Joshua and Luceila McNeil's 18 year old daughter Jean, makes an Algeresque rise from poverty to wealth .Raped by a low life crew boss, she sets out to reclaim the silver spoon her mother had cast aside when she left her parents in Louisiana to come to this rock laden farm in Texas with Joshua to discover oil. Black Gold, J ean learns there is two ways to make it up the corporate ladder in banking and sh e uses both , eventually becoming a bank president.