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Show GOLD PLACERS OF THE MARANON New York and eastern investors are bong asked to subscrlbo for tho shares of Peru Gold Placers, Incorporated, Incor-porated, a company formed to work certain ancient placors on tho Maron-on Maron-on river in eastern Peru.' Tho company com-pany Is woll oillccred and tho directorate direc-torate Includes Messrs Alexis I Du Pont and John J. Raskob of tho Du Pont do Nemours Powder compnny; field National Hank; David T. Marvel, former Judge of tho Dolawaro Supremo Sup-remo Court; Charles S. Miller and O. It. Hnrtman of tho Ascot Tobacco Works; and William B. nassett of Bassett & Company, Now York. It Is capitalized at $20,000,000 In $5.00 shares. Of tho total, 1,200,000 shares havo been set nsldo for tho benefit of tho treasury and 150,000 tiro now being be-ing offered nt $2 per share. Subscriptions Subscrip-tions aro said to havo como In rapidly rap-idly and It was at one time announced announc-ed that the entire allotment had been trfken. We understand that this was premature but that tho lssuo has been underwritten by responsible men. Tho concern Is being floated upon public (faith In tho directors and an engineer's report ntado by Mr. Raymond Ray-mond McCuno. Tho placers ore In tho territory east of tho Andes In which gold, undoubtedly occurs and from which stories ofcpornjons wealth to be won by mining ' 'have been coming for years. Our readers will recall the articles by Mr. Pierre Bquroy hnd byMessrs C. S. Haley and C. A. Rodegerdta that wo havo printed .within the year. Theso gavo definite conceptions of tho character of tho country and of tho difficulties to bo faced In mining or prospecting. Theso general Impressions wnrrnlnt nn extremely critical nttltudo toward any project that appeals to tho public for funds and that is capitalized at $20,000,000. This disposition to scrutinize scrut-inize tho mr.tter closely Is all tho more warranted In tho faco of claims Hint gravel to Uio vnluo of $106,106,-IS2 $106,106,-IS2 hns boon found as a result of ono season's work In shiklng test pits. It is not tho first tlmo that tho placers plac-ers of the Incas' havo been roported to have boon found, una- la it tho first time that Btorlos of fabulous wealth havo come from tho Andes. |