The copper era and Morenci leader., 1916-10-06
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
 of the GREAT REPUBLIC MINING co.

together for the purpose of forming a corporation under the laws of the state of Arizona, and to that end make the following statement:
 The name of the corporation is and shall be Great Republic Mining Con- pany."
 The names of the incorporators are WALTER DOUDNA, P. F. CROW LEY, H. W. JACOBS and DAVE w. LING, the residence and postoffice ao- dresses of each of whom is Clifton, Greenlee County. Arizona.
 The principal place in which the
 business of said corporation is to be transacted is Clifton, Greenlee County, Arizona. The corporation may estab- fish branch offices either within or
 without the State of Arizona, where meetings of the Board of Directors
 may be held.
 The general nature of the business
 proposed to be transacted and con
 ducted by this corporation is as fol-
 lows:
 To make contracts, to purchase,
 lease, bond, locate and otherwise ac-
 quire, to own, manage, operate, de-
 velop, exchange, sell and dispose of;
 to pledge, mortgage, hypothecate and
 deal in real estate, and all and kind
 and classes of personal property,
 mines, mining claims, mineral lands,
 ores, mineral bearing dirt and rock,
 water and water rights and machinery
 of any and all kinds, and to work, eX- plore, operate, mine, develop, buy, sell,
 and deal in, all and every kind of prop
 erty, real, personal and mixed, in the
 State of Arizona and elsewhere; to
 build, acquire, operate, lease, buy, sell,
 and deal in mills, smelters, coneen-
 trating and reduction plants, and any
 and all kinds of mining machinery, ap-
 pliances, tools and equipment, to con-
 struct, acquire, own, operate, sell, and
 dispose of such railroad or railroads,
 as may be necessary, convenient, or
 eXpedient, to connect the properties,
 works, and places of business of this ) company with any existing railways, turnpikes, or public highways; to buy, sell, own, build, construct, maintain, operate and dispose of telephone and telegraph lines, plants and appliances and equipment, whether wireless or
 operated with wires, electrical plants, electrical machinery, appliances and equipment; to own, acquire, buy, : build, construct, operate, sell and dis l3OS6 Ol CdudlS, l1ulll6S, p1pS-lInGS anu , other equipment: and to do a general , mining, reduction, brokerage, real es- t5: e and mercantile business, or any of them and in any and all their branches, to buy, own, acquire, handle, control, lease, sell and deal in, letters : patept and inventions of every nature l Y whatsoever, to borrow money, to issue l notes and bonds and other evidences of indebtedness, and to execute mort gages and deeds of trust to secure the payment of the same; to buy, sell, use,
 own, handle, maintain, operate, dis
 pose of, and deal in any and all kinds
 of property whatsoever, real, personal and mixed, whereSoever situate, in
 cluding the stocks, bonds, debentures
 and evidence of indebtedness or own : ership of this company, as well as the , stocks, bonds, debentures and evi- I dences of indebtedness or ownership f of other corporations, associations, , partnerships and individuals, and in , general to do any and all things nee
 -ssary, convenient or eXpedient to the
 proper conduct of the business of this : corporation, in this State and else where not inconsistent with the laws
 of the United States or of the State of : Arizona, as fully, freely, and complete. . ly, as natural person might or could do.
 f This corporation shall have perpet 3 ual succession, may sue and be sued 7 ill the corporate name, may have it's common seal and alter it 1t it's pleas !. Ure, may render tho shares or inter s ests of it's stockholders transferable 2 and prescribe the mode Of making 7 such transfers, Llay make contracts r acquire and nsnsfer property nf every : nature and description, possessing the - same powers in all respects as pri
 vate individuals now have and enjoy;
 it may establish bylaws and make all
 rules and regulations necessary, con s venient or expedient for the manage
 ment and control of it's affairs. , The authorized amount of the cap
 ital stock of this corporation shall be ]. Five Hundred Thousand ($500,000. .00) V Dollars, divided into Five Hundred e Thousand (5OO,OOO) shares of the pal t value of One Dollar each. Said cap n ital stock shall be paid into this cor e poration immediately upon subscrip j. tion therefor, either in cash, services e or by sale and transfer to it for the v purposes and use of the corporation V of real or personal property. or either of them, and in payment for which :, shares of the capital stock of this z corporation may be issued and the n stock so issued, and when issued, shal 0 thereupon and thereby become fully ], paid up and non-assessable, and in thy e absence of actual fraud in the trans V action, the judgment of the Board ot l. Directors of this Company as to the d value of the services rendered or the }, property purchased shall be conclu s sive.
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 ,- The time of the commencement o1 L., this corporation shall be the date ot V the filing of these articles in the of l flee of the Corporation Commission O. t the State of Arizona, and a certified 0 copy thereof in the office of the Coun a tY Recorder of Greenlee County Ari