In the late 1941, the mountain became a focal point of the treasure hunt, connected with the withdrawal of the Partisans from the collapsing free territory of the Republic of Užice. After taking Užice, the Partisans confiscated much paper and silver money. On 10 October 1941 they shipped two trucks to the mountain and buried the money. Another bulk, only silver, was taken with them during the withdrawal in the end of November and buried into the ground on Zlatibor. After the war, the official story by the Partisans was that all the money was later seized by the Germans and the Chetniks, but after the fall of Communism, different information surfaced.