AZentertain: Arizona Gold Rush: Iron Door Mine: Cody Stones
Cody Stone- Jewelry Grade Gold and Silver Ore in Quartz Stones from Arizona Mtns.
By William "Flint" Carter
"I have seen the elephant!"
That was the cry of those lucky enough to have found gold!
This adventure of a lifetime can be shared today in the "New Gold Rush" - jewelry grade "all natural" gold and silver in quartz.
This particular gold and silver is the one
of the West's biggest gold treasure story. The legend has been fueled by
four major motion pictures over six decades, and in books, newspaper
articles, and word of mouth for more than a century
The list of participants in this legend is a Who's Who's of the Wild West: Geronimo, Buffalo Bill Cody to today's Rothchild's- all players in this romantic quest for nature's wealth.
Jewelry Grade Silver and Gold in Quartz
This jewelry grade of gold and silver in
quartz was first popularized by Tiffany in the 1800's. This
little-known, extremely valuable, commodity of precious noble metals in
the natural state could be the Gold Rush of the New Millennium!
The most popular is the beautiful yellow metal matrix in hard white quartz. Similar to diamonds, Cody Stone
is a hard quartz that provides a strong and timeless durability,
protecting the soft, precious, noble metals designed by William "Flint"
Carter.
The Most Expensive Gold in the World
Oracle, Arizona and the Arizona Gold Rush
Old West's Largest Gold Legend
Now Available on Amazon: Flint Carter's The Canyon of Gold, Buffalo Bill Cody, and the Legendary Iron Door Mine Treasure: The Santa Catalina Mountains Story Available in on Amazon.com and during the upcoming Buffalo Bill Cody Days in Oracle (see below).
Flint Carter also mines rare jewelry-grade gold and silver in quartz minerals exclusively from the Catalina Mountains called "Cody Stone," named after the famous world-wide entertainer "Buffalo Bill" Cody who owned a gold mine in the Santa Catalinas called Campo Bonito.
Read chapters of a new book, and download FREE PDF featuring Flint Carter,
"Treasures of the Santa Catalina Mountains."
Codystone exhibit on display at the Scouts Rest Ranch, North Platte, Nebraska.
These pieces of ore are from the original
Cody-Dyer Mining and Milling Company Mine near Oracle, Arizona. Cody's
mining endeavor began in the 1900s and is continued today by W. T. Flint Carter.
The bolo tie is made from CodyStone, named
after Buffalo Bill Cody, in his honor, and is made from jewelry grade
silver and gold in quartz stone.
The gold rush of "Buffalo Bill" Cody
William "Buffalo Bill" Cody, the famous Old
West entertainer during the late 1800s and early 1900s, was interested
in the gold and other precious metals found in the Santa Catalina
mountains.
In 1902, Colonel D. B. Dyer, a former Indian
agent, interested Cody in a mine prospect containing tungsten, gold and
lead. The Cody-Dyer Mine was formed and operated in Campo Bonito.
Cody wrote on March 13, 1903 that the long-sought vein of ore had been
struck after seven months of night and day drilling. The mine is in the
region of the fabled Mine with the Iron Door, which inspired a novel by Harold Bell Wright.
Cody Stone was named in honor of Buffalo
Bill Cody. The stone is mined from the Cody Tunnel near Oracle, in
Southern Arizona's Santa Catalina MountIain Range. It is one of the very
few sources of jewelry-grade Cody Stone gold and silver in quartz.
These stones are extremely exotic and just as extremely expensive, Cody Stone
specimens fetch roughly $4,000 an ounce for gold and $800 an ounce for
silver. As grinding and smelting of gold increases, its value is also
enhanced. The stone is showcased in six museums nationwide and the
Mining Hall of Fame.
Only 500 pieces of this type of jewelry have been produced and 350 have been placed. A Certificate of Authenticity for Cody Stone provided with each piece and kept in permanent company records.
These pieces of jewelry were mined, designed
and fabricated by Flint Carter, an emerging artist who is one of the
few who actually creates jewelry from the ground up! Carter mined the
stones from the grounds of the old Cody-Dyer mine. Each piece is available for purchase and includes a few articles on the legend of the stone.
Try finding silver and gold in quartz elsewhere and you might not see the elephant. It's that rare!
Read more about
True gold and silver in quartz jewelry exclusively mined, designed by Flint Carter. |
 CODY STONE BRACELET
Gold and Silver in Quartz with orange, pink and white matrix. Stone: 1 1/2" height, 1" width at widest edge. |
 CODY STONE RING
Gold and Silver in Quartz ring size 11. 3/4" width, 1 1/8" height. |
 CODY STONE PENDENT
Silver in Quartz, huge pendent and chain. 1 3/4" width at edges, 1 1/2" |
 Historian and prospector Flint Carter
William "Flint" Carter is a Southwest US
artist, jewelry designer and author born in 1947 in Danville, Illinois.
Flint has mining claims throughout the Santa Catalina mountains and has
mined gold, silver in quartz and CodyStones from the mountains. He has
raw and polished samples available for sale.
Read more about Flint Carter, his jewelry, art and stories of the Old West and Iron Door Mine.
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