Old Man of The Mountains

The Story of Peter Voiss, California’s Most Notorious, Eccentric Gold Prospector of the 20th Century

By Brookelea Heintz Lutton

The author shares a piece of California’s rich Gold Country history with the public.  For the first time she shares the contents of an old black purse her father found in a mine nearly 60 years ago.  Tucked inside the purse were Voiss’ stories about his life in the Sierra Nevada Mountains, along with pictures and other snippits of his life. 

The old prospector traveled California’s highways and byways with his burros throughout the Mother Lode and into the Bay Area.  He sold pictures of himself and his burros to supplement his meager prospecting income.  His idyllic life changed when tragedy struck a young San Jose Man in 1936.  The “trial of the decade” followed, putting this Bay Area city on the map ending with a verdict that stunned the nation.

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