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Trails of Adventure Synopsis

California mine-owner Jim Gordon and his wife drive to New York City to attend the graduation of their daughter, Jane. On the way back, Gordon visits Washington D. C. to check mining claims and discovers an un-filed and un-mined parcel of land next to his Mojave properties. Meanwhile, his mine superintendent, Ace Gordon, with the aid of a crooked lawyer, Fred Kane, is busily swindling his employer. While traveling across the desert,Bill Merritt,a young prospector, rescues Jane from a runaway car,and he is invited to visit the Gordon's at their hotel. He falls in love with Jane, and later learns of the complicity between Carter and Kane to ruin her father.

The Key to Power Synopsis

Bruce Wendell, the son of West Virginia coal mine owner James Wendell, graduates from West Point and prepares to lead a fighting unit to the front during World War I. As his father lies dying, however, he convinces Bruce to remain at home and guard the mine. Bruce's fiancée Ann Blair assumes that he is a coward and breaks off their engagement, but her brother Bobbie remains Bruce's loyal friend. Meyer, a German agent, persuades railroad president Parrish to refuse to transport Wendell's coal, but when Bruce adamantly refuses to close the mine, the spy's men decide to blow it up. While Ann is being abducted by Meyer, Bobbie is buried in an explosion at the mine. Bruce rescues Bobbie and then sends a plea to Lieutenant Parrish to rescue Ann. Meyer and his gang are captured and Ann renews her vow of love to Bruce.