Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1922-11-03
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
RED GAP MINES COMPANY

Know All Men By These Presents:
 That we, whose names are hereto af- fixed. do hereby associate ourselves to- gether for the purpose of forming a corporation under the laws of the State of Arizona. and to that end adopt the following Articles of Incorporation.
 ARTICLE I.
 That the names and post-office ad- | dresses of the 1ncorporatorS are: John T. Burns, of Colorado Springs. Colorado; and J. s. Withers, of Kingman. Mohave County, Arizona.
 The name of the corporation shall be RED GAP MINES COMPANY.
 Its principal place of business within | the State of Arizona shall be Kingman, Mohave County, Arizona, but other off, fices may be established and maintained within or outside of Arizona. at such places as the Board of Directors may designate. where meetings of stockhold. CTS and directors may be held any and all corporate business transacted. ARTICLE II.
 | The general nature of business pro- posed to be transacted by this corpora | tion is as follows, to-wit:
 To carry on a general mining, milling, smelling and reduction business; to make contracts; to purchase, lease, op- | tion, locate or otherwise acquire, own, exchange. sell or otherwise dispose of, pledge. mortgage. hypothecate and deal | in mines, and mining claims, both lode and placer. mineral lands, coal lands, oil lands. timber lands. agricultural lands, any other property, bothe real and per- sonal. and to prospect for, work. explore, maintain and develop the same, and to deal in the products and by-products thereof; to purchase, plat. subdivide, sell and control lands and townSites; to pur- chase, lease. or otherwise acquire erect, own, operate, and sell milling. smelting and other ore reduction works, oil re- fineries, power plants, water works railroads and tramways to lead from the >company's principal works; to establish, acquire, build, construct, own, operate exchange, sell and dispose of hotels, rcs- taurants, stores, commissaries, houses, and any and all other buildings and structures of whatsoever kind or nature; to do a general manufacturing, mercan- tile and agricultural business; to own, handle, sell and control letters patent and inventions; to own, cancel and re- issue shares of its own capital stock; and to purchase, or otherwise acquire, and to hold, own, sell, assign, mortgage, pledge or otherwise dispose of, shares. bonds, debentures, or other evidences Of indebtedness of other corporations, and while the holder thereof. to exercis all tn rights and privileges of ownership, including the right to vote thereon; to issue bonds, notes, and other evidences of indebtedness, and to secure the pay ment of same by mortgage. deed of trust, or otherwise: to act as agent, trustee, broker, or in any other flduciary capacity, and to borrow and to loan money; and in general to do and per form such acts and things and transact such business in connection with the foregoing objects, not inconsistent with law, in any part of the world, as the Board of Directors may deem to the ad- vantage of the corporation.
 ARTICLE III.
 The capital stock of this corporation shall be One Hundred Fifty Thousand and No-10O ($150, 0,000.00) Dollars. divided into one million five hundred thousand G,500.000) shares of the par value of Ten Cents (1Oc) each; such capital stock may be issued, at such times as the Board of Directors may designate, either for cash, or real Or personal property, or services or lease, or option to pur- chase, or any other valuable right or thing, for the uses and purposes of the corporation, and all shares of capital stock so issued shall thereupon and thereby become and be full-paid. the same as though paid for in cash at par. and shall be non-assessable forever, and the judgment of the Directors as to the value of any proprty, right or thing. ac- quired in exchange for capital stock shall be conclusive, in the absence of actual fraud in the transaction.
 ARTICLE ".
 The time of the commencement of this corporation shall be the date of the issuance to it of certificate of incor- poration by the Arizona Corporation Commission and it shall endure for a full term of twenty-five years, there after, with privilege of perpetual suc- .. ARTICLE V.
 cession as provided by law.
 The affairs of the Corporation shall be conducted by a Board of Directors, consisting of not less than three (3) nor more than nine (9) members by whom President, a Vice-President, a Secretary and Treasurer shall be elected from among the stockholders, provided that the offices of Secretary and Treas urer may be held by the same person. | The Board of Directors may from time to time appoint such other officers and agents as to them may seem meet and proper. The Directors shall be elected by and from among the stock holders at their annual meeting to be held on the first Monday in October Tn each year, and shall hold office for | ONE YEAR and until their successors nave been elected and have qualified. | Until the first annual meeting of the stockhoiders and until their successors nave been elected and have qualified, the following named persons shall be the of 11cers and directors as stated:
 John T. Burns, President and Di