[flinty]

http://web.stanford.edu/group/chineserailroad/cgi-bin/wordpr... Another notch in the history of Chinese/foreign labor doing great things to improve american lives :)

>Winter 1866-1867: One of the harshest winters in history, featuring 44 storms and averaging 18 feet of snow at the summit. Despite this, the Chinese workers continued work on the tunnels. The Tunnel 6 labor force by this time is almost completely made up of Chinese. Avalanches pose particular danger, as demonstrated at Strong’s Canyon (Tunnels 11 and 12) known as Camp 4, which included 2 gangs of Chinese and a gang of culvert men.[16]

[throwaway32189]

China may have earned its Silver back in a few more decades, but India has a long way to go. Then again, may be not - everything is paper these days.