The Oil Field Plot (1916)
Barbara has taken charge of the work of boring the newest well on her father's oil lands. The Syndicate, thwarted in its plan to control the oil field by Brent's refusal to sell, sends Joyce, its agent, to use underground means. When oil sand shows the successful completion of her work, Barbara joyously sets out for the city to make arrangements with the railroad company for tank cars. Joyce, after bribing a discharged employee to plug the well, hurries to the city and succeeds in having the railroad postpone its answer to Barbara until after the conference with The Syndicate, Barbara learns of the conference, and by a clever ruse, succeeds in having it overheard by a stenographer and a witness. Threatened with exposure of their conspiracy, the railroad officers agree to provide the tank cars. At the moment of her triumph Barbara receives a telegram telling of the plugging of the well by Gus, Joyce's henchman. She wires to prepare to use dynamite in "shooting" the well, pending her coming. Meanwhile Wallace, investigating at the mine, has been set upon by Joyce's henchmen and made a prisoner. Barbara, hurrying on horseback to the well, is waylaid by Joyce, but the timely arrival of Wallace, who has succeeded in escaping from his guard, saves her. Joyce's tools have gained in bravado, and as the trio stand in the road a deafening explosion is heard and they turn to see the giant tower above the well crash to the ground. But a second later there is a whirling rush of oil as a gusher shoots in the air for the conspirators had overreached themselves and by their explosion put the final touch to the preparations made by Barbara's men for "shooting" the well.
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| Filmmakers | Role |
|---|---|
| James W. Horne | Director |
| Robert Welles Ritchie | Writer |
| Cast | Role |
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| Marin Sais | |
| True Boardman | |
| Frank Jonasson | |
| Robert N. Bradbury |
