John Dent has worked hard at mining with poor results. A mining company has learned there is a rich lode on Dent's claim. Carey, a dudish bookkeeper, employed by the mining company, flirts with Rose, daughter of Dent, in an endeavor to have Rose induce her father to sell his claim to the mining company. Carey offers Dent a thousand dollars for the claim. Carey's attentiveness to the girl, arouses the jealousy of Joe Barr, a young miner, who long has loved Rose. Joe Barr, consumed with jealousy, has followed Carey and Rose, and in so doing, discovers a pocket of gold on Dent's claim, and in his honest way, tells Dent of the good fortune. Rose then appreciates that Carey has been attentive to her only from ulterior motives, while Joe Barr has proven his honesty and love. The girl refuses Carey's further advances, and tells Joe that she never loved anyone else but him.