This episode was the original pilot for the television series. In fact, the storyline was also used in the first radio program produced in the radio version of the series in 1930.
This episode was remade in color as Green Is the Color of Gold (1968), airing during the programs 16th season. That show featured Royal Dano and Lisa Gaye as Aaron and Rosie Winters.
In 1881, Aaron and Rosie Winters discovered a large bed of borax in Death Valley. They sold their claim to a borax mining company for $20,000 (about $460,000 in 2018). They bought a ranch in Pahrump, Nevada (about 60 miles from present-day Las Vegas). Rosie died a few years later, and Aaron lost most of the ranch to back taxes in 1887.