Mohave County miner., 1914-11-21
P. .McCARDELL
 U. s. MINERAL SURVEYOR
 CIVIL ENGINEER KINGMAN. ARIZON A
P. McCARDELL-
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
 OF THE MINES DEVELOPMENT CON- PANY OF ARIZONA.


 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- zona. United states of America, and for such purposes we do adopt the following charter and articles of incorporation:
 CD The name of this corporation is and shall THE MINES DEVELOPMENT COMPANY OF
 ARIZONA"
 (2) The names and addresses of the incorpora- tors of this Company are: w. A. Reeder, 723 Union Oil Bldg, Los Angeles, Cal, B B Law renee, Hotel Hayward, Los Angeles Cal, w. F. Lineberger, 5l3 w. First St. Long Beach, Cal, Angeles, Cal,
 tS) The principal place of transacting the busi- ness of th" CcrHary within tho State of Nrizona IS and shall be the City of Kingman, Mohave County, Arizona and the principal place of busi- ness of the Company without the State of Ari- Zona is the City of Los Angeles Los Angeles County, State of California and all meetings of the incorporators. stockholders and directors of thls 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 o her State Territory in the United States or any foreign Country.
 l4 The general nature of the business in wh oh this corporation shall engage is as follows, to witt
 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, lease mortgage or otherwise dispose of and deal 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 or the Territories there of, or in any part of the Republic of Mexico or in any her counry 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 other concessions. unfNA rhata kind; and to Go and carry a general mining business in all it's various branc es.
 To crush. concentrate, smelt. refine. dress, anal amaie treat, extract, reduce, calcne. cya hide, and manipulate kinds of ores, minerals me als and me alliferous substances therefrom and prepare the same for the market: and to en gage m he smetinp, reducing, crushing, refn- ing, milling, treating. and selling minerals and or"s of all kinos, 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. 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- struct, ere t, operate, use and maintain water works, wOrk- hops, fac tories. fumes. acuueducts crushing works, smelting and refining plants and to manufacture. furnish. sell, distribute ac- quire, dispose of and supply gas water ice lower, neat, l!Rnt ana other products for any purpose whatsoever, and to construct maintain, operate and conduct plants and works for holding. receiving, distribut ting, conductirg using and furnisl irg same.
 To invest in, take over, buy, sell, pledge ex- change, and otherwise acquire or dispose of stocks shares, bonds, and securities of other co poratlons, foreign or domestic and to purchase or otherwise, acquire, hold. dispose of, or to retire and cancel any stock. bonds sel urities or other ob gations of this corporation
 To mortgage any mining ground, claims or lodes, mining or mineral rights, or other prop erty. real or personal belonging to the Company, and to issue bonds other obligations of the Company, whenever it may be determined so to do.
 To conduct a commissary and carry on gen eral merchandise business and to engage in any and all kinds of business that a natural person might or could do in the United States or any part of the World
 po,ation shall be Ten Thousand Dollars (sl0,- O0O.00) divided into one hundr CCO) sha' es of the par value of one hundred dollar, (S00 O0) per share, and such stock shall be paid up at the date of the issuance thereof or at such time as the Board of Directors may designate, in either money, property abor other valuable right or thing, and the judgment of the Board of Direc- tors as to the value thereof shall be conclusive and thereupcn, by the receipt of the money, property, services other valuable right or thing, at the valuation placed hereon by the Board of Directors, the .api.al stock O.. said cor poration shall be rssued and when so issued shall hereuron anG thereby become fully paid up and forever non-assessable, and without further stockholders liability for any purpose whatso- ever.
 (6) Shares of stock of this Company may be voted by D oXy at all stockholders meetings and shares of inc stock owned by this Company in other corpO arious shall he 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.
 tD The time of the commer cement of this poration shall be the date of the fling of these Articles of Inc rDo atOn in thc office of the Ali zona Corporation Commission, and this corpora ti"n shall exist for the full term of twenty-five years thereafter
 The charte rights of this Company may be re- newed from time to time for periods of twenty live years at time perpetually provided by law.
 (S) The affairs of this corporation shall be and conducted by Board of Directors of not less than three nor more than five direc- tors, who shall be elected on the first Monday of the month of May of each year hereafter, or as vide
 @, The Board of Directors shall have full right, power and authority to fill any vacancy or on the Board by appointment from among the stockholders.
 llO) 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 >tockholder at his latest known address,
 1ll The private property of the officers and stock holders of this corporation shall be and is hereby made forever exempt from any and all liability for the deb's 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 non-assessable for any purpose.
 N2J The highest amount of indebtedness, di- rect or contingent, which this Company shall or may subject itself to at any time, shall not ex- ,eed 60 per cent of the capital stock
 l3 The Board of Di ectors of the Company nay. in their discretion, issue bonds or other evidence of indebtedness for the purpose of se- turing funds for operating purposes and may se- 'ure the payment of the same py mortgage or iced of trust upon the whole any part of the eal estate and personal property of the Company. uq The following named persons have been