In order to avoid confrontation with the hostile white miners, the Chinese tended to stay in gold streams or mines that had been abandoned, hoping to squeeze a small fortune out of the mud and gravel.
華人礦工則為了避免與懷有敵意的白人競爭，因而待在已遭棄置的礦渣和礦場，希望從碎石與泥土裡篩選出漏網之金。