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Birthday
Hi, my name is Aoife McLoughlin. I am from China and I came to America to be treated better and to get a good education. -
Angel Island
The Chinese immigrants came to the United States for better lives. Stiff immigration laws were being passed. Some Chinese immigrants had to prove they had a husband or father who was a US citizen. -
Working in a gold mine
Working in the gold mine was awful it was hot and the rocks would collapse and we would have to get out of there as soon as possible so that the rocks wouldn't kill us and some people would die and it was just terrible. -
Job experience working in the gold mine
My job experience working on the gold mine is that dynamite would be used to blow apart the mountains and there would be poisonous gasses underground. It was always hot down in the gold mine. Work was always hard you couldn't take a break and basically all you were doing was hitting rocks it was boring. -
Housing Conditions
The housing conditions were terrible. the houses were always filthy and they looked like they were never clean. They also didn't have sewer systems and so the waste would be all over the streets and it was really disgusting.
