[7] ' Evening Sun said, "Few imported dramas of the kind, it is said, have the absorbingly interesting plot that characterises A Miner's Trust which, moreover, is not written in the hysterical key common to most melodramas.
"[8] The Sydney Morning Herald said it "possesses a higher standard of literary excellence and dramatic construction than much of the similar work of English playwrights.
"[9] The Daily Telegraph said "The piece is straight-out melodrama, the central idea is as preposterous as usual, and conventionalities are well preserved.
Mr. Smith, however, having got the idea, sticks to it with praiseworthy determination, and allows no side-stepping, but bustles the story along to the inevitable end with considerable ingenuity and well-contrived dramatic effects.
Alan hears of a shipwreck and helps rescue the passengers, who include the French bushranger, returning home to France.