"Fields downstream became submerged with the debris dumped by the miners," says Wu Chen-jung. According to the registration book of the Taiwan Provincial Bureau of Mines, currently eight mining companies are working the Chingshui Farm, and every year they take out 70-80,000 tons. The last mining permit expires in 1995.
根據礦務局的登記冊記載，目前清水農場尚有八家業者採礦，每年仍生產約七、八萬噸石礦，而最後一張開礦執照，有效期開採到八十四年。