Bisbee daily review., 1917-02-10
FOR CARPENTER CALL TEL. SOC.
STATE OF MAINE

l The undersigned, officers of a cor
 poration organized at Portland. Maine
 at a meeting of the siencrs of the articles of agreement therefore. duly
 called and held at No @ Exchange
 Street. in the City of Portland. State
 of Maine, on Tuesday. the twentieth lday of February. 1912, hereby certify
 as follows:
 The name of said corporation is UNITED STATES SIMPLIFYING. RE lFINING AND MINING EXPLORA- TON COMPANY.
 The purposes of said corporation
 are: To examine. report upon, nego-
 tiate for. obtain options on and ac-
 quire, by purchase, grant, concession, location. lease or otherwise, in the Limited States or in any other country
 or nation in any part of the world. any mines, quIrries. mining rights. Hands 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; ITO engage ill the business Of mining.
 quarrying, smelting, refining, dressing, lamalgamating, preparing for market land manufacturing into merchantable forms. materials. articles and things. copper, gold, silver. lead, zinc, iron. and ores, metals, mineral substances
 and products Of all sorts, and to deal erF n n metals, mineral substances and pro ducts: To examine. report upon. ncSo- tiate for. obtain on and acquire. by purchase or otherwise, and to build own. control and operate, mills and
 works for the crushing. samplHs and treating of mineral substances and mineral bearing ores, and for the lsmelting. reduction, extraction and re- ifning 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 its 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 smelting and refining business. and general metals buying and selling business in the various lparts and markets of the world; to eX-
 Dlore, acquire, own and dispose of, develop, operate and turn to account. forest and timber lands, farming. tagricultural, grazing or plantation fA d manufacture the products of said lands Unto merchantable forms, articles and things, and to buy, sell, and otherwise deal in. the products and by-products of all such businesS;. To engage in
 and carry on a general stores and mercantile and supply business; for
 1ealing in provisions, materials. sup plies and equipment of all sorts; To Hay 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
 lanage. lease and dispose of dwell ing-houses. boarding houses. stores, | offices, warehouses, terminal facili- | ties and similar property; To eX- anime, report upon, negotiate for and
 acquire, by purchase, lease. conces- ion. grant or otherwise, and hold | manage. control. develop, operate. sell
 and dispose of, water rights. water
 power, privileges and appropriations for mining, milling. smelling and re- lining purposes, and for irrigation, | f, oil
 1ses and purposes: and to construct,
 acquire, own and operate. and dis 1 pose of. plants for utilizing and turn | ng 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 and lDther 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 a 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 1 gage, pledge or otherwise dispose of. l