'Firebrand' Jordan is a ranger sent into the high Sierras to assist the local Sheriff Ed Burns in capturing a mysterious band of counterfeiters. His coming is made known to the gang leader, who sends three of his henchmen to get the ranger and gets three empty horses back. Meanwhile, back at the ranch, Judd Howe has disappeared, leaving his two daughters, Joan and Peggy, worried and in financial distress. The big-moneyed man of the district, David Hampton, lying that their father owes him money, attempts to make Joan accede to his less-than-honorable wishes.Jordan discovers that Hampton is really the gang leader he is hunting, succeeds in capturing the outlaws in an old mine, frees Howe who was being held prisoner, and wins the hand of Joan.