The News-Herald, 1903-01-24

adopt the following Articles of Incorporation, for the purpose of forming a corporation under the laws of the Territory of Arizona: Article I. The names of the corporators are B. A. Stephens and A. F. Bland. The name of the Corporation is: Mesquite Springs Gold Com Company. - pany. Company. The principal place of transacting busi business - ness business of the corporation is the City of Phoenix, county of Maricopa, Territory of Arizona. Article 11. The general nature of the busi business - ness business to be transacted is to buy, sell and lease, claims, prospects and mines, containing any and all kinds of minerals and metals, develop the same, and market the products thereof; al also - so also water and water-rights, for irrigation, do domestic - mestic domestic use, and power; also any and all kinds of personal and real property, which may be deemed convenient, incident and necessary by the Board of Directors to conduct said business. Article 111. The highest amount of indebted indebtedness - ness indebtedness and liability, direct or contingent, to which the corporation may, at any time, be subject, shall not exceed the sum of six hun hundred - dred hundred and sixty-six thousand, six hundred and sixty-six and two-thirds dollars. The capital stock is one million dollars, divided into one million shares, of the par value of one dollar each. Article IV. The term which the corporation shall endure is twenty-five years. Witness the hands and seals of the corpo corporators - rators corporators : B. A. Stephens (Seal.) A. F. Bland (Seal.) State of California, s S County of Los Angeles- ) On this 31st. day of July, in the year one thousand nine hundred and two, before me, G. F. McLellan, a notary public in and for said County of Los Angeles, State of California, residing therein, duly commissioned and sworn, personally appeared B. A. Stephens, and A .F. Bland, known to me to be the persons whose names are subscribed in the within in instrument, - strument, instrument, and they acknowledged to me that they acknowledged to me that they executed the same. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my official seal the clay and Vear in this certificate first above written. G. F. McLellan, Notary Public.in Notarial Seal, and for said county of Los Angeles, State of California. Territory of Arizona ) County of Maricopa ) I, B. F McFall, County Recorder in and for the county and Territory aforesaid, hereby certify that I have compared the fore foregoing - going foregoing copy with the original Articles of Incor Incorporation - poration Incorporation of the Mesquite Springs Gold Co., filed and lecordered in piy office on the 31st day of October, 1902, in Book No. 12 of Incorpora Incorporations, - tions, Incorporations, at ppge323 and that the same is a full, true and correct copy of such original and of the whole thereof. Witness my hand and seal of office, this 31st day of October, 1902. t Seal) B. F. McFall, By A.S. Arthur, Deputy. County Recorder. First publication Jan. 24,1903. The people of the Territory of Arizona lose on an average over S2OO every day that the present legislature neglects to pass a law collecting the defects in the present corporation law, whereby the Ter Territorial - ritorial Territorial Secretary is allowed to put the fees in his pocket. Investiga Investigation - tion Investigation will prove this, and if they have the interest of their con constituents - stituents constituents at heart, they will not hesitate long befoie investigating and passing a law to turn this money into the Territorial Treasury either thi ougli the Secretary, or through the Territorial Auditor, as Governor Brodie so well suggests in his message. A. M. Cameron, the Walnut Grove dam watchman, has dis discovered - covered discovered and located three claims below the Sam Powell ranch which promise to rival anything in that section. Samples of the ore brought to town this week horn away up. One of the ledges is three and the other four feet and can be traced some distance. Abe Rowe has secured a half interest in the claims and will at once start development work. This is one of the best sec sections - tions sections contributory to Wickenburg. Much free gold is visible in a three inch streak along the hanging wall. The Burson mine, which has been idle for a few months, awaiting new cable and other supplies, has again started up and sinking in the shaft will will be continued to a depth of about 1600 feet. The new cable has been spliced and work was resumed early in the week. A number of drums of distilate were received Sunday and taken to the mine with other supplies. The in incline - cline incline shaft is now down between 700 and 800 feet. George W. Sanders has sued the Phoenix Street Railway company for $15,550 for injuries sustained there some time since, when he was thrown from a car on one of the numerous curves, Mr. Sanders has suffered ever since from the effects of the fall he received and now asks sort of reimbursement. The interest in the Oro Grande section continues with renewed vigor and considerable prospecting and development work is being done.

