Sue Lee

The white workers would be making $35 a month and board would be covered. But it said that even having to pay their own board, Chinese workers were able to save $20 a month. Summit Camp is the camp where the Chinese worked for over two years. Summit Tunnel is the largest of the 15 tunnels that were carved out of the Sierra Nevada. And it took over the course of two winters to complete.

The white workers would be making $35 a month and board would be covered. But it said that even having to pay their own board, Chinese workers were able to save $20 a month. Summit Camp is the camp where the Chinese worked for over two years. Summit Tunnel is the largest of the 15 tunnels that were carved out of the Sierra Nevada. And it took over the course of two winters to complete.

A couple of thousand Chinese camped next to the location of the tunnel. And so that area has been very important in excavating and finding the remnants of the way Chinese lived as they worked.

A couple of thousand Chinese camped next to the location of the tunnel. And so that area has been very important in excavating and finding the remnants of the way Chinese lived as they worked.

A couple of thousand Chinese camped next to the location of the tunnel. And so that area has been very important in excavating and finding the remnants of the way Chinese lived as they worked.

What triggered the strike, we believe, is that there was a huge accident, an explosion. And the Chinese workers knew that the white workers were making more money and were working fewer hours per day. So on a Monday in June 1867, they stopped work along this 30-mile stretch at the same time. So they were extremely organized. They had good communication between the work camps.

What triggered the strike, we believe, is that there was a huge accident, an explosion. And the Chinese workers knew that the white workers were making more money and were working fewer hours per day. So on a Monday in June 1867, they stopped work along this 30-mile stretch at the same time. So they were extremely organized. They had good communication between the work camps.

What triggered the strike, we believe, is that there was a huge accident, an explosion. And the Chinese workers knew that the white workers were making more money and were working fewer hours per day. So on a Monday in June 1867, they stopped work along this 30-mile stretch at the same time. So they were extremely organized. They had good communication between the work camps.

So they laid down their tools and didn't go to work, which scared the hell out of the Central Pacific Railroad leaders and said, wait a minute, we can't do this. We can't afford for the Chinese to stop work. And so within a week, the Central Pacific stopped the supplies to these work camps. So they basically starved them out. So the strike ended.

So they laid down their tools and didn't go to work, which scared the hell out of the Central Pacific Railroad leaders and said, wait a minute, we can't do this. We can't afford for the Chinese to stop work. And so within a week, the Central Pacific stopped the supplies to these work camps. So they basically starved them out. So the strike ended.

So they laid down their tools and didn't go to work, which scared the hell out of the Central Pacific Railroad leaders and said, wait a minute, we can't do this. We can't afford for the Chinese to stop work. And so within a week, the Central Pacific stopped the supplies to these work camps. So they basically starved them out. So the strike ended.

But the Central Pacific quietly did raise the wages of the Chinese workers and did cut the work hours by one hour over a couple of months after the strike.

But the Central Pacific quietly did raise the wages of the Chinese workers and did cut the work hours by one hour over a couple of months after the strike.

But the Central Pacific quietly did raise the wages of the Chinese workers and did cut the work hours by one hour over a couple of months after the strike.

Well, the China Wall, which is near the Summit Tunnel, it's between, I think, Tunnel 7 and 8, there's nothing between the rocks. There's no mortar. It looks like a jigsaw puzzle where they just use rocks to build this 75-foot wall. And, you know, before they took the tracks out, there was a track on it. It's 150 years old. It's amazing.

Well, the China Wall, which is near the Summit Tunnel, it's between, I think, Tunnel 7 and 8, there's nothing between the rocks. There's no mortar. It looks like a jigsaw puzzle where they just use rocks to build this 75-foot wall. And, you know, before they took the tracks out, there was a track on it. It's 150 years old. It's amazing.

Well, the China Wall, which is near the Summit Tunnel, it's between, I think, Tunnel 7 and 8, there's nothing between the rocks. There's no mortar. It looks like a jigsaw puzzle where they just use rocks to build this 75-foot wall. And, you know, before they took the tracks out, there was a track on it. It's 150 years old. It's amazing.

The summit tunnel itself, to make the impact on you emotionally, I think it's kind of crazy, but you should go in the winter when there's still ice in the tunnel. It's a huge, huge tunnel. It's dark as hell. And in the winter, there's ice in there. It's freezing. And then you think, how in the world did these Chinese build it?

The summit tunnel itself, to make the impact on you emotionally, I think it's kind of crazy, but you should go in the winter when there's still ice in the tunnel. It's a huge, huge tunnel. It's dark as hell. And in the winter, there's ice in there. It's freezing. And then you think, how in the world did these Chinese build it?

The summit tunnel itself, to make the impact on you emotionally, I think it's kind of crazy, but you should go in the winter when there's still ice in the tunnel. It's a huge, huge tunnel. It's dark as hell. And in the winter, there's ice in there. It's freezing. And then you think, how in the world did these Chinese build it?