[meteorite-list] Unexpected Nininger Surprise - Millionaire Miner of the Milky Way!

From: Galactic Stone & Ironworks <meteoritemike_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Mon, 15 Jun 2009 21:02:45 -0400
Message-ID: <e51421550906151802m71fa3d5bi512a42aea230cc7a_at_mail.gmail.com>

Hi Listees and Nininger-ites!

I received a pleasant surprise in today's mail. It's a vintage men's
pulp magazine called "Saga - the Magazine for Men" from December 1962.

The cover has a John Wayne-esque Texan, cigar in mouth, standing in
front of military jet. Cover stories include "Where the enslave
Americans - an incredible report", "How to Write a Dirty Book -
Biggest racket in the country", "Saga of the 1st Armored", and
"Dogfights in Texas - All about the confederate Air Force". Nowhere
on the cover is there any mention of the gem hidden inside this
nostalgic 100 page pile of Cold War machismo. Pages of ads include
cigarette (manly ones of course), fishing tackle, exercise bikes,
smoking pipes, and the obligatory war surplus optics ads.

Then there is the subject of this post - a 6 page article about Harvey
Nininger entitled "Millionaire Miner of the Milky Way". The magazine
has a small typeset, so there is a lot of Nininger information packed
into this short article/bio/interview. In the article, Nininger
recalls stories of hunting meteorites around the country, including
Brenham and New Mexico. It also goes into Nininger's pre-meteorite
days, his beginnings with hunting, and later chapters like the peak of
his collecting and the American Meteorite Museum.

I have uploaded some pics of the article and the photos in the article
here. I will transcribe the captions for each photo link. -

Nininger looking dapper in the field holding a magnet cane (no caption) -

http://i268.photobucket.com/albums/jj24/Meteoritethrower/Meteorites/nininger/nininger-1.jpg

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Nininger digging a hole -

(caption reads - "To find meteorites, Nininger made cross bearings on
every meteor sighting from dozens of witnesses.")

http://i268.photobucket.com/albums/jj24/Meteoritethrower/Meteorites/nininger/nininger-3.jpg

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4 photos see captions -

Clockwise from top -

"Nininger's world famous meteorite museum in Sedona Arizona"

"In the 1930's, Nininger and his shop assistant, the late R. S.
Niswanger, developed a saw to cut meteorites"

"In 1925, Nininger built his rolling cottage so he and his family
could go meteorite hunting each summer."

"Neatly displayed meteorite samples in Nininger's museum were found in
38 states and in 49 foreign countries."

http://i268.photobucket.com/albums/jj24/Meteoritethrower/Meteorites/nininger/nininger-2.jpg

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The cover of Saga Magazine, December 1962 - 35 cents :

http://i268.photobucket.com/albums/jj24/Meteoritethrower/Meteorites/nininger/saga-nininger.jpg

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Enjoy!

Best regards and clear skies,

MikeG

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Michael Gilmer (Louisiana, USA)
Member of the Meteoritical Society.
Member of the Bayou Region Stargazers Network.
Websites - http://www.galactic-stone.com and http://www.glassthrower.com
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Received on Mon 15 Jun 2009 09:02:45 PM PDT