The daily morning oasis., 1919-12-24
StDl1 OF ARIZONA

~ S1Dl OF ARIZONA
Office of the
! ARIZONA CORPORATION COMMIS
SION
United States of America,
' SIS
State of Arizona,
The ARIZONA CORPORATION
COMISSION does hereby certify that
the annexed is true and complete
transcript of the
ARTICLES OFF INCORPORATION
OF
TAFT MINING AND
EXPLORATION COMPANY
which were filed in the office of said
Arizona Corporation Commission on
the 4th day of December A. D. 1919,
at 1000 o'clock a. M, as provided by
law.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, the
Arizona Corporation Commission,
by it's Chairman, has hereunto set
its hand and affixed it's Official
Seal. Done at the City of Phoe-
nix, the Capital, this 4th. day of
December A. D. 1919.
(SEAL)
ARIZONA CORPORATION COM.
MISSION
AMOS A. BELTS
Chairman
ATTEST:
A. E. STELZER
Secretary
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
of
TAFT MINING AND
EXPLORATION COMPANY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE
PRESENTS: That we ALFRED z.
TAFT, of Nogales, Santa Cruz Coun-
ty, State of Arizona, and ALFRED z.
TAFT, JR, B. Y. TAFT, MILDRED
TAFT TINKffAM, SARAH TAFT
SOMERS, MARY E. PHILLIPS, and
RUSSELL TINKHAM, all of the City
of Los Angeles, County of Los Angel
es, State of California, have this day
associated ourselves together for the
purpose of forming corporation un-
der the laws of the State Of Arizona
for the objects hereinafter set forth
and to that end do declare:
I
The name of this corporation and
by which it shall be authorized to
conduct its business is TAFT MIN
ING AND EXPLORATION COM.
PANY.
II
The principal office or place of trar
saction of business of this corporation
shall be at Nogales, Santa Cruz Coun
s ty, Arizona; and branch offices maS
8 be kept and maintained at such Other
: place or places, either in the United
States or foreign country as the
: Board of Directors may from time t.
t time determine; at any of which Of
4 fices meetings may be held and al
business of the company may be- tran
1 sacted
: The time of the commencement Of
! this corporation shall be the day Of
the filing of these Articles OF Incor
poration in the office of the Count,
Recorder of Santa Cruz County, Ari
"a, and a certified copy thereof il
the office of the Corporation Com
mission of the State of Arizona, anc
the termination there Of shall be
4 twenty-five years thereafter, unless
the same be renewed, or be dissolved
before that time by majority vote
of the stockholders, or by operation
of law.
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The general nature. of the business
proposed to be transacted by this cor
poration is to locate, buy, bond, &C.
quire,- hold, own lease, possess, op-
crate or sell, mortgage, : pledge or
otherwise hypothecate or dispose Of
mines, or mining claims, or prospects
of gold, silver, copper, or any or all
other kinds of mining OF mineral
lands or property, oil wells or oil
lands, OIL. gas, asphaltum, petroleum
or any other products, water, or water
rights, and any AnG all kinds of real
estate and personal property. To en-
gage in and carry on the business of
mining, to purchase or build, own,
operate and sell, hypothecate or dis
pose of stamp mills and other mills,
smelters, sampling works and reduc-
tion plants, of every description for
milling, smelling, sampling and re-
ducing ores, and ore products, to pur-
chase, own, handle and deal in per-
sonal property and all property of
Eevery kind and nature whatsoever
necessary and requisite to the tran
saction of its business; to carry on
and conduct a general merchandise
business and to that end to deal in