Work, Rest and the Gambling House
A demanding routine
Mining-camp labour, largely performed by Chinese migrant workers under long shifts, left limited free time, concentrated around rest days.
Leisure within the camp economy
Gambling houses were one part of a wider camp leisure economy alongside food stalls and other small trades, documented unevenly across different settlements (verify).
A respectful framing
This page describes the structure of camp life factually, without exoticising the hardship experienced by migrant labourers.