The 2nd Honor to the World Famous "Buffalo Bill" Cody, Who Helped Oracle Grow
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2nd Annual Buffalo Bill Cody Days: February 25 & 26, 2017
The 2nd Cody Days
in Oracle honored the 171st birthday and the 100th anniversary of the
passing of William "Buffalo Bill" Cody– the great 20th century
entertainer and Oracle, Arizona mine owner.
Cody Days in Oracle was held on Saturday and Sunday, February 25 & 26, 2017 at the Oracle Inn in Oracle, north of Tucson.
Dane Johnson, a
national Buffalo Bill Cody look alike gave an outstanding animated
performance of Cody’s adventure filled life.
Don Larry presented an interesting slide show on Cody's
residency in Arizona and his consideration as one of Arizona's first
senators.
Authors of local books, Robert Zucker ("Treasures of the Santa Catalina Mountains") and Flint Carter ("The Canyon of Gold") provided interesting details about Cody's life in Oracle. Zucker's talk focused on the Iron Door Mine and Buffalo Bill Cody.
Plans for a new education exhibit and museum were revealed by Font Carter.
A Treasure hunt
for kids was held on Sunday, with antique coins donated by Tucson Coin
and Autograph, jewelry made from the gold and silver from Buffalo Bill
Cody's mines in the Santa Catalinas will be door prizes and awarded for
best contributions to the preservation of the local legend.
One of the winners of the 2017 Jewelry Give-a-way, courtesy
of Flint Carter, was Frank Vranick who won a square ring and bracelet.
Frank was the largest contributor to the 2017 Cody Days.
Cody Days is
founded by Flint Carter, president of the Santa Catalina Historic
Preservation, part of a non-profit 503c organization. All donations are
tax deductible.
Cody owned
several mines in the Santa Catalina Mountains, near Oracle, during the
last decades of his life. The Campo Bonito mines produced tungsten and
gold. Cody would spend many winters in Oracle managing his mines.
Discover more about this forgotten part of Arizona’s history and get the
opportunity to own some of this exquisite jewelry and purchase books
about the Santa Catalina Mountains and jewelry mined from the hills by
Flint Carter.
Saturday, February 25, 2017 • 1:00-5:00PM
Local miner
William “Flint” Carter unveils new plans for a permanent educational
exhibit on Buffalo Bill Cody, discusses his prospecting experiences, and
his new book “Canyon of Gold, Buffalo Bill Cody and the Legendary Iron
Door Mine Treasure.” Complimentary ice tea from the Oracle Inn.
Dane Johnson, national Buffalo Bill Look-a-Like, presents a re-enactment of Cody’s life in Oracle.
Author and
publisher Robert Zucker discusses the treasures and legends of the Santa
Catalina Mountains and Cody’s interest in the Iron Door Mine.
Don Larry presents “Cody as an Arizona Senator?”
A Washington newspaper reported in 1911 rumors of him running for senator of Arizona.
Free birthday cake for the kids and adults, compliments of Oracle Inn.
Watch free classic Buffalo Bill western movies.
Each day at
4:00PM, there is a drawing for three pieces of signed jewelry by Flint
Carter, exclusively from the gold and silver at Buffalo Bill’s mines in
the Catalinas, with a numbered certificate of authenticity. (Must sign
up at Oracle Inn before drawing and be present to win).
Sunday, February 26, 2017 • 1:00-5:00PM
Kid’s Treasure Hunt and cake! Complimentary ice tea from the Oracle Inn.
Local miner
Flint Carter holds question and answer segment on the upcoming Buffalo
Bill Cody Educational Exhibit, discusses his prospecting experiences,
and his book “Canyon of Gold, Buffalo Bill Cody and the Legendary Iron
Door Mine Treasure.”
Drawing for
three $1,000 pieces of jewelry give-a-way, mined, designed and
fabricated by Flint Carter who discusses his prospecting experiences.
Three additional prizes for historical preservation recognitions.
Watch free classic Buffalo Bill western movies.
The Oracle Inn features a Buffalo Bill lunch and dinner special with free live music on Saturday evening.
For more information, interviews and press coverage, please contact
Cody Days founder, Flint Carter at 520-289-4566 or email [email protected] or Robert Zucker, Entertainment Magazine, 520-623-3733 or email [email protected]
$10,000 worth
of Codystone jewelry were given away as prizes for events during Oracle
Cody Days. Codystone comes from Buffalo Bill's mines near Oracle. This
is 100% natural gold and silver so rich you can clearly see it in the
stones- extremely rare and valuable - compliments of Celebrity Stones.