ARTILCES OF INCORPORATION OF THE VIONANA SPECIALTY COMPANY. 1. We. H. Cleveland Beach, W. S Beekman and M. D. Flattery, agree to form a corporation under the laws of the Territory of Arizona under the name of the "Vionana Specialty Com Company," - pany," Company," with its principal place of trans transacting - acting transacting business at Phoenix. Arizoha, witli a branch office in Boston, state of Massachuetts, and such other branch officers as «tay be decided on by di directors. - rectors. directors. 2. The objects for which the cor corporation - poration corporation is established, and to carry on the business of manufacturing chem chemists. - ists. chemists. manufacturing fruit juices, pre preserves, - serves, preserves, flavoring extracts, soda foun fountain - tain fountain preparations, syrups, perfumes and all other extracts and preparations used by confectioners, bakers, ice cream makers, bottlers and grocers and hotel and restaurant keepers, and to acquire and carry on the whole or any part of the business, good will or assets of any person, firm or corporation carrying on. or proposing to carry on, any of the business which this corporation is au authorized - thorized authorized to carry on, and as part of the consideration sos such acquisition to undertake any or all of the liabilities of such persons of corporation, and to pay for such acquisition in cash or in the stock of this corporation, and to promote any other corporation for the carrying on or for acquiring any old or new business in line with the gen general - eral general business of this corporation, and to borrow and raise money in such man manner - ner manner as the directors shall see fit for the niimose of earrying on the business of the corporation or developing the same, and generally to do all other such things whether of the like or other kind, or to do any other kind of busi business - ness business which the directors may consider to be of advantage to the interests of this corporation. 3. The capital stock of said corpora corporation - tion corporation shall be two hundred and fif J v thousand dollars ($250,000), divided into twenty-five thousand shares of the par value of ten dollars ($10.00) each, which stock shall be issued paid up and non-assessable in exchange for cash, services or property. 4. The business of said corporation shall be conducted by a board of three, five or seven directors, who shall be elected annualy by the stockholders cf this corporation. 5. The corporation shall commence business on the date these articles are filed in the office of the Secretary of Arizona, and shall terminate twenty twentyfive - five twentyfive years thereafter. 6. The highest amount of indebted indebtedness, - ness, indebtedness, direct or contingent, to which this corporation shall subject itself at anv time is one hundred and fifty thousand dollars ($150,000) 7. The private property of stock stockholders - holders stockholders of this corporation shall be exempt from its corporate debts. In witness whereof, we have hereunto subscribed our names this 12th day of November, 1902. M. D. FLATTERY. (Seal) W. S. BEEKMAN. (Seal) H. CLEVELAND BEACH. (Seal) State of Massachusetts, County of Suffolk, ss. On this 29th day of November, in the year 1902, before me, George M. Steams, a Notary Public in and for the jounty aforesaid, residing therein, duly commissioned and sworn, personally appeared M. D. Flattery, H. C. Beach, W. S. Beekman, known to me to be the persons described in, whose names are subscribed to, and who executed to an annexed - nexed annexed instrument, and they acknowl acknowledged - edged acknowledged to me that they executed the same for the purposes and considera considerations - tions considerations therin expressed. In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my official seal the day and lear last above written. GEO. M. STEARNS. (SeaD Notary Public. My commission expires Oct. 15, 1903. Territory of Arizona, County of Maricopa, ss. I, B. F. McFall, County Recorder in and for the county and territory afore aforesaid, - said, aforesaid, do hereby certify that the within instrument was filed for record at 1:03 o'clock p. m. an this Bth day of De December, - cember, December, 1902, and duly recorded in Book No. 12 of Incorporations, Records of Maricopa County, Arizona, at pages 481 to 483. Witness my hand and official seal the day and year above written. B. F. McFALL, (Seal) County Recorder. ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION of the MESQUITE SPRINGS GOLD COMPANY. KNOW ALL FOLK BY THESE WRITINGS: That we, citizens of the United States of Amer America, - ica, America, whose names are underwritten, do hereby

