The adventures of a young coal miner and his horse.
A crowd rallies behind Ned as he battles with Mr. Crowe over the future of the mine; Willie is accepted at a photography school in Boston.
Ned and Nellie argue about adoption when Nellie takes in an abandoned baby; Stringy returns home and encourages Willie to apply to a photography school.
The new machinery Ned gets for the mine causes Spider to lose his hearing; Rufus and Scotty have trouble maintaining their machine.
Willie and Charley capture a wild stallion; pressure is on Ned to teach the men how to tame the modern coal cutters.