The copper era and Morenci leader., 1916-10-13
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
 of the GREAT REPUBLIC MINING co.

Know All Men by These Presents, that we, whose names are hereunto at 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 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 pr1nclpal 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, 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 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 rstocks, bonds, debentures and evi- dences of indebtedness or ownership of other corporations, associations, partnerships and individuals, and in general to do any and all things nee 4ssary, 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 a natural person might or could do.
 This corporation shall have perpet- ual succession, may sue and De sued ilt the corporate name, may have Its common seal and alter it 1t i1s pleas ure. may render the shar?s 0r ir rc;'- ests of it's stockholders t-iAsfcra3le and prescribe the mode O. m2li;hc such transfers, Aay make contracts, acquire and usnsfer property nf every nature and description, possessing the same powers in all respects as pri- vate individuals now have and enjoy f; it may establish bylaws and make all rules and regulations necessary, con- 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) Dollars, divided into Five Hundred Thousand (5OO,0OO) shares of the par value of One Dollar each. Said cap ital stock shall be paid into this cor poration immediately upon subscrip tion therefor, either in cash, services or by sale and transfer to it for the purposes and use of the corporation of real or personal property. or either of them, and in payment for which shares of the capital stock of this corporation may be issued and the stock so issued, and when issued, shall thereupon and thereby become fully paid up and non-assessable, and in thy absence of actual fraud in the trans action, the judgment of the Board ot Directors of this Company as to the value of the services rendered or the property purchased shall be conclu sive.
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 The time of the commencement ot