[Rockhounds] John Hiller, Jr ?

[Nathan Martin]

Jim,
Thanks for the suggestion but It turns out that both booklets were
self-published by Mr. Hiller.  They were nicely done in a half page format
(5.5" x 8.5") with a plastic GBC binder that allows all pages to be opened
flat and clear plastic sheets to protect the front and back covers.  Just
the right size to carry into the field.  The content is incomplete (i.e.: no
comprehensive mineral lists) but I am always fascinated to learn about the
localities that I missed when I mis-spent my youth getting an education,
raising a family and working way too hard at my job instead of doing field
collecting.
best regards,
Nate Martin


On 5/23/08, Jim Daly <sauktown1 at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> Have you tried contacting the publisher? They might even hold the
> copyright.
> Jim Daly
>
> Nathan Martin <rocknate at gmail.com> wrote:
> I recently purchased a couple of 1970s era collecting guidebooks written by
> John Hiller, Jr. at the New England Micromounters "reunion" meeting. One is
> entitled "Connecticut Mines and Minerals" and the other is "Massachusetts
> Mines and Minerals". I have done some web-searching in an effort to locate
> him to ask permission to scan portions of these documents for the Boston
> Mineral Club website but have not yet turned up any promising leads. The CT
> booklet was reviewed in Min Record, Vol. 2 #3 (its selling price was $3.00)
> and he apparently operated a rockshop (Hiller's Crystal Shop) and in the
> 1970s lived in both Stratford, CT and Shelton, CT. I also have found
> references to some other 1970s era publications by him but nothing that
> would give me a lead.
>
> If anyone on the list has any direct knowledge of Mr. Hiller and how I
> might
> contact him please send me an email.
>
> best regards,
> Nate Martin
> Lexington, MA
>
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