Silver Dollar

Despite his wife Sarah's protests, Kansas farmer Yates Martin moves her, his son and himself to Colarado to search for gold. Their efforts don't yield much at first, but with a combination of Sarah's prudent wisdom and a few strokes of good luck, yates manages to strike upon the second-best thing: silver. Emboldened by this sudden influx of money, renown, and resources, Yates refuses to rest on his laurels. It isn't long before - against his wife's advice - begins drawing up plans to advance his social status even further, and increase his wealth even further, even if it means that he risks falling foul of his own avarice...