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Hungerford Wolf, a mining promoter, is without funds, and can see ahead a postponement of the marriage between himself and Hattie Lamb, daughter of a staid old professor. The professor is comfortable in his position as Professor Literature in Columbia College, and provides his wife and daughter with all the comforts of a respectable home. But his wife and daughter are socially ambitious, and while Hattie is fond of Wolf in a way, she is somewhat suspicious of the precariousness of his business. This is the condition of affair when we find Wolf brooding in his office. His reveries are interrupted by the appearance of one Dawson, from the Klondike, who has a mining property of promise which he wishes promoted and the stock placed on the market. Anxious to take hold of anything in the way of promoting, Wolf assures Dawson that he can control the capital to successfully float his enterprise. But capitalists have several times been caught in wildcat affairs and refuse to listen to him. ...

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    • Author: Frlas
    A two-reel Western mining proposition exploited in the East, in good faith, though on slender hopes for the future. During the zenith of its prosperity it suddenly crashes on the market and toboggans so swiftly to the starting point that destruction is imminent. The exploiter, a man imbued with primitive force and honest intentions, who has involved his friends, redeems himself through brawn and determination, and "makes good." This is an exhilarating picture with many gripping scenes. - The Moving Picture World, May 9, 1914
  • Cast overview:
    Edward Peil Sr. Edward Peil Sr. - James Dawson (as Edward Peil)
    Ormi Hawley Ormi Hawley - Hattie Lamb
    Edwin Barbour Edwin Barbour - Professor Lamb - Father
    Eleanor Barry Eleanor Barry - Mrs.Lamb - Mother
    Florence Williams Florence Williams - Mrs. Wall
    Richard Morris Richard Morris - Hungerford Wolf
    Arthur Matthews Arthur Matthews - Singe
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