The Yellow Jacket Mine (1909) User Reviews

The details are worked out with considerable care

[deickemeyer · 15 December 2014]

A Selig Western drama, based upon an attempt of some sharpers to secure possession of a mine which they believe to be especially rich. They secure one-half, by deluding the young partners through the machinations of a treacherous woman. There is a pretty little love story in the picture and plenty of vigorous action, including some gun play which is not especially fatal. The details are worked out with considerable care. One scene is particularly good, where the young girl prevents the sneaking half breed from murdering her lover by dousing him from behind with a pail of water. The denouement is striking and one is almost ready to pity the young woman who has betrayed others when she is finally left alone and disappears from the picture, after doing all she could to set matters straight. The photography is good and the details of the mine opening, the cabins and the scenery seem to be in keeping with the subject. The acting is good in nearly all instances, no weaknesses of importance being apparent. The picture is so lively and there is so much action in it that minor discrepancies, if there are any, are overlooked. - The Moving Picture World, September 4, 1909