The Claim Jumpers: Frontier Gentleman (March 9, 1958)

“The Claim Jumpers” is an episode of Frontier Gentleman, the old-time radio show, first broadcast March 9, 1958. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

J.B. Kendall befriends a teenage runaway named Bill Richmond on the trail in Montana territory. After sharing a meal and hearing prospecting tales from three rough miners who visit their camp, Bill becomes inspired to search for gold. At dawn, Bill discovers what appears to be a rich gold vein in a nearby gulch, and the three miners eagerly offer to help him stake and register a proper claim.

Montana territory mining country, near Fort Benton, along a trail with a campsite in a sheltered spot off the main road.

Characters: J.B. Kendall, Bill Richmond, Jack Kenton, Rod Goodall, Doncy Abbott

Listen for: The three miners' tall tales about finding gold, Bill's discovery of what he believes is a gold vein in the rocky bank of a gulch, and Kendall's warnings to Bill about registering his claim and keeping the find secret from strangers.

Written from the episode itself; it never gives away the ending. Every recording is remastered for the stream: cleaned of rumble, hiss and mains hum (and the old TV whine where we found it), then levelled in two passes to steady broadcast loudness, so one show is never quieter than the next.