Carruthers and Sherriff Withers jump into the same river at the same point as Weston and Spike Barton do in The Man from Utah.
Malgrove's house is the same house as Juanita's house in The Desert Trail and as the Matlock ranch-house in The Star Packer.
The plot is very similar to Lawless Range - a hidden gold deposit, a wealthy man cutting off supplies to the valley with the intention of buying up the properties cheaply.