Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1920-02-14
A. E. STELZEL, Secretary.
OF INCORPORATION
 BORDER of4 1l COMPANY

BORDER OIL COMPANY Know All Men By These Presents:
 That we, the undersigned, having as- sociated ourselves for the purpose Jf forming a corporation under the laws or Arizona, do hereby adopt the following Articles of Incorporation:
 ARTICLE I.
 The name of the corporation is BOR. DER OIL COMPANY.
 ARTICLE II.
 The names, residences and postofftce addresses of the incorporators are:
 JOHN H. CONWAY, Kingman. Ari-
 |. c. sTR1cKER, Kingman, Arizona.
 ARTICLE III.
 The principal place of business ot the corporation within Arizona shall oe Kingman, Mohave County. State of Art zona but other offices may be estab- lished and maintained within or out places as the Board of Directors may designate, where meetings of stock holders and directors may be held and any and all corporate business tlans- acted
 ARTICLE ".
 The general nature of the business proposed to be transacted is, to-wit:
 1. To purchase, lease, locate, pre-. empt, acquire, own, develop operate, sell and deal in petroleum and oil properties and wells, land, any interest therein and any and all products thereof, and Tn mines and quarries of all kinds. mining rights and claims, and the products thereof, in the State of Arizona, or any other State, Territory or Colony of the United States. or elsewhere, including any Indian Reservation of the United States open to mineral or petroleum 10. cations or leases. To mine, quarry, re- move, mill, reduce, smelt, amalgamate. refine, manufacture, and prepare for market, timber, ore, metal. metallic compounds, and mineral substances of fuels, petroleum, oils, all products. by products, mediates, immediates of all ores, minerals, fuels, petroleums and oils.
 g. To carry on the business of man. ufacturing, distributing, using and sell ing light, heat or power; to acquire anl equip water works and systems and sup ply 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 communities ton, stage lines, and other lines of trans portation Of passengers or mercha ndise, express lines, ferrys, steamship and boat lines of all kinds, in connection with its mining business aforesaid.
 3. To buy. acquire, construct, main tain, operate, and deal in machinery implements. tools, conveniences of ali 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, telephonic, tolegrapnic and other plants, warehouses; hotels. dwellings,, stores, harbors, wharves piers, docks, water course, fumes, canals G;ns iinsr reseryors. err aqueducts, dams, motors, ships, boats. elevators, and ali other kinds of structures, establish mentS articles or things necessary CT useful or conducive to the interests of the corporation.
 and take over the good will, assess rights and property of any mining, u,il- 1ty or other corporation or firm, asso- ciation, person, or persons, and pay for the same in cash, stock or bonds of this corporation or otherwise.
 5. To manufacture, purchase or ofh- erwise acquire. to hold, own, mortgage, pledge, sell assign and transfer, or otI.- erwise dispose of, to invest, trade des! in or deal with goods, wares and rrer- chandise, and real and personal property of every class and description, lands, buildings, business concerns and under. takings. mortgages, shares. stocks, de- bentures, securities, concessions, KOli- cies, book debts and claims, and any in terest in real or personal property, and any claims against such property, or against any person or cor3oration. sand to carry on any business, concern, or undertaking so acquired.
 b. To own, handle and control let ters patent and inventions and sha -es of It's own capital stock and that of other corporaslons' and to vote any shares of stock of other corporations owned by it | ne same as natural person might do; to borrow money and to issue bonds, notes, debentures and other evidences Ct and secure the payment of the same by mortgage deed of trust or to act as agent trustee, ;i,roS CT, or in any other fiduciary capdcitv: 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 Ia ", in any part of the world. as the board of directors may deem to the advantaHe of the corporation.
 z. The foregoing clauses shall be construed both as objects and powers. and It is hereby expressly provided that powers shall not be held to limit or restrict in any manner the powers of this coropration.
 ARTICLE V.
 The total authorized Capital Stock .od tnls corporation is One Million Dollars divided into One Million ll'oOO,ooO) shares, of the par value of one Dollar ($1.00) per share, which shall De paid in at such time as the board of directors may designate, in cash, real or personal property, lease, option to pur- chase, services, or any other valuab e right or thing, for the use and pur- poses Of the corporation, and all shares or the Capital Stock when issued in eX- change therefor shall thereupon and thereby be and become full-paid the same as though paid for in cash at par, ana shall be forever non -asSessable, and the Judgment of the directors 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 snail be the date of the issuance to it ot Certificate of Incorporation by the Arizona Corporation Commission, and lt shall endure for the full term of twen- -y-five (25) years thereafter with priv lege of perpetual succession, as pro 'lded by statute.
 ARTICLE VII.
 In furtherance, and not in limitation, )1 the power conferred by statute, the tffa1rs of the corporation shall be con iucted by board of directors, consist ng of not less than three (3), noi- more nan eleven GID members, each Of whom shall be a stockholder of record. Until the first annual meeting of the stockholders, and until their successors nave been elected and have qualified. the following named persons shall be the oi- 'ectors of the company: M. c. Clcve- and, l. c. Stricker W. J. De Lashmutt, Henry Lovin, John H. Conway, whose residences are at Kingman, Arizona n aI that