Philip Diedesheimer, a Pied Piper, is refused payment after he saves Virginia City's silver mines from a cave-in.Philip Diedesheimer, a Pied Piper, is refused payment after he saves Virginia City's silver mines from a cave-in.Philip Diedesheimer, a Pied Piper, is refused payment after he saves Virginia City's silver mines from a cave-in.
Lorne Greene
- Ben Cartwright
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Michael Landon
- Joseph 'Little Joe' Cartwright
- (credit only)
Carlos Albert
- Miner
- (uncredited)
Willie Bloom
- Miner
- (uncredited)
Blondie Bronzell
- Miner
- (uncredited)
Forest Burns
- Miner
- (uncredited)
- Director
- Writers
- Thomas Thompson
- David Dortort(uncredited)
- Fred Hamilton(uncredited)
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- TriviaThis story's events were inspired by the real story of the German-born American immigrant engineer Philip Deidesheimer (1832-1916). Diedesheimer developed his square set timbering system for the Comstock Lode's Ophir Mine in Virginia City, Nevada in 1860. And just as portrayed in the story, Diedesheimer chose not to patent his revolutionary and life-saving innovation in mining.
- GoofsAt the end of the episode the shadow of the boom mic is visible.
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Andrew Holloway: Enter it on the report. Make sure each of the widows get a box of groceries.
Helene Holloway: A box of groceries for a dead husband.
Andrew Holloway: It's company policy.
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I wonder if they'll give me a box of groceries?
That is the very statement from the daughter Helen that got her old man's attention. I thought this episode was heart tugging as well as how working people or the simple people who are the ones who do all the toiling, building and dying for the ruling class (so to speak) nameless faceless useful only to make me prosper. The mine was unsafe for a good long time multitude of cave ins and no improvement to working conditions. Then Helen's fiance and other men get killed in an explosion that is when things take a turn.
When that man Adam had punched took a new standing became like hallway. Thankfully short lived. Diedescheimer the engineer a modern marvel and genius suggested a beehive construction would save miners making it safe. Meets static from all the other fat cats but they too are enlightened. Men standing up for others.
I thought this show was excellent.
When that man Adam had punched took a new standing became like hallway. Thankfully short lived. Diedescheimer the engineer a modern marvel and genius suggested a beehive construction would save miners making it safe. Meets static from all the other fat cats but they too are enlightened. Men standing up for others.
I thought this show was excellent.
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- Aug 16, 2022
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