About the book: 1961 / The author of this book, writer Oleg Fokich Koryakov, wandered a lot with geological parties around the Urals. As a result, the story “Gloomy Vangur” appeared - about the hard and sometimes dangerous work of subsoil prospectors. On the banks of the gloomy taiga river Vangur, a handful of brave people are looking for rutile. This is the name of the ore of a valuable metal that is very necessary for industry - titanium. The geologists, the heroes of this book, have to go through many adventures and overcome great difficulties. In the fight against nature, people undergo a severe test and as a result... But read the book - and everything will become clear to you.