Life in the camp

The camps they would build were not well organized, the towns grew to be big. As the towns continued to grow big, the spirit of anarchy rose because there were no laws in the towns. Workers usually lived in canvas camps in the mountains, most of the time they were protected by wooden bunkhouses from the snow. There camps were most of the time next to the railroads which was good because, the railroad companies would not have to pay for transportation for the workers. The men ate dried up food by a cook bringing the food from the chinese areas in sacramento and san francisco, the food was prepared by a cook that each gang of workers had. The railroads camps would come and go, they were built fast and taken down fast. That would happen because, the workers moving to new areas so much and because of the bad weather that would come through the camps. The weather in the work areas a lot of the times tough, the work camps were sometimes located in the mountains which meant there was a lot of snow, strong winds, and very cold temperatures. These conditions caused the camps to deteriorate. When they did deteriorate they would usually build new camps close to the old ones which led for the same thing to happen all over again.
 But, there were mining towns close by that had many nice things. Some of them had Gambling houses, saloons, dance halls, and brothels. These camps were crowded with many miners and traders, these camps also had a good profit because of many miners and traders spending there money on these things. But like the other camps, they quickly popped up and quickly deteriorated. All together life in the working camps was tough and made life for the workers even harder due to the tough conditions in the camps.