 Indian companion taught oh the mask rider of the planes led the fight for law and order in the early Western United States nowhere in the pages of history and one find a greater champion of justice return with us now to those thrilling days of yesteryear from out of the past come the thundering hoof beats of the great horse silver the lone Ranger rides again beat down on the sides of rock canyon throwing shimmering heat waves against three horses and their riders one of the man was masked the other was an Indian between the two wrote a boy of 14 suddenly the mask man signal the Hawks hold up what's the matter Mr. Miller Dan Otto you hear anything coming towards that right I thought no one ever used this trail gone over since the gold mines played out then someone is using it now MC mask maybe think we outlawed well avoid a lot of questions if we get out of sight that's right we get off the trail we can get outside behind the brush this way come on big boy easy and you go you cover open all I thought okay this mountain hold your horse easy big full up right open on trail I see them two three men pack horses those men look like miners I thought gold mining was a thing of the past in this section notice I then maybe not mine or two of them are dressed like miners and and there's some digging tools on the horse away then I know who one of those men is his name is colder he's wanted by the law and Homer County go out by it I'm coming close on Ranger with his two companions waited silent and motionless behind the bridge but hid them from view of the two horsemen coming along the trail the Ranger the one scene could observe the approaching men and he took the opportunity to impress their appearance on his mind one of the men was a heavy set rough looking man dressed in miners clothes the other was an elderly little man with all the earmarks of a meat tender foot as the horseman came with an earshot the heavy set man called for a halt right up here a minute me good oh oh there oh why are we stopping here mr. Kohler to give Barton the pack horses a chance to catch up oh yes yes of course do you think we'll reach rim rock before dark sure thing what's the matter you getting anxious I know it's foolish but I can hardly wait to see the assay on the gold mine I told you the or show the finest say oh it isn't that I doubt your word mr. I understand you will feel better when you get the word of an expert oh my friend meet her as anxious to see the assay oh it seems too good to be true I can't see why you're willing to let me buy part of your mind well that's because we need an educated man like you for a partner maker it means so much to me for the sake of my son ain't your son that's buying into the mine is it oh no I'm buying it but it's for my son I want to leave something worthwhile for me see money means nothing to me not now don't not since my wife died oh where is your son well he's in the east with my sister he's in school when we get the mind into production I'll take a trip and visit him maybe we better shove on yeah oh just one thing we should warn you about me we don't want the news of our mind to leak out so you'd better not say anything about it when we get to rim rock very well well if we're going to get the asset report this evening we better get going yep come on get up get up as the free man rode away the long-ranger motion to Dan and Tonto remain quiet until the riders were well out of earshot having recognized colder the masked man knew his dealings with the man called meeker were not above board as he watched them right away he was already planning to find out more about the deal concerning the gold mine colder had mentioned finally he turned to Tonto and spoke that you hear that daughter there are no gold left around here I wonder coolers up to one of his old tricks what kind of trick looks to me as always planning to sell a salted gold mine to that old man he called meeker golly it'd be ashamed it rob a fellow like that isn't there something we can do about it before we do anything else then I want to see that mine how can we find it we'll follow their back trail it may lead to the mine mother culter prevailed upon the man on the assay office to work overtime so meeker could see the value of the ore that have been brought from the mine the old man paced the floor nervously here's had been a life of hardship every one of his five thousand carefully saved dollars had been accumulated through privation and long hours of work he couldn't believe that was possible to increase wealth but the simple act of investing in a gold mine heard about it happening I know what's happened to other men somehow I can't believe such a thing had ever happened to me then meeker stopped pacing he saw the clerk approaching colder with a written report he watched colders face as he read the report and colder grin yes look at that report meeker that mile makers rich men mighty rich men boy boy this is a this is even better than you said yeah and I'm part owner I can't believe it it's like a dream just like a dream sure it is all right but assignment yeah there you are I will go to the bank and get your cash and the bank is open in the evening isn't sure come on thanks for waiting for us Joe you can close up whenever you want to I've got to tell him something you walk on ahead meeker I'll catch up to you very well all set but signed up all right sure we're going to the bank and get his cash right now good is everything else also yep boys are all ready for whenever you give the word how about the supplies in the wagon it's all set including the blast powder past the word that will take meeker to the mine first thing in the morning and there's easier