The book tells about the minerals of the famous Zlatoust mines - Akhmatovskaya, Nikolai-Maximilianovskaya, Eremeevskaya and others, provides information about the geological history of the Zlatoust Urals, gives a brief overview of the history of the study of the Zlatoust Urals by geologists and mineralogists. The appendices provide small biographical information about the researchers of the Zlatoust Urals, an extensive bibliography is given.