Bisbee daily review., 1917-02-09
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STATE OF MAINE Certificate of Organization of Cor poration under the General Law.

at meeting or lhe SiShtiS oi lilt articles of agreement therefore. duly called and held at No. 95 Exchange Street. in the City of Portland. State of Maine, on Tuesday, the twentieth day of February. 1912. hereby certify as follows:
 The name of said corporation is UNITED STATES SIMPLIFYING. RE FINING AND MINING EXPLORA- TON COMPANY.
 The purposes of said corporation are: To examine. report upon, nesO- tiate for. obtain options on and ac- quire. by purchase, grant, concession. location. lease or otherwise. in the United States or in any other country or nation in any part of the world. any mines. quarries. mining rights. lands and privileges, including coal. oil and gas lands. and any interest therein, and to prospect. develop, operate and turn to account all such properties, lands, rights or privileges; To engage in the business of mining. quarrying. smelting, refining, dressing, amalgamating. preparing for market and manufacturing into merchantaOle forms. materials, articles and things. copper. gold. silver, lead, zinc, iron, and ores, metals, mineral substances and products of all sorts, and to deal in. and turn to account. such ores, metals, mineral substances and pro ducts; To examine, report upon, negO- tiate for. obtain on and acquire. by purchase or otherwise, and to build own, control and operate. mills and works for the crushing. samplInS and treating of mineral substances and mineral bearing ores, and for the smelting. reduction, extraction and re- fining of all kinds of minerals and mineral bearing ores, and to buy, sell, assay, smelt and treat such ores and mineral substances. their products and by-products, on it's own account. and as factor or agent for others, for compensation, or on commission or otherwise; and to engage in and carry on a general smelling and refining business. and general metals buying and selling business in the various parts and markets of the world; to eX- plore. acquire. own and dispose of, develop. operate and turn to account. forest and, timber lands, farming agricultural, grazing or plantation lands, or properties; to treat and manufacture the products of said lands into merchantable forms, articles and things. and to buy, sell, and otherwise deal in. the products and by-products of all such business; To engage m and carry on q general stores and mercantile and supply business; for dealing in provisions, materials. sup plies and equipment of all sorts; To lay out, develop and turn to account any lands that the company may own. for building or other purposes, and to erect, construct, own, operate and manage. lease and dispose of dwel- |ling-houses. boarding houses. stores, offices. warehouses. terminal facill- ties and similar property; To eX- anime. report upon. negotiate Tor and acquire, by purchase, lease, conces- sion, grant or otherwise, and hold, manage. control, develop, operate. sell and dispose of. water rights, water power, privileges and appropriations for mining, milling, smelting and re- fining purposes, and for irrigation agricultural, manufacturing and other uses and purposes: and to construct. acquire, own and operate, and dis pose of. plants for utilizing and turn ing to account said water rights and water power, and for producing. gen erating and distributing, electrical and other power, and steam, electri- city and gas, for heating, lighting ana other purposes: and to construct manage, operate and control. and to aid in the construction or. roads, ways. railroads, railways or tramWays, steamship or water transportation lines, bridges, reservoirs, water |courses, aqueducts. wharves, piers and jetties. and similar works necessary for. or incidental ro. any of the com pany's purposes, and to contribute to-, subsidize. or otherwise aid or take part in, any such works or opera tions: and to construct. aid in the construction of. and operate. telegraph and telephone lines: PROVIDED that this company shall not engage in the construction and operation of rail- roads or railways. or aid in the con struction thereof. or carry on the busi- ness of telegraph or telephone com pany, or a gas or electric company. within the state of Maine. but said business Of the construction and oper- ation of railroads. or aiding in the con struction thereof. and said telegraph and telephone. gas and electrical busi- ness. shall be carried on in states and Jurisdictions other than the state of Maine. but only in states and jurisdic- tions when and where permissible un- der the laws thereof. To purchase. acquire by subscription or otherwise, and to hold for investment or other wise. use. sell. assign. transfer. mort gage. pledge or otherwise dispose of. any shares of stock. bonds, securities or other obligation of any other cor ,g tb;- any