ways to get cash out of a gold mine and digging out the gold there sure is colder in the meantime the lone ranger tanto and Dan rained up near the mouth of the tunnel of the animal colder back trail a dark shack stood at one side and a guard sat in front of the fire beside the word expecting visitors photo you work your way to the other side of the trail make the guard think you're trying to steal his horse you do it in a way so Dan and I can examine this mine and circle back to the trail and wait for us what do you expect to find here I want to see what the horror looks like horses are getting uneasy I was getting near the guards horse knows it huh yes God doesn't notice anything wait let's get the horse and then city before I can't see him anymore wait then yes I want to examine this what more like I can see enough in the fire light is that gold or it's all that came from the tunnel oh here's where cold and these friends fill their side then this must be the stuff they're taking to town yes is it any good doesn't seem to be but if they were going to have it a say in the old trick look here then shotgun shell sure enough what do you mean the old trick coldest salt of this or he put gold dust into the barrel of a loaded shotgun and fired into this pile of ore the or he's taking to have a save will be filled with specks of gold what dirty crook now there's a double reason to get him before we turn him over the law for the crimes in Homer County you'll find out what else he's up to how you go back to camp and wait for me then I'm eat on oh then you'll come to camp I'll be there later oh after I meet Otto I want to fix up a disguise and I'll go into rim rock and ask colder a few questions he might be more willing to answer them if you were without a disguise wearing that mask I'll have to look around to find him couldn't very well do that wearing a mask that going down by the time the Lone Ranger had met Tonto and affected a disguise that would stand up under close scrutiny the evening was well advanced it was nearly midnight when two men entered the darkened lobby of the hotel and made their way out the stairs on the second floor there were closed doors on both sides of a long quarter door bore a small card in which the name of the person occupying the room had been written colder this is a tunnel he must sleep someone is moving letting the land open the door called her I want to speak to you I want to talk about your gold mine who are you who's a red skin how do you know about any gold mine did that quit a talk I came to ask the questions that's a game colder why I don't know what you mean keep it something your paper on to give me them how you see here that's my property partnership agreement you give me that yet by you're through colder you will have his eyes open when he's seasoned appraisal of the other or in that worthless claim so that's it huh you figure to bust up my deal with me her definitely a mister you're too late he's already signed the partnership see he's born himself some land I don't guarantee nothing where's the money paid you it's my money colder I would you like to go back to Homer County you'll see if the cash is in his pocket on it you two engine good work part at their guns boys probably the floor that's it I'll kick them over the corner you and the boys got here just in time but I'm away at the sea and so this number pushing your door in figure something was wrong so went after the boys what's up this I'm bringing his engine part was fiction to turn us over to the law yeah when I get through with them they won't be able to turn us over for anyone else curtain falls on the first act of our lone Ranger story before the next exciting scenes please permit us to pause for just a few moments lone Ranger and Tonto stumbled upon a scheme to murder for money the lone Ranger unmasked with disguise confronted Vince colder with his guilty plan then suddenly colders men appeared with level guns don't try moving stranger what do you plan to do with us you know too much you and your engine part it ain't healthy you got anything to say say it fast both here I don't name to waste words or bullets you can't shoot us Bart can I'll show you I'll show you lucky this picture was handy to I'm very sure put up a fight wouldn't have it sense if it let me plug him in and brought the whole town here people don't pay much attention to scuffling but a gunshot well I thought you want to get somebody was smart enough to know that run our plans we can't afford to have folks busting in now you're right what are we gonna do with these two nothing for the time being they're out cold time and gag him we'll put him that old shack back at the hotel stable and we're going through with the plan sure we'll come back and deal with these two later on good enough we'll take him in the shack come on throughout the night one of colder's men kept close watch on the prisoners in the shack a daybreak colder rode away with his gang including the guard then Tato squirmed across the floor he turned his back so his hands though tightly tied that reached the cloth that held a gag in the lone rangers mouth his fingers were numb and groveling but after time the gag was loose that's it Tato I'll do the same for you the men reversed their positions the Indians gagged soon lay on the floor the ropes however were tied in hard knots that resisted the lone rangers effort hands are all thump and rope not like bandana get loose with a bit you hear that silver and their knife and saddle wonder if silver can get in door not strong door with hopes that break those crooks over look we're tied in front I'll have your ropes cutting no time I wonder if they left our guns in that