Young Albert Ketchum and his mother try to make a living on a small farm outside of Yellowstone. When a drought hit the area, they suffer immensely and are forced to sell a prize bull to survive the ordeal. A practical joker named Kidder decides to break the monotony of the heat spell by cheating young Albert and selling him a worthless silver mine. When Alan McLean and Marshal Talman try to turn things right, blood begins to boil and hot lead and hard fists begin to fly...
—Jasper P. Morgan