Loaches and valleys, mountain springs, rivers and endless forests of Siberia - all these are silent witnesses to the life of people who went in search of gold in the mid-nineteenth century. What did fate have in store for them? They not only lost the coveted metal that fell into their hands, but sometimes also lost their lives. How many human souls were gripped by the “gold rush”, how many difficulties they had to overcome - a secret hidden by the gloomy hills of the dense taiga.