Crimea House

Stone Corral

A Stone Corral which dates to the early 1850’s stands across the street from the monument. It is in a remarkable state of preservation and is still used to hold animals. The corral was probably built by the Chinese laborers who were responsible for the miles and miles of stone walls which run across the low hills of the Southern Mines. Some of these stone fences were originally five feet high and cattle proof. To build these fences, the Chinese were paid two bits a rod (sixteen and a half feet) and often worked from dawn to dusk on this back-breaking ku-li, which means “bitter labor” in Chinese.

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