. Pacific Gas and Electric magazine. unusual for him to demand relief from hisunwelcome neighbors in no uncertain terms. It is not of record that the Vogt Consolid-ated Mining Company, by which high sound-ing title his holdings were known, realized. The Flying Dutchman, at one time the only meansof crossing the river at high water season any great profits. Vogt himself was wontto boast of a big find in a gravel mine, whichhe had worked to great profit until, in thecourse of time, he had worked it out. He alsoclaimed acquaintance with Mackay, Floodand other stars of the mining firmament. But,in
. Pacific Gas and Electric magazine. unusual for him to demand relief from hisunwelcome neighbors in no uncertain terms. It is not of record that the Vogt Consolid-ated Mining Company, by which high sound-ing title his holdings were known, realized. The Flying Dutchman, at one time the only meansof crossing the river at high water season any great profits. Vogt himself was wontto boast of a big find in a gravel mine, whichhe had worked to great profit until, in thecourse of time, he had worked it out. He alsoclaimed acquaintance with Mackay, Floodand other stars of the mining firmament. But,in the later days at least, it did not appearthat Vogt got anything more than a bare liv-ing out of that hillside, though he ran severaltunnels into it and worked incessantly andwith extraordinary energy. He was alwaysinvolved in litigation with neighboring claim-owners, and every lawyer in Amador Countyhad him for a client at some time or are many other stories told of thisman. One relates to a wife somewhere backin Missouri. But, whether true or not thevarious tales have little or no concern \\ithhis life on that Amador hillside. The ac-companying pictures show the cabins he oc-cupied at various stages of his experiencethere. Eac
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