When nasty land developers try to bilk honest ranchers who don't know their land holds lots of gold, Gene puts a stop to it.

Scanlon is pulling off a land swindle by selling lots in a ghost town claiming that the power company is bringing in a line. As a bonus he throws in shares in a worthless gold mine. Gene is on to Scanlon and tries to get him to buy back the deeds by salting the mine with gold. But when a new vein is really discovered, Gene has to stop the sales but is trapped in the mine by Scanlon's men.—Maurice VanAuken <[email protected]>