A saloon girl faces a decision after she accepts a marriage proposal from a ranch foreman, only to find that he has misrepresented his situation; the honeymoon is over when Jim Dayton's wife stumbles onto his past.
Tom does the mining and Rupert the cooking in a partnership, where any profits are split equally; one day, Rupert becomes suspicious of Tom's behavior, especially concerning neighbor Mrs. Daigle and interest in her farm.
Lumberjack Will is attracted to Trudy, the daughter of his boss Mr. Bell; Trudy thinks highly of herself and Will refuses to indulge her spoiled, pampered ways.
Mary Ann finds a family heirloom in the possession of Andy Carter, a man who makes money pawning items lost or discarded by wagon trains, and he refuses to give it up for free.
Prospectors venture into Death Valley to find a legendary lost mine and all but one, old Charley Alford, turn back after running low on supplies; when no one hears from Charley after two days, the men consider a rescue mission.
A miner named Sawbuck saves a dentist from bandits and receives a set of gold crowns in return, but the dentist's attackers return to take Sawbuck's teeth.
The Clampett family miss being back at their old home in the mountains; Pearl tries to win over the oil man at the cabin as he takes her to a nearby phone.