The Coconino sun. (Flagstaff, Ariz.) 1898-1978, 1913-09-12
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
OF THE LITTLE COLORADO
RIVER OIL COMPANY

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 of
Chapter Forty-Nine (49) of the
Session 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, IN
Coconino county, State of Arizona;
Geo. E. Triggs. Of the Town Of
Flagstaff, in Coconno county, State
of Arizona.
The principal place Of 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 bust
ness to be transacted, and the pur-
pose for which this corporation is
formed, is to carry on and conduct
a 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.
ducts 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 general business of
this corporation. To build, pur-
chase, lease, construct. maintain
and operate trails, roads, tram
ways, pipe lines, bitches, fumes,
reservoirs and storage tanks for
transporting and storing oils, min
erals and gases, and the by-pro-
ducts 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
ton. 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-
irectors may deem proper. AMI to
do all and everything necessary for
the accomplishment Of any and all
Of the purposes Of this corporation
herein set forth.