 "Wildcatter" Dave Warren (Buster Crabbe) and his crew are trying to bring in a new oil well. Dave gives troublemaker Simmons (Max Wagner) a good thrashing and orders him off the site. In order to complete drilling Dave borrows $50,000 from investment banker J. T. Varley (George Irving) and also begins a romance with Varley s daughter Alice (Gloria Shea). Varley suffers market reverses and knowing that Dave is about to strike oil hires Simmons to wreck the rig so he can foreclose and take over.