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Leverage Oral Networks And Fast Transit
- Expect rapid information spread through oral networks when literacy is low; news of opportunity travels fast.
- Plan logistics: the sea voyage took about one month, enabling mass Chinese migration within years.
Farming Skills Boosted Mining Success
- Chinese miners used farming and irrigation expertise to excel at panning and hydraulic methods.
- Their skills initially gave them advantage, but racial prejudice and legal barriers later curtailed opportunities.
Displacement Through Prejudice And Law
- White miners' racial prejudice, violence, and laws like the foreign miners' tax pushed Chinese out of claims.
- Despite barriers, many Chinese still earned enough to save and aim to return home enriched.