Rusty is riding in the buckboard with O'Hara to Twin Forks for supplies. Masters decides to call it a day and make overnight camp. Rusty is sent out for firewood but comes upon men fighting. When a gun comes into sight, Rinty is ordered to attack. Rinty grabs the gun just as Masters and some troopers ride up. The two prospectors, Travis and Gage, apologize to one another for just getting on each other's nerves. The men claim they are looking for an old abandoned mile, The Lost Scotchman. They even have a map. The troopers have a good laugh, because everyone it seems has been sold that map. Even O'Hara has the same map. The men have been taken. The mine may be real but not the maps.
Around the camp fire that night, Masters tells the story of the mine. Rip says Indians were said to have found the mine long before the white men arrived. The first White men to find it were Spanish conquistador who were eventually driven off with the Indians sealing off the mine to keep it safe. Then 50 years ago, a young Scotsman by the name of MacTavish found the mine. People never found MacTavish but they found his burro dead from arrows and his packs stuffed with gold. Now they claim the ghost of the Scotsman, kilt and bagpipes all, haunts the area to protect his claim.
Supposedly though, if you can see the moon clearly through hollow rock, a landmark on the original map used by MacTavish when he staked his claim, then your back is against the mine entrance. But no one knows which hollow rock you need to find. As Rip finishes his story, everyone hears bagpipes. Rip says it's the wind. Later Rusty hears them again and heads out. Rusty find a skeleton holding on to some bagpipes. But an old man then appears, he says he's Angus MacTavish and can show Rusty the mine if he's interested.
The prospectors are following the sound too, but weren't as quick as Rusty. They are still looking. Meanwhile, the old man tells Rusty they are there at the entrance, but to come inside Rusty will have to close his eyes and Rinty will have to stay outside. The cave is full of gold; there are statues, bars, even huge nuggets. Rusty asks the old man what does he intend to do with the gold. The old man collapses the entrance with the both trapped inside. Rusty isn't happy. Outside the mine, Rinty is howling which attracts the prospectors.
Masters and the troopers are looking for Rusty. The prospectors are going to dynamite the mountain which would bring it down. Inside the cave, Rusty is trying to explain to MacTavish that the value of gold isn't just in having it, but in using it to help others. Masters arrives to find Rinty guarding the entrance. The miners can't cut the fuse because it has slipped down a fissure. Rinty has found another way in through the water coming into the cave. Rusty and the old man just made it out in time; but the gold is gone forever.
Around the camp fire that night, Masters tells the story of the mine. Rip says Indians were said to have found the mine long before the white men arrived. The first White men to find it were Spanish conquistador who were eventually driven off with the Indians sealing off the mine to keep it safe. Then 50 years ago, a young Scotsman by the name of MacTavish found the mine. People never found MacTavish but they found his burro dead from arrows and his packs stuffed with gold. Now they claim the ghost of the Scotsman, kilt and bagpipes all, haunts the area to protect his claim.
Supposedly though, if you can see the moon clearly through hollow rock, a landmark on the original map used by MacTavish when he staked his claim, then your back is against the mine entrance. But no one knows which hollow rock you need to find. As Rip finishes his story, everyone hears bagpipes. Rip says it's the wind. Later Rusty hears them again and heads out. Rusty find a skeleton holding on to some bagpipes. But an old man then appears, he says he's Angus MacTavish and can show Rusty the mine if he's interested.
The prospectors are following the sound too, but weren't as quick as Rusty. They are still looking. Meanwhile, the old man tells Rusty they are there at the entrance, but to come inside Rusty will have to close his eyes and Rinty will have to stay outside. The cave is full of gold; there are statues, bars, even huge nuggets. Rusty asks the old man what does he intend to do with the gold. The old man collapses the entrance with the both trapped inside. Rusty isn't happy. Outside the mine, Rinty is howling which attracts the prospectors.
Masters and the troopers are looking for Rusty. The prospectors are going to dynamite the mountain which would bring it down. Inside the cave, Rusty is trying to explain to MacTavish that the value of gold isn't just in having it, but in using it to help others. Masters arrives to find Rinty guarding the entrance. The miners can't cut the fuse because it has slipped down a fissure. Rinty has found another way in through the water coming into the cave. Rusty and the old man just made it out in time; but the gold is gone forever.