The gold industry of our Union is experiencing a severe crisis. The revolution and civil war shook her to her very foundation. A number of major enterprises not only stopped their work, but also reached a state in which the resumption of work in the proper amount is impossible without high costs. Mines and adits are flooded with water, buildings are sometimes burned, sometimes they became unusable due to lack of inspection, mechanisms are damaged or plundered. The situation of the small gold industry is very, very deplorable. The book is an essay on the life of the mine.