About the book: 1960 / This is a story about the adventures of one of the first detachments of Soviet exploration geologists who were looking for zealot placers in the Rudny Altai mountains. A fascinating plot unfolds against the backdrop of vivid pictures of the nature of the region, life and the hard work of geologists. The story is written on materials from the personal diaries of the author, who has almost thirty-five years of travel in various regions of the Soviet Union and twenty of them - work in geological exploration expeditions or mountain enterprises. [Adapted for AlReader]