Cody Stone- "I have seen the elephant!"

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. 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. 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.

About the Artist, Author

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.

While in Arizona, Ted DeGrazia, whose work is well known in the commercial art world, was a mentor and friend. He was the inspiration for the outdoor theater "The Stage in the Sun," named in honor of DeGrazia's Gallery In The Sun. In 1988, "The Oracale Historian" published "The Story of Gold," a short story, followed by "The Legend," a brochure produced by SaddleBrooke Development Corp.

At present, an accredited archeological discovery of a lost city involved in the Iron Door Mine legend is being documented for film and literary purposes.

In 1995, a special collection of minerals, prehistoric and historic artifacts, art, jewelry and related memorabilia from Arizona's Canyon of Gold, Canada del Oro, was shown at the Tucson Gem and Mineral Show at the TCC. The collection has premiered in the lobby entranceway of the Tucson Convention Center.

This collection was shown for five years. Environmental accomplishments include a solar stucco design and a multi-million dollar industrial toxic site clean up.

The Dixie Auto Parts Clean Up in Danville, spearheaded by Carter set a precedence which lead to the dredging of the Hudson River to remove PCBs- a dredging operation costing $50,000,000 - larger than the entire gold rush of 1849.

Also, having secured placement for various historical pieces in museums nationwide, William Thomas Carter was instrumental in returning the war bonnet of Tasin, son of Cochise, to the Apaches at Fort Still, Oklahoma.

Contact Flint Carter at 520-289-4566.