City of Magadan; a correspondent interviews passers-by on the streets. Geologists climb the mountains. Geologists' tent camp. The movement of trucks on the Kolyma highway. Conversation of a group of drivers. Gold mining at the Magadan mine "Leningradsky". Production meeting of the heads of the "Leningradsky" mine. Sorting the gold placer. Marking gold bars, loading gold bars on the plane. Primary school students answer the teacher's question: what is gold? Interview about the attitude to gold of geologists, mine workers.