Mohave County miner., 1917-06-09
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION

~ ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION ....
 Be it known that we, the undersigned, resi- dents of the Town of Kingman. State of Arl- zona. do hereby associate ourselves together and form a corporation under the laws of the State of Arizona, and adopt the following Articles of Incorporation:
 Article 1. The name of the corporation is
 BIG FOUR METALS MINING COMPANY and its principal place of transacting busi- ness in Arizona, is Kingman. Offices may be established, business transacted and meetings of stockholders and directors held at such places within outside of Arizona, as the Bylaws of the Company shall provide.
 Article II. The general nature of the busi- ness proposed to be transacted is to make con- tracts. to purchase, lease. option, locate or otherwise acquire. own, exchange, sell or other wise dispose of. pledge, mortgage. hypothe- cate and deal in mines mining claims, min eral lands. coal lands, oil lands, timber lands. clay lands, water and water rights and other property, both real and personal, and to work and explore, operate and develop the same. and to deal in the products and by-products thereof to purchase, lease or otherwise ac- uuire. erect, own, operate and sell milling, smelting' and other ore reduction works, oil refineries, saw mills, clay works, power plants, railroads and tramways to lead from the com pany's principal works to do general manu- facturing and mercantile business; to own. handle and control letters patent and lnven- tions. to own. cancel and reissue shares of it's own capital stock, and to own and vote shares of other corporations; to issue bonds
 notes and other evidences of indebtedness and to secure the payment of the same by mort gage deed of trust or otherwise; to act as agent. trustee or broker, and to borrow and loan money; and in general to do and perform
 such acts and things and transact such busi- ness not inconsistent with law, in any part of the world. as the Board of Directors may
 deem to the advantage of the corporation. Article III. The amount of the authorized Capital Stock of this corporation Is One Mil lion Dollars (sl,000 ,O00.0O) divided into One Million shares, par value. One Dollar (Sl.OO) | each, which shall be paid in at such times as the Board of Directors may designate, in
 cash, real or personal property. services, lease option to purchase, or any other valuable
 right or thing. for the uses and purposes of | the corporation. and all shares of Capital Stock when issued in exchange therefore shall | thereupon and thereby become and be full
 paid the same as though paid for in cash at | par, and shall be non-assesabe forever; and | the judgment of the Directors as to the value of the property, right or thing acquired in
 exchange for Capital Stock shall be eonclu- | sive.
 Article ". The time of the commencement | of the corporation shall be the day these Ar ticles are filed in accordance with law. and | the termination thereof shall be twenty-five years thereafter, with privilege of renewal
 and right of perpetual succession as now provided by law.
 Article V. The affairs of this corporation
 shall be conducted by a Board of not less than three nor more than seven Directors, by ,whom a President and a Vice-President shall
 be elected and Secretary and Treasurer ap- | pointed. The Directors shall be elected by
 and from among the stockholders on the sec
 ond Tuesday in January of each year. Until i their successors are elected and qualified. the | following named persons shall be the Directors and Officers as stated:
 CHAS. H. PERSON ........... President 1 ROBT. O. PERSON ........Sec. & Treas. H. K Le CLAIR .......... .Viee-President. Article VI. The Directors shall adopt By | laws for the government of the corporation and may amend the same. They shall have
 the power to fill vacancies occurring in the
 Board from any cause. and to appoint from