Synopsis: Gene Autry and his sidekick, Frog Millhouse, are worried for their pals in the local ranching community. The ranchers have poured every spare penny into a modern mining project engineered by businessman Jeff Drew. But there's no sign that their investments will yield profits. Worse still, Autry discovers that one of Drew's colleagues might be ethically compromised. And he's not going to sit silently while his friends lose their shirts.