, shares of capital stock and other securities and obligations of any private corporations, and also to receive. collect and otherwise dispose of interest, dividends or in come from any of the properties held. owned or acquired by the company and to exercise in respect of all such bonds. mortgages, deben- tureS notes, shares Of stock or other securities and all other obligations. all the rights, powers and privileges of individual owners thereof, including the right to vote any shares of stock held by It to the same same extens 1 tnaa natural have all the rights, powers and privileges to do any and all things incident and advantageous to the carrying out of any of the objects and purposes hereinbefore mentioned To sell or issue all or any part of it's capital stock, or any bonds, debentures or other evil | dences of indebtedness authorized by its Board | Of Directors, in payment for the good will, rights, business, personal property real estate | or leases thereon, of any person, firm, asso- citation or corporation, and the Judgement Of | it's Board of Directors as to the value of such goodwill, rights, business, property, real estate or leases thereon, shall, in the absence of fraud, be conclusive.
 interest on any shares, stocks, debentures or other securities issued by, or any other con | tract or obligation of, any corporation when ever proper or necessary for the business of ditions and in such manner as may be pre- scribed by the Board of Directors
 To purchase, hold or reissue and sell the shares of it's capital stock; to remunerate any person, persons or corporation for services | rendered, or to be rendered, in placing or as sisting to place, or guaranteeing the placing of | any of the shares of the companys capital stock or any debenture, bond or other security of the company, or for services rendered in or about the formation or promotion of the com. rectors or the conduct of it's business all upon such terms as the Board of Directors may de termne
 To conduct business Tn any of the states ter. ritories. colonies or possessionsof of the United | States, in the District of Columbia. and in any and all foreign countries; to have one or more | offices therein and to therein hold, purchase, mortgage and convey real and personal prop | erty, without limit as to amount but always | subject to local laws.
 The foregoing paragraphs shall be construed as objects. purposes and powers, and it is the intention that the foregoing specific objects purposes and powers Tn any paragraph enum. erated. except where otherwise clearly in dicated shall not be limited or restricted by reference to or inference from the terms of any | other clause or paragraph of these articles.