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Entertainment Magazine: Arizona: Tucson Searching for the Legendary Iron Door MineThe legend of the lost Iron Door Mine has persisted for several hundreds years.
The Mine with the Iron Door has been one of the most extensively hunted lost mines in North America. Movies and books have glorified the legend. It's real riches have yet to be revealed. That legend, though, may have some truth buried with those treasures. Some people over the centuries have claimed to discover its location. The exact spot of this treasure has never been documented, but there are lots of clues to explore. In less than a few hours from a bustling million inhabitants of the modern city of Tucson, Arizona, lies slumbering the centuries old legend the Iron Door Mine and its fabulous treasure. Centuries of production in gold and silver bullion still lie concealed in a mine of equal value.To date, estimated mineral reserves in the general area in the Santa Catalina Mountains alone would pay the national debt twice over.
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While there are several Iron Door Mine legends throughout the United States and Mexico, this section focuses on the legendary mine north of Tucson, Arizona, buried deep within the Santa Catalina Mountains near the Cañada del Oro ("the Canyon of Gold)."MacKenna's Gold" (1969)Starring Gregory Peck and Omar Sherif Attempting to do for Westerns what his Guns of Navarone had done for World War II action epics, director J. Lee Thompson crafted Mackenna's Gold as a lavish, absurdly ambitious variation on Erich Von Stroheim's Greed, resulting in a last-gasp Western so eager to encompass the genre's traditions that it turns into a big, silly, wildly entertaining mess. Gregory Peck surely had more serious intentions when he signed on, and he brings prestigious gravitas to his glum role as Marshall Mackenna, who gets shanghaied into searching for the gold-filled canyon of an elusive Apache legend. The rest of the 1969 film labors to undermine Peck's respectable demeanor; how else to explain Omar Sharif as a Mexican villain, Julie Newmar as a hot-blooded Apache temptress (with underwater nude scenes that were celebrated in Playboy magazine), and a jaw-dropping finale that's so ridiculous it's impressive in spite of itself? --Jeff Shannon, Amazon.com DVD edition of MacKenna's Gold Poster from Mackenna's Gold - Movie Poster - 11 x 17. This poster measures approx. 11 x 17. Rolled and shipped in a sturdy tube. This poster is from the movie Mackenna's Gold (1969). Printed book edition of Mackenna's Gold Watch video on-demand from Amazon.com of MacKenna's Gold |
The Mine with the Iron Door: A Romance (1936)Movie Poster from the 1936 film The Mine with the Iron Door - Movie Poster - 11 x 17 Printed Edition of The Mine with the Iron Door. (The Collected Works of Harold Bell Wright - 18 Volumes) (Library Binding) Library Binding: 338 pages. Publisher: Classic Publishers, Language: English. ISBN: 158201891X. Digital CD Edition of Mine with the Iron Door: A Romance, The (CD-ROM Edition) |
. Studio: Sony Pictures. DVD format. Release Date: July 11, 2000. Run Time: 128 minutes.
A Five-time Spur Award-winning Author. Somewhere in 100,000 square
miles of wilderness was the fabled Lost Canyon of Gold. With his dying
breath, an ancient Apache warrior entrusted Glen Mackenna with the
location of the lode that would make any man - or woman - rich beyond
their wildest dreams. Halfbreed renegade and captive girl, mercenary
soldier and thieving scout - brave or beaten, innocent or evil, they'd
sell their very souls to possess Mackenna's gold. --This text refers to
the Hardcover edition. Avon Books (Mm) (June 1988).
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Poster for the Mine with the Iron Door movie. Stars Richard Arlen,
Ceclia Parker and Henry B. Walthall. Poster measures approx. 11 x 17.
Rolled and shipped in a sturdy tube. This poster is from The Mine with
the Iron Door (1936).
. The CD-ROM contains 338 pages. Publisher: Classic Books; 1923 edition (December 15, 2007).