The Daring Miss Jones

While prospecting in the remote wilderness of southern Alaska, Hank Jones and his daughter Judy, accompanied by their pet bear cubs Mike and Ike, discover an abandoned gold mine that Hank believes contains uranium. As they investigate, the mine caves in, seriously injuring Hank. Judy attempts to navigate their boat through the partially frozen river to take Hank to the nearest settlement for help, but the canoe capsizes, drowning her father. Judy, Mike and Ike then take refuge in a cabin. Several miles down stream, outlaws Mook and Jake, who most recently occupied the cabin, find Hank's body and the map to the mine. They decide to claim the mine for themselves and bury the body to avoid any undue attention from the police. Meanwhile, in Fish Bay, Alaska, Judy's boyfriend, Tom Bransom, and his sister Mary are alarmed by Hank and Judy's absence. Tom flies a seaplane to the area to begin a search. In the wilderness, the cabin is destroyed in a fire, forcing Judy to survive by sheer wit. High above the cabin, Tom spots the smoke from the fire and attempts to land in a nearby river, but ice destroys the pontoons of the seaplane and sink it. Tom escapes unharmed and swims ashore, where he finds the cubs and Judy's locket. Back at the cabin, the outlaws find a note from Judy apologizing for the fire and offering to compensate them for the damage. Assuming Judy also has stake in the claim, the outlaws decide to track her down and kill her. With Mike and Ike's help, Tom finally finds Judy in a deserted Indian village. Soon after, Mook and Jake spot Judy's recent campfire and then find the couple, but the outlaws are killed in an ensuing gunfight before they can harm Tom and Judy. After learning that a native has reported spotting seaplane wreckage in the area, Mary flies there and brings Judy and Tom back to civilization. Later, a representative from the Manhattan Project inspects the mine and finds a rich uranium deposit. Judy and Tom, now wealthy from the mine profits, marry and move to California to raise their first-born, Hank, Jr.