Mohave County miner., 1914-10-24
p, McCARDELL
p. McCARDELL
U. S. MINERAL SURVEYOR
CIVIL ENGINEER
KINGMAN. ARIZC MA
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
OF
THE MINES DEVELOPMENT CON-
PANY OF ARIZONA.

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 adopt the following charter and
articles of incorporation:
ID The name of this corporation is and shall
THE MINES DEVELOPMENT COMPANY OF
ARIZONA"
~ The names and addresses of the incorpora-
tors of this Company are: w. A. Reeder, 1928
Union Oil Bldg, Los Angeles, Cal B. Law
renee, Hotel Hayward, Los Angeles, Cal, w. F.
Lineberger. 5l3 W. First St. Long Beach, Cal,
G. w. Prince, Jr., 1923 Union Oil Bldg Los
Angeles, Cal.
go The principal place of transacting the bust
ness of the Company within the State of Arizona
is and shall be the City of Kingran, 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 or any foreign Country.
~ 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, con-
veyance, gift, device, or otherwise. and to SELL
in mines, and mining lands, mining claims, min
ing concessions, mining locations 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 on a general mining
business in all its various branc es.
To crush concentrate, smell, refine, Dress
amalgamate. treat, extract, reduce, calcine. eva
hide, and manipulate a | kinds of ores, minerals
metals and metaiferous substances therefrom,
and prepare the same for the market; and to en-
gage in the smelling, reducing, crushing, refn-
ing, milling, treating, and selling minerals and
orSs of all kinds, and to enter into any contract
deemed necessary or eXpedient to further the
interests and business of the Company
IooWn, 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 re- ervOirs, 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 con-
siruct, ere t. operate, and maintain water
works, workshops, factories, fumes, acqueducts,
crushing works, smelling and refining plants
and to manufacture, furnish. sell, distribute ac-
quire, dispose of and supply gas, water, ice
electricity, power, heat, light and other products
Tor any purpose whatsoever. and to construct,
MAINTAIN, operate and conduct plants and works
for holding, receiving, GiStribu' ing conduc ing
using and furnis! ing same.
10 invest in, take over, buy, sell, pledge, ex-
change, and otherwise ACQUIRE or disnosn Of
stocks, shares, bonds and securities of other co =
pora ions foreign or domestic. and to purchase.
or herWise, acquire, hold. or dispose of, to
retire and cancel any stock, bonds securities or
o her obi cations of this corporation
10 mortgage mining ground claims
lodes, mining or mineral rights, or other prop
erty real or personal. belonging 10 the Company,
and to issue bonds or other obligations of the
Company, whenever it may be determined to
do.
To conduct commssary and carry on a gen.
eral merchandise business and to engage in any
and all kinds of business that natural person
mig hit o. could do in the United States or any part
of the World.
! (5) The amount of capital sock of this cor
pc ion shall be Ten Thousand Dollars (SlO-
O00.OO div ded into one hundred 600 shares of
the par va ue of one hundred dollar, (SlO0 CO) 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
and thereupon, by the receipt of the money
property, services other valuable right or
| thing. at the valuation placed thereon by the
BC ard of Directors the capital stock of said
poraton shall be issued, and when so issued shall
$500 49, ~ 'i'o' ~ De1o'''S iui!s pau w anu
forever hon-asSessable, and without further
stockholders liability for any purpose whatso-
ever.
Nh' 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
OF her corpO atoms shall lie voted at stockholders
meetings. OF such corpora ion by The President Of
Jh's Comp&n". unless ne Directors of the Com
panY shall DIES irnaUe some other represen alive.
"a The time Of the commencement Of this cor
p'rali"n nan be the date OF the filing OF these
'fIc.ts Il Inc"rpol alton IN the office Of the A"i-
iona Co.roE 1nn Commission, ami this corpora