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.
Man from Music Mountain
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.