Silky, Reno and Rocky are conned into buying a bankrupt seal raising business. Silky begins to sound like a con man himself when he tries to save the situation by promising some miners a huge return if they will take the business off his hands.

Silky Harris heads for old Gil Hawkins' mountain cabin to tell him his son has made a gold strike. But before Silky can identify himself, the old man almost shoots him with a rifle.