Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1922-04-07

F. J. K. MCBRIDE, Chairman.
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 ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
 oATmAN APEX GOLD MINES, ING, Know All Men By These Presents:
 That we, the undersigned, have this day associated ourselves for the pur- pose of forming corporation under the laws of the State of Arizona, and here by adopt the following Articles of h. corporation:
 The name of this corporation is OAT- OMAN APEX GOLD MINES, INC.
 ARTICLE H.
 The names, residences and post of flee addresses of the incorporators are: M. B. Dudley, Kingman, Mohave County, Ar'zona; Beryl Mortlock, of the same place.
 ARTICLE III.
 The principal place of business of this corporation within the State of Arizona shall be Kingman, Mohave County, State of Arizona; but other offices may be established and maintained within or without the State of Arizona at such places as the Board of Directors may designate, where meetings of stockhold- cps and directors may be held and any ana all corporate business transacted. ARTICLE ".
 The general nature of the business proposed to be transacted is as follows, to-wit:
 To carry on a general mining, mill ing, smelting and reduction business; to cate or otherwise acquire, own, ex- change, sell or otherwise dispose of, pledge, mortgage. hypothecate and deal in mining claims and mines, both lode and placer, mineral lands, coal lands, oil lands, timber lands, agricultural lands, water and water-right. dam sites. and any other property. both real and personal, and to prospect for, work, ex plore, operate maintain and develop the same. and to deal in the products there of; to purchase, plat, subdivide. sell, lease and control lands and townsites; to purchase, lease or otherwise acquire, erect own. operate and sell milling, smelting and other ore reduction works, oil refineries, power plants. water works. railroads and tramways to lead from the principal works; to establish, acquire, build, construct, own. operate, exchange, sell and dispose of hotels, restaurants. stores and commissaries, houses and any and all other buildings and structures of whatsoever kind or to do a general manufacturing and agricultural business; to own, sell, handle and control letters pat ent and inventions ito own sell, can eel and reissue shares of its own 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 exercise all the rights and privileges of ownership, the right to vote thereon; to issue bonds, notes and other evidences of indebtedness ,and to secure the pay ment of the same by mortgage, deed of trust, or otherwise; to act as, agent, trustee broker, or in any other fiduciary | and to borrow and loan money; | md in general to do and perform such | ictS and things and transact such bus ness in connection with the foregoing | objects not inconsistent with law in any l part of the world, as the Board of Di- | 'ectors may deem to the advantage of he corporation.
 ARTICLE V.
 The authorized amount of capital Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($150,- '00. 0.O0), divided into One Million Five Hundred Thousand (1,500,000) shares of he par value of Ten Cents (0c) each, which shall be paid in at such time as he Board of Directors may designate, ices, lease, option to purchase, or any ther valuable right or thing, for the se and purposes of the corporation; |, nd all shares of capital stock when pon and thereby become and be fully aid up, the same as though paid for in ash at par, and shall be non-assessable orever. and the judgment of the direc- ors as to the value of any property, ight or thing acquired in exchange for apital stock shall be conclusive.
 ARTICLE VI.
 The time of the commencement of this shall be the day upon which
 certificate of incorporation is issued : y the Arizona Corporation Commission. nd the termination thereof shall be years thereafter, with the l rivilege of renewal, as provided by law.
 ARTICLE VII. In furtherance. and not in limitation, the powers conferred by statute, the fairs of the corporation shall be con lcted by a Board of Directors, consist | lg of not less than Three (3) nor more : lan Nine (9) members, each of whom $ lall be a stockholder of record, who nall serve for one year from the date ( election, or until their successors are a ected and have qualified. The direc- c ITS shall be elected annually by the q ockholders on the second Tuesday in ( tnuary of each year. The first Board c Directors shall be selected by the in c operators as soon as convenient after | e filing of these Articles of Incorpor c ion with the Arizona Corporation Com il ission, and shall hold office until the t. rSt annual meeting of the stockholders n until their successors are elected and il we qualified. and such board shall be O imposed of not less than Three (S) nor a ore than Nine (9) members, as the in O operators shall determine. u The stockholders, at each annual a eeting thereof shall by resolution fix b e number of directors at not less than 1t Iree (3) nor more than Nine (9), to rye for the ensuing year, and shall cl ,ct the number of directors so fixed ir said resolution. re The officers of this corporation shall m