While the deposits some 30 kilometers from roads grabbed the miners 'attention, there was no way they could transport the stone out, and hence the area around the Lele remained in its original wild state.
但樂樂溪沿途是叛逆不馴的崇山峻嶺，加上地質脆弱，在人們眼中地形惡劣，開路挑戰極大，因此進出只能靠簡便的步道，離交通要道尚有卅幾公里的石礦雖受人覬覦，人們卻不得其門而入，樂樂溪流域遂能保持原始粗獷的風貌。