Hoolie's Hobby Activity Page

***Hoolie's Rockin' Hobby***
**Contents for this page** (click to visit or scroll down)
1. Hoolie's Favorite Hobby 2. Marquette Iron Range 3. A. E. Seaman Mineral Museum 4. Ishpeming Rock and Mineral Club 5. Kaleidoscope for Kids

Hoolie's favorite Hobby

Jim "Hoolie" Decaire on top of a rock pile
finding a nice hunk a' copper.
May 24 2001

I've been collecting minerals for
most of my life. I love diggin' in a rock pile and hangin' out with other rock hounds.
I'm a proud member of the prestigious
A. E. Seaman Mineral Museum
which is located at
Michigan Technological University,
Houghton, Michigan. The A. E. Seaman Mineral Museum has one of the greatest collections of Michigan and world
minerals in the nation

Time to head 'er home...
Hoolie displays a nice little specimen
while packing up da truck
May 24 2001

I love the Copper Country and
the people who live there. When ever
I get time off, I head for Calumet,
Michigan; my home away from home

Hoolie's find of a
life time
Calcite with copper inclusions
Found fall of 1998

I'm also an active member of the
Ishpeming Rock and Mineral club
and you too are welcome to join! Click on the link above for info on joining

Hoolie hand polishes greenstone in da rock
barn

. Hold that pose, I'll go grab the camera... It's around here somewhere!!!
Hoolie under a rock pile

Bill cuttin' slabs in da rock barn

Okay,
hold still there Hoolie...
WHAM!!!
Bill and Hoolie bust up some rock

Hoolie's 2001 new discovery!
Pure red jasper and hematite!
Last time this type of jaspilite was
found was 1959

Hoolie helps Bill-bob get
"Ray-da-ractor"
ready for its winter slumber

**Marquette Iron Range**
I grew up in Ishpeming, Michigan, Yooperland USA on the world famous Marquette Iron Range, which was discovered in 1844 by William Burt and his survey crew. There were over 200 underground and open pit iron mines in and around Ishpeming, including silver lead mines, gold mines, slate mines and marble quarries. The famous Marquette Iron Range supplied the nation with its first high-grade iron ore. Nearly all of the cannons and iron rails used during the civil war were made from this high-grade ore. There are two huge open pit mines still operating in our area, the Empire and its mighty brother the Tilden, which employ a large percent of the people in our area.

Marquette Iron Range
       LLLL Copper
####   Gold
//////   Iron

A. E. Seaman Mineral Museum

Department of Geological Engineering and Sciences
Michigan Technological University
A Cooperating Site of the Keweenaw National Historical Park

A. E. Seaman Mineral Museum

I'm a proud member of the prestigious
A. E. Seaman Mineral Museum, which is located at Michigan Technological University, Houghton, Michigan. The A. E. Seaman Mineral Museum has one of the greatest collections of Michigan and world minerals in the nation.

Ishpeming Rock and Mineral Club

The "Name and Logo," on the right, are owned by and
"Registered" to the Ishpeming Rock and Mineral Club, Inc. A
Non-Profit Organization

Purpose Statement

To enjoy, to learn, to teach and to conserve
The rocks, the gems, the fossils and ores,
To collect, to admire, to brag and to show
The material we've found, we'll trade for yours.

Below are photos from "Kaleidoscope for Kids," held yearly at
"Da Yooper dome" in Marquette, Michigan,
and just one of the clubs many activities.


Ernie "The Brain" Johnson is the head guy of the club What a guy...	Kids at the "Dig Your Own" gemstone tub
The "Wishing Well" rock pond	Rocks and minerals are amazing to young kids and their mothers
Ernie and Hoolie talking rocks with parents and kids	Hoolie explaining iron ore and agate give-aways

Links

Ishpeming Rock and Mineral Club:
http://hometown.aol.com/irockclub/IRMCA.html

A. E. Seaman Mineral Museum
http://www.geo.mtu.edu/museum/

Contact us for bookings or to get on our mailing list.