Mohave County miner., 1914-10-31
ARTICLES or INCORPORATION
OF
THE MINES DEVELOPMENT COM
PAIY OF ARIZONA.

hNOM = Ii MEN ~ iHISE PRESENTS.
That we, the undersigned citizens OF the United
States Of America have this day associated our
selves together for the purpose of Incorporating
a corporation under and by virtue of and in ac
cordance with the the laws of the State OF Ari-
IONA United States of America. and for such
purposes we do ad pit the following charter and
articles OF Incorporation:
Cd The name of this corporation is and shall
THE MINES DEVELOPMENT COMPANY OF
ARIZONA"
~ The names and addresses of the ncorpora-
tors Of this Company are: w. A. Reeder, 1873
Union Oil Bldg, Los Angeles, CAL Fl b. Law
renee, Hotel Hayward, Los Angeles Cal, w. f.
Lineberger, 5l3 W. First St. Long Beach, Cal,
G. w. Prince, Jr., 1893 Union Oil Bldg, Los
Angeles, Cal.
90 The principal place of transacting the bust
ness of the Company within the State of Arizona
is and shall be the City of Kingman, Mohave
County, Arizona and the principal place of bust
ness Of the Company without the State Of Ari-
iona is the City of Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, State of California and all meetings of
the incorporators stockholders and directors of
this corporation may be held at the City of Los
Angeles, Los Angeles County, State of California
but the Company may establish offices and carry
on its business in any other State or Territory in
the United States any foreign Country.
(Q The general nature of the business in
which this corporation shall engage is as follows,
to wit:
To prospect for, locate and acquire by dis
covery, location, purchase lease, license, de-
nouncements, concession franchise, grant,
veyance, gift, device, or otherwise. and to SELL
lease, mortgage or otherwise dispose of and deal
in mines, and mining lands, mining claims, min
ing concessions, mining locations or other lands
or properties of whatsoever character, in any
part of the United States the Territories there
of, or in any part of the Republic of Mexico in
any other country; to perfect title thereto pur-
suant to the laws of the country where situated
To use, operate, mine, develop, explore, MILL
quarry, work and exploit in any manner, all such
lands and property for the purpose of discovery
and production of mineral and other products of
such land, mining claims, grounds, locations,
and other concessions, and property of whatever
kind; and to do and carry a general mining
business in all its various branc es.
To crush. concentrate, smelt, refine, dress,
amalgamate, treat, extract, reduce, calcine eva
hide, and manipulate AL kinds of ores, minerals,
metals and metalferous substances therefrom,
and prepare the same for the Market and to en-
gage in the smelling, reducing, crushing REIN
ing, milling, treating, and selling minerals and
ORES of all kinds, and to enter into any contract
deemed necessary or eXpedient to further the
interests and business of the Company.
Toown operate develop, use purchase, sell, lease
and otherwise acquire and dispose of timber, and
agricultural lands, and lands Of any kinds what
soever, and the products therefrom including
water rights, DAMS reservoirs, irrigation plants
and power plants, of all kinds whatsoever, and to
furnish water power and electricity for power
and lighting and other purposes, and to
struct, erect, operate, use and maintain water
works, workshops, factories, fumes acqueducts,
crushing works, smelling and refining plants,
and to manu- 'acture, furnish, SELL distribute,
electricity, power, heat, light and other products
for any purpose whatsoever and to construct,
maintain, operate and conduct plants. and works
for holding, receiving distributing, conducting,
using and furnishing same.
To invest in, take over, buy sell, pledge,
change, and otherwise acquire or dispose of,
stocks, shares, bonds, and securities of other
porai ions foreign or domestic and to purchase.
or otherwise, acquire, hold or dispose Of or to
retire and cancel any stock, bonds, securities
other obi cations of this corporation
To rnnrt ,i,,;,, a1o 81,
lodes, mining mineral rights, or other prop
erty. real or personal belonging to the Company,
and to issue bonds or other obligations of the
Company, whenever it may be determined SO to
do.
To conduct commissary and carry on a gen.
eral merchandise business and to engage in any
and all kinds of business that natural person
might could do in the United States or any part
of the World.
(5 The amount of capital stock of this cor
poration shall be Ten Thousand Dollars ($lO,-
O.0O) divided into one hundrrd GOO shares of
the par value of one hundred dollar, (Sl00 00) per
share, and such stock shall be paid up at the date
of the issuance thereof or at such time the
Board of Directors may designate, in either
money, property, labor or other valuable right or
thing. and the judgment of the Board of Direc-
! tors as to the value thereof shall be conclusive
property, services other valuable right
thing, at the valuation placed thereon by the
Board of Directors, the capital stock of said cor
poraton shall be issued, and when so issued shall
thereupon and thereby become fully paid up and
forever worcestershire, and without further
stockholders liability for any purpose whatso-
ever.
| (6) Shares of stock of this Company may be
voted by proxy at all stockholders meetings, and
shares of the stock owned by this Company in
other corpor atoms shall lie voted at stockholders
meetings of such corporation by the President of
this Company, unless the Directors of the Com
pany shall designate some other representative.
% The time of the commencement of this cor
poration shall be the date of the filing of these
Articles of incorporation in the office of the Arr
zona Corporation Commission, and his corpo"a-
ton shall exist for the full term of twenty-five
years thereafter.
The charte- rights of this Company may be
newed from time to time for periods of twenty
five years at a time perpetually provided by
law.
90 The affairs of this corporation shall be
managed and conducted by Board of Directors
tors, who shall be elected on the first Monday OF
the month of May of each year hereafter, as
the Bylaws of the Company shall hereafter pro-
vide
(9J The Board of Directors shall have full
right, power and authority to fill any vacancy or
vacancies on the Board by appointment from
among the stockholders.
400 Ten days notice of the time and place of
holding meetings of the Stockholders shall be
given to the Stockholders of the Company by
mailing letter or postal to each stakeholder at
his latest known address.
Qn The private property of the officers and
stockholders of this corporation shall be and is
hereby made forever exempt from any and all
liability for the debts and obligations OF this cor
poration of whatsoever nature or character, and
the capital stock of this corporation, shall be and
is hereby made forever worcestershire for any
purpose.
az The highest amount of indebtedness, di-
rect or contingent, which this Company shall or
may subject itself to at any time, shall not ex-
coed 60 per cent of the capital stock
u3l The Board of Directors of the Company
may, in their discretion, issue bonds or other