Under the Japanese occupation, it was strictly forbidden for miners in the Chiufen area to take gold out of the mines with them, and to escape inspection, some miners would swallow pieces of gold which they would retrieve at home when they relieved themselves.
日據時代，日人嚴禁九份地區礦工攜帶黃金出坑，為逃避檢查，就有工人將金吞進肚裡，回家再排泄出來。