Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1920-02-07
A. E. Stelzer, Secretary
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
 of MEX TEX OIL COMPANY

Know All Men By These Presents:
 That we, the undersigned, having as. sociated ourselves for the purpose or forming a corporation under the laws Of of Arizona, do hereby adopt the follow ing Articles of Incorporation:
 ARTICLE I.
 The name, of the corporation is MEX TEX OIL COMPANY.
 ARTICLE II.
 The names, residences and postcffice addresses of the incorporators are'
 M c. CLEVELAND, Kingman, Ari- I. c. STACKER, Kingman, Arizona.
 JOHN H. CONWAY, Kingman, Arizona
 ARTICLE III.
 The principal place of business of the corporation within Arizona shall De zona; but other offices may be estab- lished and maintained within or out side of the State of Arizona, at such places as the Board of Directors may holders and directors may be held and any and all corporate business tranF- acted.
 The general nature of the business proposed to be transacted is, to-w1t;
 1. To purchase, lease, locate, preernpt, acquire, own, develop, operate, sell md deal in petroleum and oil properties ana wells, land, any interest therein and any and all products thereof, and in min es and ouarries of all kinds mining rights and claims, and the products thereof in the State of Arizona, or any other State, Territory or Colony or the United States, or elsewhere, including any Indian Reservation of the Unlted States open to mineral or petroleum To- cations or leases. To mine, quarry, re- move, mill, reduce, smelt. amalgamate, refine, manufacture, and prepare TOT market, timber, ore, metal, metallic com1 pounds, and mineral substances of all kinds, coal, coke, charcoal and other fuels, petroleum, oils, all products. h%- products, mediates. immediates Of all ores. minerals, fuels. petroleums and oils.
 2. To carry on the business of man. ufacturing, distributing, using and sell ing light, heat or power; to acquire and equip water works and systems and supply and deliver water for power con- sumption, irrigation or any other pur- pose; to buy, acquire, construct, main tain and operate railroads, railways, tramways. telephone and telegraph lines and other means of communication, stage lines, and other lines of transpor- tation of passengers or merchandise, ex- press lines, ferrys, steamship and boat lines of all kinds, in connection with ts mining business aforesaid
 B. To buy, acquire, construct, main tain, operate, and deal in machinery, im- plements, tools, conveniences of all kinds provisions and articles capable of being used in connection with mining, utility,
  ters, mills, factories, machine shops, power. light, gas, telephonic. telegraphic and other plants, warehouses, hotels, dwellings stores, harbors. wharves, piers, docks, water course, fumes, can als. reservoirs, aqueducts, dams, pipe lines, oil tanks. bridges. cars, motors, ships, boats, elevators and all other kinds of structures, establishments ar conducive to the interests of the cor poration.
 A. To subscribe to, purchase, acquire, and take over the good will, assets, rights and property of any mining, util- ity or other corporation or firm, asso- ciaton, person, or persons, and pay for the same in cash, stock or bonds of this corporation or otherwise
 b.. 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 in and deal with goods. wares and mer- chand1se, and real and personal proper ty of every class and description, lands, buildings. business concerns and under takings, mortgages, shares, stocks de- bentures, securities. concessions, polj- cies, book debts and claims, and any interest in real or personal property, and any claims against such property or against any person or corporation and to carry on any business, concern or undertaking so acquired.
 5. To own handle and control letters patent and inventions and shares of it's own capital stock and that of other cor porations, and to vote any shares of stock Of other corporations owned by it the same as natural person might do; to borrow money and to issue bonds, notes, debentures and other evidence of indeb- tedness and secure the payment of the same by mortgage, deed of trust or oth- erwise; to act as agent. trustee, broker, or in any other fiduciary capacity; and in general to do and perform such acts and things and transact such business fin connection with the foregoing objects, not inconsistent with law, in any part of the world, as the board of directors may deem to the advantage of the cor poration. z. The foregoing clauses shall be con. strued both as objects and powers, and it is hereby expressly provided that the | foregoing enumeration of specific pow