Prospectors Billy Joe King and Toyable Tom Jennings make a big strike worth more than a half-million dollars. They head to the nearest town to celebrate their newfound wealth. Billy meets a "quarter-breed" woman, falls in love and decides to marry her, against Tom's advice. It turns out Tom was right: she was only after Billy's money, took as much of it as she could and turned it over to her real boyfriend. Things turn ugly when Billy catches the two and a vicious fight breaks out. Complications ensue.