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.