THE WHITE MINE Development WorK Proceed Proceeding - ing Proceeding Rapidly on this Rich BlacK Rock Property. A NEW HOIST COMING. The News-Herald man visited the Sam Powell section in the Black Rock district, early in the week and noted considerable doing in that promising neighborhood. The Black Rock,Ltd., mine is only be being - ing being worked with a small Clew, pending negotiations with a large English syndicate. Development work is just being started on the Cameron claims, w'here a rich strike has just been made. These claims are just west of the White riiine, where the most active development work in the section is being done. One tunnel is now in the mountain about 190 feet, running along the ledge. At present most of the Work is being done on the lower tunnel, which is in something over 500 feet on the ledge. Two shifts are being worked and the results are most gratifying. Assa} r s have been made Cfery ten feet along this tunnel, the lowest of which was $6.80 and the highest $143 in gold and silver. An upraise has recently been made, connecting the lower tunnel with a cross cut leading to the upper one, for the purpose of ventilating the workings. The upper tunnel is on a ledge parallel to the one develop developed - ed developed by the lower tunnel and the 62 foot cross cut connecting the two shows considerable mineralization between the two. At places along both ledges considerable wulfenite and galena occur. On the upper dump, containing about 250 tons of ore taken from the tunnel, the writer found a number of pieces of ore showing free gold. All the ove is freely honeycombed with oxi.des and "looks good" to any miner. The company own six claims and have a bond on the lowa, Texas and Big Six just across the river, being extensions of the ledges being de developed - veloped developed in the tunnels. It is one of the best located in Ariz Arizona - ona Arizona for cheap working, the Hass Hassayampa - ayampa Hassayampa river cutting across the property at the mouth of their tun tunnels - nels tunnels under the ilark Horse moun mountain, - tain, mountain, while on the othei side of the river, 200 feet distant, is one of the best mill sites to be found any anywhere. - where. anywhere. An abundance of water is in the river at this point at all times. A 40-horse power hoist has just been purchased and will be here within a short time, now being in transit. This hoist will at once be put in place, one side of the river or the other, and sinking started on the ledge. The work at the property is under the able supervision of Leonard White, an old-timer here and one of the original and present owners. Among the officers and directors are such men as B. F. Porter, for formerly - merly formerly Supt. of the M. & P. Ry.; Ed. Eisele; J. Elliot Walker, Coun County - ty County Treasurer; A. J. Edwards, ex exdistrict - district exdistrict attorney; L. H. Landis, General Agent S. F. P. & P. Ry.; Oliver P. Morton, ex- deputy dis district - trict district attorney and Fletcher M. Doan, Associate Justice Supreme Court of Arizona. The general offices are in Phoenix. A bill has been introduced into California Legislature providing for the unsexing of all criminals commited to the penetentiary the second time, also all men committ committing - ing committing aggravated assaults upon wo women. - men. women. It is a good bill and strikes holy terror into the hearts of evil evildoers. - doers. evildoers. Rather hard onthecriminals, but there is nothing like severity in making good citizens. Bert Schoof, who is doing con contract - tract contract work with A1 Anderson on the Oro Grande Exploration & Develop Development - ment Development Co. property, was in town purchasing supplies Tuesday,

