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The Jones family heads West to claim a gold mine and finds a nest of thieves instead. Jed Prouty. Ma: Spring Byington. Jack: Ken Howell. Lucy: June Carlson. Henry: Eddie Collins. Zippy direction by comedy old-timer Mal St. Clair; story co-written by Buster Keaton. Malcolm St. Clair directed., In this entry in the “Jones Family” comedy series, the Jones have just arrived from a Hollywood vacation when they receive a telegram informing them that a recently deceased and very wealthy uncle has left them a gold mine near the Grand Canyon. Happily the family packs up and heads for Arizona; there, they contract a guide who takes them high up a mountain to an isolated cabin, which turns out to be a robbers’ lair. Mayhem ensues until the children catch the crooks and collect a handsome reward. The film was written by former silent film great Buster Keaton.