In just a few years, Chinkua-shih, Chiufen, and neighboring Jueifang had produced startling amounts of gold and coal. As a result there arose a number of Taiwanese entrepreneurs, such as mining magnate Yen Yun-nian, who are now legendary figures of the colonial era.
短短幾年，金、九與鄰近的瑞芳等地，挖出了產量驚人的黃金與煤礦，因此出現像礦業鉅子顏雲年這樣的日據時代台灣知名實業家。