He was involved in a brief altercation with a claim jumper whom he approached and ordered to move.
The Protective Association, however was involved in a legal problems brought up by the claim jumpers, for "willful damage to property."
Billy ought to have claim jumpers all over the place.
Moore brought suit against the claim jumpers who remained in town after the rush and, in 1901, won a 25% reimbursement.
A sign, "Don't be a claim jumper," notwithstanding, cooperation and openness prevail.
My guess is he was murdered by a claim jumper.
Most of the miners stayed for fear of claim jumpers.
I wanted raw red gold in nuggets the size of your fist and feed that lousy claim jumper to the huskies!
The club was renowned for visiting "claim jumpers" with beatings to convince them to leave their claims.
Most of them had staked claims of their own and they didn't like claim jumpers.