Colonel Ferris, a wealthy farmer in northern California, is strongly opposed to hydraulic mining, a new method developed during the gold rush of the 1870's, which is flooding the area's prosperous farmlands. Despite Ferris' political stance, Jared Whitney, a mining engineer from the East, becomes friends with the colonel's son Lance and falls in love with his daughter Serena. Family tensions deepen when the colonel's brother Ralph gives up farming to go to San Francisco to work for his wife Rosanna's father, Harrison McCooey, a leader in the mining venture. When Lance follows Ralph, the colonel, focusing his anger on Jared, forbids him to see Serena.
as Jared Whitney
as Serena Ferris
as Colonel Ferris
as Rosanne
as Ralph Ferris
as Molly Featherstone
as Slag Martin
as Lance Ferris
as Harrison McCooey
as Judge
as Joshua
as Mr. Crouch
as Enoch
as MacKenzie
as Dr. Parsons
as Senator Walsh
as Senator Hearst
as Lawyer Cryden (uncredited)
as Farmer (uncredited)
as Ramon - Ferris' Servant (uncredited)
as Farmer in Meeting (uncredited)
as Farmer (uncredited)
as Miner (uncredited)
as Man in Telegraph Office Door (uncredited)
as Clerk (uncredited)
as Party Guest (uncredited)
as Miner (uncredited)
as Wong - McCooey's Servant (uncredited)
as Clerk (uncredited)
as Turner (uncredited)
as Farmer (uncredited)
as Miner Grogan (uncredited)
as San Francisco Bar Patron (uncredited)
as Kingan (uncredited)
as Miner (uncredited)
as Party Guest (uncredited)
as Moy - Rosanne's Chinese Maid (uncredited)
as Farmer in Courtroom (uncredited)
as Farmer in Courtroom (uncredited)
as Man at Stock Exchange (uncredited)
as Party Guest (uncredited)
as Bartender (uncredited)
as Miner (uncredited)
as San Francisco Bar Patron (uncredited)
as Butler at Party (uncredited)
as Farmer (uncredited)
as Farmer (uncredited)
as General Ulysses S. Grant (uncredited)
as Miner (uncredited)
as Process Serving Deputy (uncredited)
as Farmer (uncredited)
as Vocal Farmer (uncredited)
as Butler Announcing Party Guests (uncredited)
as Judge H.B. Clayburn (uncredited)