The New Railroad. The prelminary survey of the new road to pass down through the Bill Williams Fork county to con connect - nect connect with the Southern California railroad near Cajon, California, is now under way. The party is in charge of S.F. Cochran, who is con considered - sidered considered one of the best civil en engineers - gineers engineers in the employ of the rail railroad - road railroad company. The road passes down the valley of the Santa Maria and Bill Williams Fork and crosses the Colorado river near Parker, The grade is one of the best of all the routes heretofore selected to the coast. It is rumored that the Rock Island is back of the road, but it appears that it is a cutoff from central Arizona to the coast It will open up one of the richest gold and copper mining regions in the territory. In that section are mines that isolation alone keeps from being the greatest bonanzas in the territory. The Planet, Copper Dome, Copper Prince, and the Em Empire - pire Empire Flat copper mines are among the great properties that will at once furnish unlimited tonnage to the new road as soon as it reaches that country. Work is to be ptished on the constuction as fast as the survey party locates the line. - Ex. Rich Ore Shipment. A train of fourteen cars, contain containing - ing containing 7,236 sacks of ore, was sent from Douglas recently by the Phelps Dodge company, Bacochi, Sonora, to Perth Amboy, N. Y. The ship shipment - ment shipment is from the mine lately open opened - ed opened by New York people. The ore is some of the richest ever taken out of Sonora, averaging all the way through 425.5$ per ton. The mine was formerly owned by Jose Robles, who bought it from a Yaqui Indian. The Phelps Dodge company paid 155,000$ for the mine and sold a half interest for a quarter of a million. They have' taken out over a million dollars in gold in the last three months. They have opened up the mine, and now have in sight at the lowest estimate six million dollars. - No- gales Nogales Oasis. The coal situation has attracted the serious attention of the national government and of . some of the municipal authorities in the east, A bill is before congress taking the duty off coal, and it will undoubted undoubtedly - ly undoubtedly become a law at cnee. The city council of Chicago, as an em emergency - ergency emergency matter, under assuspension of the rules, through an Ordinance making the forestalling of fuel suppliesa misdmeanor, punishable by a ! fine of S2OO for eacl offense. After ten'days it will g< into effenct and then any dealer o firm that combines with the inter* to raise the price of any fuel com commodity - modity commodity will be amenable to the courts for violation of the city or ordinance. - dinance. ordinance. In the double-handed drilling contest at El Paso this week then were five teams entered, The con test was won by rt Uhamberlain am Marke, of their drill reach ing adepthof 433-Binches. Malle}) and Ross were favorites in the bett ing, the odds being 30 to 20 oi them against the field. The priz< was I,ooos. The records of all th< drillers was exceptionally good. An Idaho mining man visite< and examined the Powell-Munchu property up the river early in tfr week in the interests of an Englisl syndicate. This property is rapid ly attracting attention on accoua of the large size of ore body. San Powell says a Colorado eompan; sent an expert to examine it severa years ago and when he reporte the ore body as being 140 feet wid< they immediately telegraphed fc his resignation. Subsequent d< velopment work has proven hi report. J. A. Miller is developing claim near the Sahuaro,along the eontac

Sam Hill Hdw. Co. awzS Hardware © Mining' Supplies Davit Whims We Carry a Large Stock of Davis Whims Ore Cars, Buckets, etc. If you want anything in Mining Supply Line SEND US YOUR ORDERS ID. L Murray W. J. Murray S MURRAY & Company | jThc Big Store! S K FVEALERS in Groceries and Dry © U Goods, Furnishing Goods, © -. Shoes, Paints Oils, Varnishes, Drugs w © 0 n and Toilet Articles, Mining Supplies ® © Timber, Hardware, Lumber, Livery © Q Hay and Grain. © S *» Mountain Rigs Always on Hand g ® h r" fNo * Wickenburg, Arizona « AT GOOD BUY at TWICE THE PRICE Invest now while the stock is low and get the benefit of future work. Stock is fully paid up and forever non-assessable, free from all personal liability. Visit the property and see what we have, or write any business firm in Wickenburg or Phoenix regarding tne Company or the property. Stock is selling entirely on its merits. Only a small block of present issue left and gelling rapidly at only 5 Cents 5 Cents Par Value SI.OO Your Money Goes Into the Ground 11 CLAIMS Covering the pick of the Oro Grande section The Oro Grandee- Exploration ® Development Company Charles H. AKers Charles Goldman Simon Oberfelder Ex-Territorial Secretary Os Goldman Bros, Cashier Nat'l. Bank of Ariz. Pres. « Gen. Mgr. Vice-President Sec'y. ® Treas. Fleming Block Phoenix, Arizona NATIONAL BANK OF ABIZONA, DEPOSITORY. /iddress all communications to. .. . Charles H. AKers, President & General Manager (Mx-Secretary of Arizona,)