Flint Carter talks about the local legends
Photo:
This 23 lb. nugget is the finest specimen from Buffalo Bill Cody's mine
near Oracle, Arizona. From established sales this rock is valued over
$1/4 million.
Flint's efforts are on display in ten museums and the Mining Hall of Fame.
For
decades, Carter has been the owner of the richest gold and silver mines
on the Santa Catalina Mountains near Tucson, Arizona. It has been
almost 40 years now, and the body of work he offers is huge to say the
least. It covers hundreds of years of history puts the gold and silver
of the legends in your hands as a testament to our mountains' beauty and
incredible wealth.
Flint
Carter describes the history and stories of the Southwest, Iron Door
Mine, mining for gold and other ores around Tucson and Southern AZ. and
many other historical topics and legends. Carter showcases his art,
jewelry and artifacts in public and private presentations.
Flint's
private collection is on display at the Oracle Inn in Oracle, Arizona.
Call 520-289-4566 to speak with Flint about his collection andspeaking
engagements.
Photo: Tucson's Cody Stone Jewelry manufactured by Orlando Jewelers of England.The Iron Door Mine.
The only authentic source of Cody Stone from Buffalo Bill Cody's own mines with certification from the Flint Carter Collection
First popularized by Tiffany's during the California Gold Rush, Cody Stone is a little known- and now extremely rare- commodity.
It
is the most expensive gold and silver in the world that sells by carat
weight values. Cody Stone is on display in museums worldwide and the
Mining Hall of Fame and Gem Institute of America.
The
specimen, on loan to the University of Arizona MIneral Museum, was
independently graded at 38 out of 40 and is considered one of the finest
100% natural gold and silver specimens in the world.
The
result of a search for the West's largest gold legend and the world's
largest land treasure portrayed in four major motion pictures over six
decades, this golden legend refuses to die and continues to grow with
substantial golden values.
"Jewel of the Catalinas"
FOR SALE: 3-band wrist bracelet of jewelry grade gold and silver embedded in quartz from the Santa Catalina Mountains. $9,500.
For more information on this and other exquisite pieces, contact Flint Carter at 520-289-4566 or email [email protected].
"Gold still glitters in the ground, hiding secret like a laughing clown."
- from "Gold Town" by Joseph Michael Darwin.
Left: "Prospector" original art work by Flint Carter. 5" x 7" original. Call 520-289-4566 to order. See more Flint original art.
The Miner's Story Project
The
Miners’ Story Project preserves and shares stories about life in the
mines and mining communities in the Southwest US. William "Flint" Carter
provides his recollections of the history and stories of the Santa
Catalina Mountains.
Read more about the Miner's Story Project.
The Miner's Story CD is a two and a half hour recording of the mine
with the iron door by Flint Carter. $19.95. Call Flint at 520-289-4566.
Ballads of the Santa Catalinas
The
original songs and ballads about the Iron Door Mine, the Santa Catalina
Mountains, the Old West and about Flint Carter on CD. $9.95.
These songs were written and professionaly performed in a studio by
Gary Holdcroft specifically about Flint's adventures and the legends of
the Catalinas.
Call 520-289-4566 for more information and to purchase directly.
Treasures of the Santa Catalina Mountains
Written by Robert Zucker with
collaboration from Flint Carter
A large
collection of the legends and history of the Catalinas. Learn the story
of the Iron Door Mine, the Lost Mission and the Lost City. Hundreds of
pages cover hundreds of years in the search for gold, silver and copper.
Was there a Lost Escalante Mine or Mine wth the Iron Door? Who started
the legends? Is there still gold in the mountains?
Silver & Gold Mine, Tucson, AZ.
Mine, jewelry grade gold, silver & silica ore in place, carat
weight returns, historic property sold for $50,000 in 1915, outlets
established for product now in museums worldwide. Land on Federal lease.
Mineral rights only for sale. 20 acres (871200 square ft. Unsubdivided)
Pima County, AZ. Contact Flint Carter at 520-289-4566 or email: [email protected]
Photo:
This 23 lb. nugget is the finest specimen from Buffalo Bill Cody's mine
near Oracle, Arizona. From established sales this rock is valued over
$1/4 million.
"Jewel of the Catalinas"
"Gold still glitters in the ground, hiding secret like a laughing clown."
