It certainly wasn't that the river lacked natural resources--the middle and upstream stretches of the Lele abound in precious lumber, and the Taiwan Provincial Bureau of Mines discovered abundant deposits of white marble in Walami, along the middle stretches of the river. Thirteen companies applied to mine there and were itching to go.
並非它自然資源貧乏﹘﹘樂樂溪中、上游生長著許多珍貴林木，礦務局也發現在中游瓦拉米一帶蘊藏豐富的白色大理石礦，且已有十三家礦商申請探礦、採礦，躍躍欲試。