Thanks to their industriousness and efficiency the Chinese workforce soon nearly doubled South Africa's gold output, and the number of Chinese mineworkers eventually peaked at just over 53,000.
而中國人在此「打拚」，的確也沒讓老祖宗丟面子。在斐的華工因工作勤奮、效率高，使南非的黃金生產量增加近一倍，功勞簿上因此增上一筆。在巔峰時期，華工人數曾高達五萬三千餘人。