Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1918-09-07
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENTS
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION MOLYBDENUM COPPER COMPANY kNnW ALI MEN RY THESE PRESENTS

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS: That we, the undersigned have this day asso- ciated ourselves together for the purpose of forming corporation under the laws of the state of Arizona, and for that purpose do hereby adopt, execute. publish and acknowl- edge the following Articles of Incorporation, to-wit:
 ARTICLE ONE.
 The names of the incorporators are Anson H. Smith and R. A. Lassell, whose respective residences and post-office addresses are King man. Arizona. and the name of the corporation shall be Molybdenum Copper Company.
 ARTICLE TWO
 The principal office and place of business shall be at Kingman, Arizona, and the cor poration shall have the right to establish such branch offices, within or without the State ot Arizona, as it's Board of Directors may deem necessary or advisable at which branch office meetings of said Board of Directors may be held.
 ARTICLE THREE
 The general nature of the business proposed to be transacted and carried on is that of mining, milling, smelting, reduction and treating, in all their related branches, and to do any and all things hreinafter set forth as fully and to the same extent natural per sons might or could do, in any part of the world. and to engage in any and every busi- ness which may be, by its Board of Directors, deemed necessary, requisite, essential, conven- tent or auxiliary to the general objects and purposes for which this corporation is formed.
 In furtherance. and not in limitation of it's general powers and purposes, it is expressly provided that the corporation shall have the following powers. viz:
 l. To acquire own, handle, sell cucumber and in any manner deal in or with any and all classes of property; to purchase or other wise acquire, OWN. hold, sell or in any manner deal in or with shares of the capital stock of this or other corporations; to pay for prop erty purchased or acquired in cash, stock of the corporation. bonds otherwise; to carry on the business of mining, milling, smelting, concentrating, converting, treating, preparing for market, manufacturing, buying, selling, exhcanging otherwise producing and deal ing in or with ,gold. silver, copper and any and all other kinds of ores. minerals and metals, and the products and by-products thereof, of every kind and description, ty whatever process or processes the same can or may be produced, and generally without lini- tation as to the amount.
 g. To acquire by purchase, exchange, lUca- ton. appropriation or in any other manner, and to own, hold use, operate, lease, mort gage, sell or otherwise dispose of or deal in or with any and all kinds and classes of mines, mining claims, mining property. water, water right, ores, minerals, reservoirs, canals, fumes, ditches, mills, smelters. reduction works, sawmills stores, hotels, boarding house es easements or any other kind of property.
 8. To construct, purchase, lease or otherwise acquire, and to own, hold use, operate and maintain roads. tramways and railways neces- Sary or convenient to the CdrrylHS Ou ol duy business undertaken ; to acquire own, hold sell, lease or otherwise dispose of or deal in or with any and all kinds of inventions, rights, licenses, patent rights or letters patent.
 4. To borrow money, and to issue bonds, pay able in cash or convertible into stock of the corporation, debentures. mortgages, promissory notes or other evidences of indebtedness or se- curity therefor. and to pledge, sell or other wise dispose of the whole or any part Of the property owned by it for the security or pay ment of any indebtedness or liability incurred or undertaken; to use its stock debentures or bonds in payment for any property or commo- dity which it may purchase or acquire.
 5. To make contracts, and to do as fully as natural persons might or could do any and all of the things herein set forth. either as prin- cpal, agent, contractor, trustee or otnerwise and either alone in company with other persons, associations or corporations, and in general to have and exercise all the powers, privileges and inmunities conferred upon cor porations of this class by the laws of the State of Arizona.
 ARTICLE FOUR
 The amount of the capital stock of this cor cor poration shall be ONE HUNDRED THOUS- AND DOLLARS, divided into one million shares of the par value of ten cents each. and the same, when issued, shall be fully paid ana forever non-assessable. Said stock shall be is- sued at such time or times, and upon sucn terms and conditions as may be provided by the Board of Directors, and same may De ex, changed for mines or any other property reai personal or mixed, or for benefits accruing or services rendered to the corporation in any manner or form whatever, as said Board of Directors may determine, and in the absence of actual fraud in the transaction such deter imitation of the Board of Directors shall be final. -
 The time of the commencement of this cor poration shall be the date of the issuance to of a Certificate of Incorporation by the Ari- zona Corporation Commission, and the termi- nation thereof shall be twenty-five years there, after. with privilege of renewal as pro'ioeo by law. .,r,o, r s,x
 The manapement and control of the business property and affairs of the corporation snail be vested in a Board of Directors consisting of not less than three nor more than seven the stockholders of record at the regular an nual meeting of the stockholders which shall be held on the first Tuesday in August or eacn year, and said Directors so elected shall nolo office for one year or until their successors are elected and qualified; any vacancy which may occur in said Board of Directors whether caused by death, resignation or otherwise' shall be filled by election by the remaining members of said Board from among the stock holders of record. Said Board of Directors shall have the power to establish Bylaws and to make all rules and regulations necessary or convenient for the conduct and management of the affairs of the corporation. not inconsls- tent with law or these Articles or lncorpora' | ton.
 | Until the first annual meeting of the stock holders the following named persons shall con. stitute the Board of Directors, to-wit ANSON H. SMITH, R. A. LASSELL. M. A. SAWYER, L. A. DUNHAM and T. J. SPARKS
 ARTICLE SEVEN l The officers of the corporation shall con- sst of President, one or more Vice Presidents Secretary and Treasurer, and one or more o1 said offices, whose duties are not inconsistent may be held by the same person. The BoarG of Directors may provide for such additional officers as they may, deem necessary or prop er and shall prescribe the term of office, du. tiles and compensation. The officers named above shall be elected by the Board of Direct ors at their annual meeting which shall bs held as soon as practicable following the ad journment of the annual meeting ofl ths stockholders. and shall hold office for ont year or until their successors are elected anc qualified
 i The following named persons shall serve as the officers of the corporation until tht first annual meeting of the Board of Direct ors, to-wit:
 President, Anson H. Smith.
 Vice President, R. A. Lassell.
 Secretary and Treasurer, M. A. Sawyer.
 ARTICLE EIGHT
 The highest amount of indebtedness or lia biity. direct or contingentA to which this cor poration shall at any time subject itself, is tn, sum of Sixty Five Thousand Dollars.
 ARTICLE NINE
 The private property of the directors ant stockholders of this corporation shall be ant