摘要南庄位居苗栗縣東北方，四周群山環繞資源豐富；在民國40、50年代，台灣經濟逐漸成長，能源的需求量大，在這樣的背景下，擁有煤礦資源的南庄地區也投入煤礦的開採，民國50年代因礦業開採量大，因此所需的礦工也多，當時南庄的人口達到顛峰，將近三萬人，南庄鄉地區的煤礦開採量最多時期，各個煤礦場總量高達20多萬噸，且有數千名員工投入其中，當地的居民，大多亦投入礦業工作，是南庄地區的全盛時期，可惜，在大環境變遷下，南庄地區的礦場逐漸關閉，在工作漸漸減少的情況下，人口慢慢流失，同時，南庄也失去熱鬧、繁榮的景象，現今可以看見的只剩過往的遺跡。本文以訪談的方式，訪問25位曾經在南庄地區工作的客家礦工，從他們口述的第一手資料，探討他們礦工的生涯，分析當時他們選擇礦業工作的理由、薪資待遇以及男、女礦工工作內容的差異，並且瞭解老礦工之現況及其對南庄未來發展的看法，為這些辛勤工作提升南庄經濟，而付出半生勞力的礦工留下歷史紀錄。AbstractNanzhuang province is situated on the north-east sector of Miaoli County; surrounded by mountains with rich resources. Taiwan’s economy was growing at a rapid pace during the 1940s and 1950s era and the need for production of natural resources is immense. Resource rich areas such as Nanzhuang province had begin mining operations under this circumstances; this had lead to an increase in miners looking for work in 1950s, with population peaking at thirty thousand. During the “golden period” of Nanzhuang, thousands of local; mostly conversion to mining work; had produced a record of twenty tonnes of coal at the peak of coal production. Unfortunately closure of coal mines had began to shutdown due to heavy depletion of coal resources in Nanzhuang; which in turn lead to a decrease in mining work, thus dwindling population. Today, we can only see traces of Nanzhuang’s former glory.This article by the in-depth interviews way, this article by the interview way, visited 25 once in the Nanzhuang area work Hakkas miner, accounts orally the first material from them, discussed their miner's profession, analysis at that time they chooses the mining industry work the reason, the salary treatment as well as male, the female miner works the content difference, and understood present situation of and the view future developed to the Nanzhuang the senior miner which, worked industriously for these promotes the Nanzhuang economy, but paid the half a lifetime labor force the miner left behind the historical record.
