Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1922-05-26
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
 of the FRESNO GOLD MINES COMPANY

, KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRE- SENTS:
 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
 The names and post-office addresses of the 1ncorporators are: Louis L. Wal lace and l.. B. Sage. both of kingman, Mohave County, Arizona.
 The name of the corporation shall be FRESNO GOLD MINES COMPANY. Its principal place of business within the State of Arizona shall be Oatman. Mohave County, State of Arizona, but other offices may be established and maintained within or outside of Arizona, at 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 transact ed.
 ARTICLE H.
 The general nature of business pro- posed to be transacted by this corpora ton is as follows, to-wit:
 To carry on a general mining. milling smelting and reduction business; to make contracts; to purchase. lease, op- ton. 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, water and water rights dam sites and any other property. both real and personal, and to prospect for, work, eX- plore, maintain and develop the same, and to deal in the products and by products thereof; to purchase plat. sub divide, sell and control lands and town sites; to purchase. lease, or otherwise acquire. erect. own. operate. and sell milling, smelting and other ore reduc- tion works, oil refinerieS, 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. restaurants, stores. commissar- ies, houses, and any and all other build ings and structures of whatsoever kind or nature: to do a general manufactur- ing. mercantile and agricultural busi- ness: to own. handle. sell and control letters. patent and inventions; to own. cancel and reissue shares of its own capital stock: and to purchase, or other wise acquire. and to hold. own. sell. assign. mortgage, pledge or, otherwise dispose of shares. bonds, debentures, or other evidences of indebtedness of other corpora tions, and while the holder there of. to exercise all the rights and privi- leges of ownership including the right to vote thereon; to issue bonds, notes, and other evidences of indebtedness, and to secure the payment or same by mort gage, deed of trust, or otherwise: to act as agent. trustee. broker. or in any other fiduciary capacity. and to borrow and to loan money; and in general to do and perform such acts and things and transact such business in connection with the foregoing objects. not inconsis- tent with law. In any part of the world, as the Board of Directors may deem to the advantage of the corporation.
 ARTICLE HI
 The capital stock of this corporation shall be One Hundred Fifty Thousand and No-l00 N150.0o0.0o) Dollars. divided into one million five hundred thousand N.s00. 000) shares of the par value of Ten Cents l0c) each; such capital Atock 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 Corporate and ah 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 for ever, and the judgment of the Directors as to the value of any property. right or thing. acquired in exchange for capital