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  • The Miner's Peril (1914)
  • Short | Short, Western
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The Miner's Peril (1914)
Short | Short, Western
Jimson, a mine foreman, discharges Pedro and Madro for trying to steal ore and when they attack him. He is forced to beat them up. They swear vengeance. Their enmity is intensified when Jimson rescues Nina, a Mexican girl, from the ...See moreJimson, a mine foreman, discharges Pedro and Madro for trying to steal ore and when they attack him. He is forced to beat them up. They swear vengeance. Their enmity is intensified when Jimson rescues Nina, a Mexican girl, from the unwelcome attentions of Pedro. Nina and Jimson fall in love, and after the marriage, Pedro and his pal follow them as they ride away over the hills. Near the shack holding the windlass which supports the cable drum for the big ore bucket, they capture both Jimson and the girl. Nina is bound in a corner of the shack, while Pedro and Madro put Jimson, tied hand and foot in the ore bucket, suspended several hundred feet above the rocks below. Then they place a long candle upon a table beneath the rope holding the bucket and light it. It is evident that when the candle burns down to the rope Jimson will drop with the bucket to his death. Then, leaving their victim to his fate, the Mexicans hurry away. Nina struggles in vain. The candle is almost down to the rope. Near to where she is tied, is a long plank, propped against the wall. She can just reach it with her foot. She pushes it, and it falls outward across the table on top of the candle, extinguishing the flame. Nina and Jimson are rescued by the morning shift of workmen. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less
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Arthur Mackley
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Updated Nov 4, 1914
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Nov 4, 1914 (United States)

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