archaeologist is mining a garbage dump beside an old Chinese restaurant, working to unearth clues about the lives of Chinese gold miners more than a century ago. 2,000 Chinese minersAt the height of the gold rush, about 2,000 Chinese miners lived in the area, making up about half of the local population. Historians believe several thousand Chinese miners live in Barkerville during the gold rush, about half the community's population. (Betsy Trumpener/CBC )Rich Chinese history during gold rushBarkerville already has one of the largest Chinese archival collections in Canada, with approximately 18,500 items. Ben Zhou has worked in Barkerville's living history program, dressing in costume to portray a gold rush era Chinese school teacher.

Source: CBC News June 07, 2020 12:56 UTC