"There at the end of the long stone table, holding in his skeleton fingers a great white spear, sat Death himself..." Such is the image that our guide and narrator Allan Quatermain encounters as he and his companion approach the mysterious and deadly entrance to King Solomon's Mines.

On an ocean liner bound for Natal, Quatermain is engaged as guide. Supplied with arms and determination, the explorers set out through Africa's beautiful but often inhospitable terrain. The trek culminates in the discovery of these lost and lethal mines.