WEST PARIS —The West Paris Library, 226 Main St., will host Frank C. Perham at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, March 10.

Perham will talk about his experiences in local mining and discuss excerpts from the book “Frank C. Perham, Adventures in Maine Pegmatite Mining,” written by Karen L. Webber and Raymond A. Sprague. A copy of the book may be borrowed from the library. Refreshments will be served.

Webber and Sprague compiled this collection of stories from recordings and videotapes of Perham’s talks at the Maine Pegmatite Workshop and at the Maine Mineral Symposium, as well as from many discussions and interviews with Perham himself. Photographs of mining, examples of minerals, as well as family photos from private collections are included.

FMI: 207-674-2004.