The story of the lost mine near Tucson, Arizona has persisted for hundreds of years. The legendary Iron Door Mine treasures may still be deep within the Santa Catalina mountains near the Cañada del Oro ("the Canyon of Gold), north of Tucson, Arizona," according to Arizona prospector William T. "Flint" Carter.

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.

Treasures of the Santa Catalina Mountains now available!

A new book, collaborated with Flint Carter, about the legends and history of the Santa Catalina Mountains is now available. Read free chapter samples of "Treasures of the Santa Catalina Mountains."

Purchase Treasures of the Santa Catalina Mountains online for a discount at amazon.com or locally in Tucson at Mostly Books, Oracle Inn, Buzz Café and other locations to be announced.

Flint Carter featured in national magazine

Co-author Flint Carter is profiled in an 8-page spread in the March 2015 edition of Outside Magazine. The article covers his recent expedition deep into the Catalinas with the writer from Outside Magazine and his crew. Follow Flint's mining expedition.

• The story of the Iron Door Mine.
• Treasure from the Tucson Mines
• The Lost City and lost mission in the Santa Catalinas.
• Exploring the legend with Flint Carter
• The book and movie "The Mine with the Iron Door"
• The Story of Gold
• "I have seen the elephant!"
• The Most Expensive Gold in the World
• Oracle, Arizona Entertainment Magazine
• Oracle, Arizona and the Old West's Largest Gold Legend
• Saddlebrooke- the history you don't know

Flint Carter talks about the Mine with the Iron Door Legend
"Mine with the Iron Door" movie
Lost Oracle Mining Mystery
• The Lost City in the Catalinas.
• Tour Cañada del Oro
• Mission and the Museum
• The San Xavier Mission
• Buffalo Bill: "Beyond the Legend"
• William F. Cody, better known as Buffalo Bill, who owned mines near Tucson.

From the Santa Catalinas

• Southwestern Jewelry Grade Gold and Silver in Quartz by Flint Carter
• Cody Stone: Jewelry Grade Gold and Silver in Quartz made into exquisite jewelry and art.

The Iron Door Mine Quest

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.

This is the study of an existing legend that staggers the imagination and dwarfs the scholarly researcher.

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.

Strange tales of greenish lights for over 40 years, and the still abandoned "Canyon of Gold," leaves plenty of room for imagination and exploration. This is an area in the Catalina Mountains is so rugged, lives have been claimed to its rocky expanses.

Research today alludes to the fact the century of power struggles for wealth and priceless riches of the past still exist and function on very large levels of lawlessness, intrigue and espionage.

Years of dangerous and tiring research have started to pyramid and the puzzle is expanding as it's being pieces together.

So, far, its the most powerful story of a history never taught in any classroom, except the school of "hard knocks." This also has the potential for being another Fort Knox in golden stories and bullion. Read more about the story of the Iron Door Mine.

Flint's new Iron Door Mine Book

Flint Carter plans to release a new book called "The Canyon of Gold: Buffalo Bill & the Legendary Iroon Door Mine Treasure." The release date is scheduled for the first night of the 2016 Cody Days event in Oracle on February 26, 2016 at the Oracle Inn.

In his book, Carter describes his historical fiction version of the legend that has intrigued treasure hunters for centuries.

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Arizona and Southwest Mining historian Flint Carter

William Thomas Carter, "Flint" to his friends, is an artist and author born in 1947 in Danville, Illinois. After attending Danville High School, he served in Panama during the Vietnam conflict at the Latin American Headquarters Post. He received the National Defense and Good Conduct medals.

Returning home, Flint attended Danville Junior College and later Southern Illinois University. Special interest in the design department, headed by Buckminster Fuller, inspired the building of Arizona's first solar heated and cooled museum.

Flint Carter is available for presentations

Flint Carter can speak to your organization, community group, school or event for free.

Flint will share the history and stories of the Southwest, Iron Door Mine, mining for gold and other ores around Tucson, the Santa Catalinas, Southern AZ. and many other topics. Flint can also showcase his art, jewelry and artifacts.

For more information, or to schedule a presentation, contact:

Flint Carter
520-289-4566
Email [email protected].

Read more about Flint Carter, Celebrity Stones, art and jewelry and the Iron Door Mine.

 

Historic High Jinks Gold Mine Ranch

Preserve history with one of the few gold mines left in Southern Arizona. Once owned by Buffalo Bill Cody it is now on the National Historic Register. Read about the High Jinks Ranch and mining history of Southern Arizona.

Entertainer of the Old West- Buffalo Bill

The base legend has numerous heros of the Old West from Buffalo Bill to Ira Hayes. It has regularly held public print for over a century. Also, it has had an all-star cast of three full length motion pictures with over a half century portraying its grandeur and legendary romance.

AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF BUFFALO BILL (COLONEL W.F. CODY) This book is in the public domain and free to own a copy from Project Guttenberg electronic works. Read and download a free copy.

Watch and download free Buffalo Bill movies:

• "Young Buffalo Bill" starring Roy Rogers.
• Buffalo Dance (1894)