John Littlepage, the author of the book and the protagonist of the narrative, arrived at the invitation of the Soviet side to revive industrial gold mining, but, due to the vastness of the tasks assigned to the mining industry of the Soviet Union, participated in the establishment of copper, lead and zinc mining, as well as in the organization of smelting plants in the Southern Urals, Kazakhstan, Bashkiria, Yakutia, Western Siberia. With his participation, the reorganization of the "gold industry" was carried out and from the 56th place in 1927 it was on the 2nd place in gold production in the world, 288.4 and 1813 kg of gold per year, respectively. Engineer Littlepage, holding the position of chief engineer of the Glavzoloto trust, could proudly write that the Soviet "gold industry" had its own fleet of mechanical dredges for metal mining, its own transport infrastructure, its own locomotives and wagons, its own "social network" with guaranteed rest and recovery after hard work. He was awarded the Order of the Red Banner of Labor for his work, for diligence and responsibility, for his benefit in the cause of socialist construction.