Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1920-01-03
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION

ATTEST. Chairman.
 A. E. STELZER, Secretary
 ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
 PINE SPRINGS COPPER COMPANY Know All Men By These Presents:
 That we, the undersigned having as- sociated ourselves for the purpose of of Arizona, do hereby adopt the follow. ing Articles of Incorporation.
 ARTICLE I.
 sPRfNGs as Gae coPPER sRs 'espHrPS Go%PA%Y. " FINE
 ARTICLE II.
 The names, residences and postoffice addresses of the 1neorporators gre H HI. Watkins, Kingman, Arizona.
 I. M. GEORGE, Kingman Arizona.
 ARTICLE III.
 The principal place of business of the corporation within Arizona shall be zona; but other offices may be estab- lished and maintained within or out side of the State of Arizona, a. such places as the Board of Directors may designate, where meetings of stock holders and directors may be held and any and all corporate business trans
 The general nature of the husiasss proposed to be transacted is. to-wit: empt, acquire. own, develop, operate. sell aaarries % of M ali fIRn finds. , mining lights and claims. petroleum and oil properties and wells, land, any interest therein and any and all products thereof in Arizona, or of the United States, or elsewhere, in- cluding any Indian Reservations of the United States open to mineral locations and mineral leases. To mine. quarry. refine, manufacture, and prepare for mar ket, timber, ore, metal. metallic com pounds, and mineral substances of all kinds, coal, coke. charcoal and other products, mediates, immediates of all ores. minerals, fuels, petroleums and oils.
 2. To carry on the business of man. distributing, using and sell ing light, heat or power; to acquire and equip water works and systems and sup ply and deliver water for power con- irrigation or any other. pnr- and operate railroads, railways, tram- ways, telephone and telegraph lines and other means of communication, stage transportation of passengers or mer- chandise, express lines, ferrys, steam ship and boat lines of all kinds, in con- nection with its mining business afore- said.
 3. To buy. acquire, construct, main tain, operate, and deal in machinery, i'm plements, tools, conveniences of all kinds provisions and articles capable of being used in connection with mining. utility. oil or other operations furnaces, mills, factories machine shops. power, light, gas, telephonci, telegraphic and other plants, warehouses, hotels piers, docks. water course, fumes. canals, reservoirs, aqueducts, dams, pips lines. oil tanks, bridges, cars, motors. ships, boats, elevators, airships, aero, planes, dirigibles, and other aircraft, and all other kinds of structures, establish ments, articles or things necessary or useful or conducive to the interests of the corporation.
 4. TO subscribe to, purchase, acquire, and take over the good will, assets, rights and property of any mining, util- fly or other corporation or firm, asso- citation, eha person. or persons, and pay for corporation or otherwise.
 D.. To manufacture, purchase or oth- erwise acquire, to hold, own, mortgage, erwise dispose of, to invest, trade, deal, In and deal with goods, wares and mer- chandise, and real and personal proper ty Of every class and description, lands, takings, mortgages, shares, stocks, de- bentures. securities, concessions, poli- 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 so acquired.
 6. To own, handle and control letters patent and inventions and shares of its 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 a natural person might do; to borrow money and to issue bonds, notes, debentures and other evidences of indebtedness and secure the payment of the same by mortgage deed of trust or otherwise; to act as agent, trustee. brok- er, or in any other fiduciary capacity; and in general to do and perform such acts and things and transact such bus mess in connection with the foregoing objects, not inconsistent with Flaw, in any part of the world, as the board of directors may deem to the advantag ge of the corporation. both as objects and bowers. and 1t is hereby expressly provided that the foregoing enumeration of specific powers shall not be held to limit or restrict in any manner the powers of
 ARTICLE V. u The total authorized Capital Stock of this corporation is Two Million Dollars l2,0oo. .ooo) shares, of the par value of One Dollar ($1.o0) per share. which shall be paid in at such time as the boar board of directors may designate, In option to purchase, services, or any oth- pr valuable right or thing, for tn, use and purposes Of the corporation. and all shares of the Capital Stock when is- sued in exchange therefor shall there- upon and thereby be and become full paid the same as though paid for In cash at par. and shall be forever non- and the judgment of the di- rectors as to the value of any property, right or thing acquired in exchange for capital stock shall be conclusive
 ARTICLE VI.
 The commencement of the corporation shall be the date of the issuance to 1t of a Certificate of Incorporation by the Arizona Corporation Commission, and it shall endure for the full term of twen- ty-five (25) years thereafter. with privi- ege of perpetual succession, as pro- led by statute.
 M ARTICLE VII.
 In furtherance, and not in limitation, of the power conferred by statute, the affairs of the corporation shall be con- 1ucted by board of directors, consist ing of not less than three (3), nor more than fifteen G5) members, each of whom shall be stockholder of record. Until the first annual meeting of the and until their successors have been elected and have qualified, the Following, named persons shall be the directors of the company: W. K. Rid enour, I. M. George, Charles Granger, J; H. Knight, J. H. Rosenberg, E. A. Shaw, Carl G. Krook, whose residences are at Kingman, Arizona: Provided. however. that at the first meeting of the stockholders, or at any adjourned meeting thereof a new board of direc tors may be elected, to be composed of