What is gold?
And what are its properties?
Why is it so valuable?
How can this substance be mined?

This book introduces you to a whole world where people of various professions transform an unsightly gray stone into a shiny gold bar every day.

You will learn how dangerous gold fever is, how to find gold if you can't see it, why bubbles and electricity are needed in gold mining, what aqua regia is, why some ores are so stubborn, and much more. Dredges and giant dump trucks, quarries, underground cities, and high-tech laboratories await you.

And also - several experimental games!