room upstairs we go see I got another mass somewhere in the saddle bag so wonder they didn't go through these bags super maybe keep out of way probably alchemy subby let's get out of here and see what color is doing lone Ranger and Tato dashed into the hotel and ran unnoticed up the back stairs to Vince colders room where they retrieved their guns moment later they were in the south the lone ranger and Tato rode out of rimrock toward the rock canyon trail part in his men waited tensely at the old mine shaft any side of him yet and nope with a wagon they're traveling then they'll be pretty slow anyways it's planned to get here about noon have we waiting here for him I'm writing down to meet them at the foot of the trail yeah which is a part well the way Vince plans it were to ride down the slope and meet him Vince Alaska's download the wagon partway then again me to drive the wagon uphill to the mine with the fuse lit on the powder cake behind him yeah why don't we just get him from ambush and be done with it well this way look like an accident in case anyone tries to investigate and me girl never know what happened kind of hot mr. Kohler you think you'll get to the mine soon soon about it's a little slower driving this supply wagon you said you wanted to help out oh I do I didn't mean to complain now that we're partners I want to do my chair you know I feel like everything I do is helping make my boys future more secure yeah yeah I was then I got worried about you I thought maybe you'd go back to the mine no well I went there and there's some men watching those two minors we saw yesterday these to me yes I heard part of what they were saying quick down what was it they said something about putting in a fuse and a clay cake of blasting powder on a wagon and letting mr. meeker drive it up the last part of the trail lasting cutter look like a mining accident wagon tracks go along trail to mine how much of a start have colored me girl I passed him when I was coming down the trail look for you they must be nearly at the mine by now then there's no time to waste we've got the right past we want to a short time later at the foot of the trail but let up hill to mine glad you boys wrote down to meet us as wagons too heavy loaded to make the grade right you mean we can't take it up to the mine a lot as it is ever it seems to load a little it off your horses boys and help out right what do you want us to do Vince there may I help yeah in just a minute me here we got something for you to do here as let me hand with the boxes you're about to take all right I could miss you know you stay on the wagon and hold the reins we'll be ready to go in just a minute and if you're so anxious to help you can drive the wagon up to the mine drive the wagon I'd be glad to rent help mr. meeker hold the horses I tell you to let it go sure boss I hope I can manage the horses on this trail you do all right me here oh that's what let him go red wagon bounce curious in the rock-studded trail the reins were torn from meekers hands Middle Eastern are fun desperately the wildly bouncing seat will avoid being pitched to sharp stone at the bottom of the narrow trail the schemers watch the Johnson wagon then their attention was diverted by a ringing cry they saw a white horse and a mass rider charging toward the uphill trail the low rangers what passed full on his friends their guns went down to astonish to shoot accurately the mask man dashed on up the hill every ounce of silver's mighty strength with foreign of the fight to overtake the wagon that might explode at any moment meeker saw the mask man come alongside he heard the mask man shot meeker couldn't hear the word the mask man charged with the furious the load Ranger lean far out of the saddle it seems as though he must pull beneath the power moves the runaway horses meeker closed his eyes then he opened them see the mask man holding the reins pulling back hard get off that wagon who saved my life yet I haven't got that wagon let me cut this team lose but I can't putter in there I know it's a lighted fuse it'll go off What? I want to cut the horses' threes. I'll help you. We'll start the wagon downhill. I'll push it. Is that wagon really going to explode? Yes, it is, beaker. Kolder planned to kill you so he'd get back to stock he told you. I can't believe it. I saw several partnership agreements like the one you signed. You were to be the first of a number of victims. I trusted them so much. Look, down there, Kolder and the others, they're craft. They can't get away from the wagon. They're stuck with the walls of the canyon. The wagon's almost down them. You must have had an awful lot of powder. Yes. Golly, they sure saw their death trap come back at them. Beaker, your business partners are dead. Yes. Tata, see if Mr. Beaker's cash is in Kolder's pocket. Uh-huh. Beaker, look. Beaker, according to the partnership agreement, you are the survivor entitled to everything. Kimusabi, yes. You're plenty cash. Good. That's the money I paid him. You'll get it back, Beaker. Did Kolder try to kill me so that I couldn't share in the gold mine? There is no gold. He sold you worthless land. See, you say it was based on a sample of ore that had been shot full of gold dust. You were to be killed so you couldn't learn the truth. No gold mine? No. But there's a reward posted in Homer County for that dead man. He's wanted better alive. The reward is yours. No, no, it's yours. I already owe my life to you. I have no use for the reward, Beaker. You have. City Silver. Wait here. I'll send men from town to take charge of things. But wait, I want to see you. I'll use... I'll use... I'll use... I'll use... I'll use... I'll use... I'll use...