The copper era and Morenci leader., 1916-09-15
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
 of the GREAT REPUBLIC MINING co.

Know All Men by These Presents, that we, whose names are hereunto af fixed, do hereby associate ourselves 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 Com- pany."
 The names of the incorporators are WALTER DOUDNA, P. F. CROW LEY, H. w. JACOBS and DAVE w. LING, the residence and postoffice ad- dresses of each of whom is=Glifton, Greenlee County. Arizona.
 The prlnclpai 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.
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 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 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, concen- 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 pose of canals, fumes, pipelines and other equipment; and to do a general mining, reduction, brokerage, real es- tate 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 patent and inventions of every nature whatsoever, to borrow money, to issue notes and bonds and other evidences of indebtedness, and to execute mont 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 evil dences of indebtedness or OWE rsl ip of other corporations, associations, partnerships and individuals, and in general to do any and all things nec- essary, 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