The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-03-16
KEEP JUMPING
a AaysterIous Mr.. Van Der hayden
Claims to Own q Large
Tract OF land-The
Occupart0 Firm.
nv The standards special Wire.

BUTTE, March Humping ground
south OF the city continues a avorit
nastime among ~ certain class of inuivtu-
uals. and present indications warrant the
belief that there will he plenty of music
in the air and that too before long. This
afternoon il came to light that wholesale
jumping had been going quietly ON for
some time past, and that many acres OF
ground had been located as placer mines,
and the persons who for years have occu-
pied the ground i'm question as home
steads now find themselves confronted
with she most cheerful prospects of % bit
ter legal controversy. OF course, they all
declare their intentions tai fight the
reached and il now only remains to
be seen whether the jumpers arc pos
sessed Of the same stern determination.
The latest person to suddenly gain prom
vidual who signs himself as A. f. Van
Der Heydcn. n rather mythical parsonage
il must he confessed, as nobody seems tn
be co9ni.ant OF his real existence in the
flesh. Efforts were made to locate Van
Der Heydcn, but without success. Late
las, night four men, Presumably in the
and going south SOON reached the flats
beyond the Montana Union tracks. where.
upon several of them they served the fol-
lowing notice. an original of which was
seen by a STANDARD reporter:
BUTTE, Mont, March II, 1880.
To John Doe and Richard Roe, whose true
names are o,herwisc unknown; lou are hereby
ssssi"n Of the premises now MnlaS fully and for-
ei6ly occupied 10y you, tO-wit: The Dunkclmanis
by xc as a placer mining claim, and recorded in
s"s n on the ssh day Of MaTsh. isso. Your
ccmptape. with this rclaest IN three days after
taken by mc to obtain possession Of said prem
tSlgned,, 4. +. voN DER uEypEN
As near as could bc learned the ground
claimed by Van Der Heyden covers about
GOO or 100 acres. and extends east and
west of Main street drawn to- "a line even
with she Montana Union tracks.
Among those who received one Of the
permission, are occupying "a house sita-
ated OH ground owned 10y Henry Nickel ct
al. They came to town this afternoon tai
tn pursue. and were directly informed that
they should pay. no heed to the order to
~vacate, and il is probable that il any at
which was limited by the men
body will get hurt. Mr.; Nickel
and Expressed great surprise that an cf-
fort should he made to disposess him of
his house and ground; AS h: considers his
portion OF tho ground upon which his
house is located is covered 10y "a home
DOW dead, and in addition the Same
ground IL also included within n quartz
claim. application for a patent tai which
is now pending, and IL Is thought is on
she eve Of being granted. everything i'm
connection with the application having
been found perfect and in due legal
form.
Prom u rude map drawn by Mr.. Nickel,
it is seen that the Dunkelman homestead
runs east and west, while the quartz loca-
tion referred to runs north and south. the
south end overlapping the homestead near
the east end Of the latter. As the house
occupied by Mr.. Nickel is located near
tlie center Of where the two claims over
lie each other. he says il would bc strange
indeed IL that double protection thus
Afforded would fail To project him against
the intrusion of jumpers, no matter what
right they may allegc to have that would
give them titles tn the entire Silver how
crsck bottom.
The general belief tx that the man Van
Der Heydleu is merely acting the part of "a
cats paw for others who are keeping ina
the background and who deem IL advis-
able not to he known in the matter owing
to their tandin in the community. BE.
that as il may. some lively times loom mn
in tho distance.