Due to mechanization, the mining is not as laborious as it once was, says foreman Hsu Shan-ch'eng, but "the pay hasn't changed for the past thirty-some years. It's still only about six Australian dollars a day."
目前擔任工頭的許善成說，由於機械的使用，工人挖礦已不像以前那般辛苦，但是卅幾年來待遇沒有改變，每人每天大約只有六塊澳幣（相當新台幣一百卅二元）。