Most of the trouble was the way Chinese miners looked for gold.
The river was worked by both European and Chinese miners.
In 1877 over 18,000 of the residents were Chinese miners.
Chinese miners also made the best of the promised gold at the claims.
Eventually the riots were stopped and the Chinese miners had their mining areas given back.
There were many rules and laws to try to control the Chinese miners.
Its population was 100 people, half of which were Chinese miners.
Up to 20,000 miners worked the fields including about 2,000 Chinese miners.
Many Chinese miners moved to the area taking plots of land.
It has been mined by many since then including Chinese miners.