The border vidette., 1925-02-28
ARTICLES or INCORPORATION

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PBESENTs
That we. the undersigned, having as
ISOLATED ourselves for the purpose Of
forming corporation under the laws
OF the State of Arizona do hereby adopt
the following Articles of Incorporation; !;
ARTICLE I. The Incorporators are:
Nate McCutchan.
Tulsa, Oklahoma.
]. e. McCutchan.
Tulsa. Oklahoma.
O. A. Flanagan.
Tulsa, Oklahoma
and the name OF the corporation shall
be THE OTATE MINING COMPANY
It's principal place of business within
the State of Arizona shall be NOgales.
Arizona, but other offices may be es-
tablisbed and maintained within or
outside the State Of Arizona and at
such places as the Board of Directors
may designhte, where meetings of stock
holders and directors and any and all
corporate business transacted.
ARTICLE IL. The general nature of
the business proposed to be transacted
by this corporation is that OF mining,
milling, converting, preparing for
market, and otherwise producing and
dealing in gold, silver. copper, lead.
zinc, brass, iron. steel, and all kinds of
ore. metals, and minerals. oils, gas and
coal, and the products and by products
thereof; the corporation shall have
power to purchase, lease, or otherwise
acquire, own, exchange, mortgage,
hypothecate, SELL lease and otherwise
dispose OF and deal in mines and min
eral lands of all kinds. oil, coal and
timber lands, real and personal prop
erty, water and water rights, and to
work. explore, operate and develop the
same; to purchase or otherwise acquire,
erect. own, operate. and dispose of
smelling and other ore reduction works,
oil refneries, saw mills, and power
plants; to acquire own and hold ranch
and agricultural lands, and all other
kinds of real estate, and any estate
therein and to sell. mortgage, lease,
or otherwise dispose of the same; to
purchase and own shares of it's own
capital stock, and that of other cor
poratiOns, and to vote any shares,Of a
stock owned and held by it in other
corporations. the same as natural
person might or could do; and in gen.
eral to do and perform any and all of
such acts and things and to transact
such business in connection with the
foregoing objects, not inconsistent with
law, in the State of Arizona. and any
other state or territory Of the United
States OF America, and in any state of
the Republic Of Mexico and elsewhere,
as tie Board OF Directors of said cor
poration may deem to be to the ad.
vantage OF the corporation.
ARTICLE III. The capital stock OF
of the corporation shall be One Million
Dollars, divided into One Million shares
of the par value of One (Sl.0O) Dollar
each, which shall be paid in at snch
times as the Board of Directors may
designate, in cash, real or personal
property, services. leases, option to
purchase, or any other valuable right
or thing, for the use and purposes OF
the corporation. and all shares OF cap.
ital stock, when issued in exchange
therefor, shall thereupon ard thereby
become and be full.paid the same as
though paid for in cash at par, and
shall be non -assessa BILE forever, and the
| iud dgment OF the directors as to the
value of any property, right or thing
acquired in exchange for capital stock
shall be conclusive.
ARTICLE I've The commencement
of the corporation shall be the date of
| the issuance to it of certificate of in
corporation by the Arizona Corporation
Commission, and it shall endure for the
! full term OF twenty-five years there
after, with privilege OF perpetual sue.
cessation as provided by statute.
ARTICLE v The affairs of the cor
poration shall be conducted by Board
| of Directors and such officers as the
said directors may elect or appoint.
| The number Of directors shall be de.
signated by the bylaws and shall be
elected from among the stock holders
at their annual meeting to be held on
the 9Th day of January of each year.
Until the first annual meeting OF the
stock holders and until their successors
have been elected and have qualified,
the following named persons shall be
| the officers aud directors: Nate Nc
! Cutchan. Floyd T.. Thompson. J. e.
McCutchan and O. A. Flanagan.
ARTICLE vi. The directors sbal
have power to adopt, amend and recind
bylaws To fill vacancies occurring Ia
the board from any canse, and to ap'
point from their own number An ex
ecutive committee. as managing di
rector. or both. with all the powers
granted the directors by these articles
! ARTICLE VII. The highest am
cunt of indebtedness or liability tt
which the corporation may at any ont
time snhject itself is Five Hundred
Thousand Dollars.
ARTICLE TX. This corporation does
hereby appoint Malcolm c Little o
Nogales. Arizona who has been bon'
fide resident OF the State Of Ar'Zont
for at least three years, it's lawful agen
in and for the State Of Arizona, for ant
in behalf Of said company. 10 arrep
and arZnnM ladue OF and nDOn " hon