Decline as the gold ran out: But just as Wang and Hai's business was flourishing, Chinese people gradually began to move away from John Day to larger cities such as Portland, as the gold in John Day ran out and work became scarcer and scarcer.
當王、海兩人的事業蒸蒸日上之際，華人卻因強地的黃金淘盡，工作機會愈來愈少，而逐漸遷至波特蘭等大都市。