Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1919-04-26
CERTIFICATE or INCORPORATION Thumb Butte Gold Mining Comany


 We, the undersigned, in order to form corporation for the purposes herein. after stated under and pursuant to the provisions of an act of the legislature Of the State of Delaware, entitled Ar Act providing General Corpora for Law approved March 10th, 1SS9) and the Acts amendatory thereof and supple mentary thereto, do hereby certify as follows:
 l. The name of the corporation is THUMB BUTTE GOLD MINING COM
 PANY.
 2. The principal office of the corpor- ation is to be located in the City of Dover, the County of Kent and State of Delaware. The name of its resident agent is the United States Corporation Company.
 8. The nature of the business of the corporation and the objects or purposes proposed to be transacted, promoted or carried on by it are as follows, to-wit:
 To acquire by purchase, lease location, announcement or in any lawful manner, mines, mining claims and concessions and mining properties of whatsoever kind or nature and to operate, sell and deal and trade in the same.
 ITO acquire by purchase. lease or in any lawful manner, and construct, main tain, operate, sell and deal in milling, treatment of ores.
 To acquire by location, purchase or in any lawful manner, waters, Water rights, hydraulic plants and el- 9ctric power plants and to construct, maintain, operate and sell and deal in the same.
 To maintain and conduct the business of buying and selling merchandise to construct, improve and maintain roads, highways. tramways and other means of transportation (not, however, constitut- ing public utilities) and to do every and any thing which may contribute to the objects and purposes of the company.
 To improve. manage develop, sell, as- sign, transfer, lease, mortgage, pledge or otherwise dispose of or turn to ac- count or deal with all or any part Of the property of the company. and from time to time to vary any investment or employment of capital of the com pany.
 To borrow money, and to make and issue notes. bonds, debentures, obliga- tions and evidences of indebtedness of all kinds. whether secured by mortgage, pledge or otherwise. without limit as to amount, and to secure the same by mortgage, pledge or otherwise; and geH- erally to make and perform agreements and contracts of every kind and des- cription.
 TO the same extent as natural per sons might or could do, to purchase or otherwise acquire, and to hold. own naintain, work. develop. sell. lease, eN- change, hire, convey, mortgage, or oth- erwise dispose of and deal in, lands and leasehOlds. and any interest, estate and rights in real property, and any person. al or mixed property, and any franchls- es,, rights. licenses or privileges necess- aNy, convenient or appropriate for any of the purposes herein expressed.
 To apply for, obtain, register, pur- chase. lease or otherwise to acquire and to hold, own, use. develop, operate and introduce, and to sell. assign, grant !- ccnseS or territorial rights in respect to, cf otherwise to turn to account or dis 4ose of, any copyrights, trade marks, trade names, brands, labels, patent | rights, letters patent of the United Stat es or of any other country or govern !! ment. inventions. improvements and processes, whether used in connection l with or secured under letters patent or l otherwise.
 To do all and everything necessary, suitable and proper for the accomplish ! ment of any of the purposes or the at tainment of any of the objects or the | furtherance of any of the powers here inbefore set forth, either alone or in as- | sociation with other corporations, firms i or individuals, and to do every other act | or acts, thing or things incidental or ap- | purtenant to or growing out of or con nected with the aforesaid business or powers of any part or parts thereof, provided the same be not inconsistent with the laws under which this corpor- ation is organized.
 To acquire by purchase, subscription or otherwise, and to hold for investment or otherwise and to use, sell, assign, transfer. mortgage, pledge or otherwise any other obligations or securities of any corporation or corporations; to merge or consolidate with any corpora tion in such manner as may be permitt- ed by law; to aid in any manner any col poration whose stock, bond or other obligations are held or in any manner guaranteed by the company, or in which the company is in any way interested. and to do any other acts or things for the preservation, protection, improve lncnt or enhancement of the value of any such stock, bonds or other oblga- tions, or to do any acts or things de- signed for any such purpose; and while owner of any such stock bonds or other obligations to exercise all the rights towers and privileges of ownership and to exercise any and all vot- ing powers thereon: to guarantee the payment of dividends upon any stock, or fhe principal or interest or both of any bonds or other obligations, and the per of any contracts.
 The business or purpose of tine com fany is from time to time to do any Sne or more of the acts and things here nbefore set forth, and it shall have power to conduct and carry on it's said business, or any part thereof. and to . lave one or more offices, and to exercise III or any of the corporate powers and ( lights, in the state of Delaware, and in I he various other states, territories. col c 'nies and dependencies of the United States, in the District of Columbia, and n all or any foreign countries. [ 4. The amount of the total authori- o ed capital stock of the corporate is )ne Million Five Hundred Thousand e Dollars s1500000) divided into one I million five hundred thousand I,5OO,- a 00) shares of One Dollar (S1.0O) each , The amount of capital stock with which { will commence business is One Thou a and Dollars ($1 1.00O.00). n ,. The names and places of residence :. s of each of the original subscribers u o the capital stock and the number of hares subscribed for by each, are as D blows: :, Iame Residence No. of Shares ' ierbert l. .McNair, Los Angeles, c
 California tl William Ellis Lady. Los Angeles. a
 California. vilford M. Peck, Los Angeles. Cal
 ifornia. 8 b rancis J. Mieding, Los Angeles, T.
 California. n |. K. Quinn. Los Angeles, California. 3 G. The corporation is to have per p etual existence. d T. The private property of the stock d. elders shall not be subject to the pay . lent of corporate debts to any extent " hatever b. &. The number of directors of the a. hal hn ha