Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1919-04-19
Articles of Incorporation
 of the MIDDLE HACKBERRY MINES COM PANY

Know All Men By These Presents: That we the undersigned. have this day associated ourselves together for the purpose of organizing corporation un- der the laws of the State of Arizona. and for that purpose and to that end we do hereby adopt, execute, acknowledge and publish the following Articles of lncorporation:
 The names and postoffice addresses of the incorpOratorS are: T. J. Spark es, kingman, Arizona, and $. D. Mar tin, Blackberry, Arizona. and the name of the corporation shall be the Middle Blackberry Mines Company.
 ARTICLE II.
 sThe principal office and place of bus mess of the corporation shall be at Kingman, Arizona and the corporation shall have the right to establish such branch offices or places of business, either within or without the State of Arizona, as its Board of Directors, here time designate. and at which branch of fices or places of business meetings of the said Board of Directors may be held
 ARTICLE III.
 The general nature of the business proposed to be transacted and carried on by this corporation is that of min- ing, milling, smelting. ore reduction and treating in all of its related branches. and to do any and all of the things same extent as natural persons night or could do. in any part of the world, and to do any and every act and thing, and to engage in any and every busi- ness which may be, by its Board of Directors, deemed necessary, requisite, essential, convenient or auxiliary to the carrying out of the objects and purpos- es for which this corporation is formed.
 In furtherance, and not in limitation of its general powers and purposes, it iS expressly provided that this corpora ton shall have the following powers. to-wit:
 empt, acquire, own, develop, operate, sell and deal in copper mines, mines and quarries of all kinds, including gold silver, lead, zinc and all other minerals, mining rights and claims, petroleum, oil properties and wells, land, any in terest therein and any and all products thereof in any other State, Territory or Colony of the United States or else where. To mine, quarry, remove, mill, reduce, smelt, amalgamate, refine, man ufacture and prepare for market ore. metal, metallic compounds and mineral substances of all kinds, coal, coke, char coal and other fuels, petroleum, oils, all products, by-products, mediates and inn mediates of all ores, minerals, fuels. pe- troleum and oils.
 2. To carry on the business of manu- featuring, distributing, using and sell ing light, heat or power; to acquire and equip water works and systems and supply and deliver water for power, consumption, irrigation or any other purpose; to buy, acquire, construct, maintain and operate railroads, rail ways, tramways. telephone and tele- graph lines and other means of com munication, stage lines and other lines for transportation of passengers or mer- chandise, express lines, ferries, steam ships and boat lines of all kinds.
 3. To buy, acquire, construct, main- tain and n iyo- piements. tools, conveniences of all kinds, provisions and articles capable of being used in connection with mining, | utility, oil or other operations, furnaces, 1 shops power, light. gas. telephonic, tel l egraphic and other plants, ware houses, | hotels. dwellings, stores, harbors. whar- yes, piers, docks, water-courses, fumes, i lines, oil tanks, bridges. cars. motors. | ships, boats, elevators, and all other kinds of structures, establishments, ar- ticles or things necessary or useful or conducive to the interests of the corpor- ation.
 4. To subscribe to, purchase, acquire ! and to take over the good will, assets, rights and roperty of any mining, util- ity or other corporation or firm, asso- citation, person or persons, and pay for corporation or otherwise.
 5. To manufacture, purchase or oth- erwise acquire, to hold, own, mortgage, pledge, sell, assign and transfer, or oth- erwise dispose of, to invest trade, deal Tn and deal with goods, wares and mer- and real and personal proper " of every class and description lands, buildings, bushes concerns and under .akings, mortgages, shares, stocks, de- ,entures, securities, concessions, poli- ,ies, book debts and claims, and any in crest in real and personal property, and my claim against such property, or against any person or corporation, and o carry on any business, concern or so acquired; to acquire, 'wn, hold, sell, lease, dispose of or oth-