Movie Description

The Dead Man's Claim

The Dead Man's Claim

(1912)

Overview

An aged miner finds a rich gold claim, stakes it out, fills a sack with samples of the gold ore and starts back across the desert to file his claim. His water gives out, and, after days of torture, he at last falls in a clump of sagebrush. In a nearby cabin Jim Durkin and Black, his partner, are about to sit down to supper when faint cries are heard.

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Facts

Original TitleThe Dead Man's Claim

Status Released

Release Information

  • 1912-05-11

Original LanguageUnknown

Production CompaniesThe Essanay Film Manufacturing Company

Genres

  • Western