Nogales international., 1928-02-28
ARTICLES of INCORPORATION
OF THE
LA FORTUNA MINING
COMPANY

PRESENT: That we, the under
signed, have this day associated
ourselves together for the pur-
pose of forming a corporation un-
Ger the laws of the State of Ari-
zona, and for that purpose we
hereby adopt the following Ar
ticles of Incorporation:
ARTICLE /.
The names and residences of
the incorporators are: M. c. Lit
tie, Nogales, Arizona; G.. A. Little.
Nogales, Arizona.
ARTICLE II.
The nama of the corporation
shall be LA FORTUNA MINING
COMPANY.
ARTICLE III.
The principal place of business
Of this corporation shall be the
City of Nogales, County of Santa
Cruz, State of Arizona, and the
Corporation may have such
branch offices within or without
the State Of Arizona, or within or
without the United States, as may
be hereafter established by the
board of directors; and meetings
of stockholders and of the board
of directors: may be held and any
business of the corporation trans
acted either at the principal Of
flee or at any branch office
thereof.
ARTICLE w.
Without in any particular limit
ing or restricting any of the OBJ
jects and powers of the corpora
ton, it is hereby expressly de-
clared and provided that the gen.
erai nature of the business pro-
posed to be transacted is:
Ito purchase, take, lease, or
otherwise acquire any mines, min
ing rights, and metalliferous
lands, and any interest therein,
and to explore, work, develop
end turn to account the same; to
crush, win, get, quarry, smelt,
calcine, refine, dress, amalgamate,
manipulate, and prepare for
market, ore, metal and mineral
substances of all kinds, and to
carry on any other metallurgical
operations which may seem con-
ductive to any of the objects of
the corporation; to buy, sell, man
and deal in minerals,
plants, machinery, implements,
conveniences. provisions, an d
things capable of being used in
with metallurgical op-
erations, or REQUIRED by workmen
or others employed by the corp
oration; to construct, carry out,
improve, manage, work,
control and Superintend and
roads, ways, tramways, railways,
bridges, reservoirs, watercourses,
aqueducts, wharves, furnaces,
sawmills, crushing works, hy-
draulic works, electrical works,
factories, warehouses, ships and
other works and conveniences
which may be necessary, directly
or indirectly in connection with
any of the objects Of the corpora
tion, and to contribute to, SUBJ
sidize or otherwise aid or take
part in any such operations.
2.-To buy, lease, or otherwise ,
acquire, sell, Or otherwise dispose
OF, drill, or otherwise develop,
lands containing, or thought to
contain, petroleum; to produce,
purchase, store, transport, refine,
and otherwise deal in petroleum
and its products at both whole
sale and retail; and to manu-
facture all or any of the products
Of petroleum and containers for
holding. the same.
s3--To purchase, lease and other
wise acquire, sell, exchange, and
otherwise dispose of, use, improve
and otherwise deal In real estate
ot all kinds and improvements
thereon, in the United States of
in Mexico or in any 9TH
er foreign country and to develop
and turn the same to account.
4.-To import, export, manufac-
tire, purchase or otherwise ACQUIRE,
deal in, hold, own, manage, sell,
pledge, transfer, or otherwise dis
pose OF goods, wares and merchan-
disc Of any and every class and
description, and generally to invest,
trade, and deal in personal prop
erty Of all kinds.
5.-To purchase, acquire, hold
and dispose of the stocks, bonds
and other evidences of indebted
ness of any firm, company or corp
grafton, domestic or foreign, and
any interest or participate therein
and issue in exchange therefor
Its stock, bonds or other obligations,
and while owner of any such stock,
bonds or other obligations, interest
or participation, to possess, vote
and otherwise exercise In respect
thereof all the rights, powers and
privileges of individual owners or
holders thereof.
6.-To make any guarantee re-
specting dividends, stocks, bonds,
contracts or other obligations so
far as the same may be permitted
by corporations organized under the
corporation laws of this State.
ITO do all and everything ne
cessary, suitable and proper for the
accomplishment of any of the pur-
poses or the attainment of any of
the objects or the furtherance of