In a message dated 97-12-09 18:51:00 EST, [log in to unmask]
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<< Hi.  I'm currently working on a thesis concerning a Union Pacific section
 camp in SW Wyoming where (for a time) a significant proportion of the
 inhabitants were Chinese laborers. ...  Does anybody out there have
references
 or information on archaeological excavations at such camps? (I've been
 concentrating on RR and mining camps).
 
 Laura McIlrath
 Interdisciplinary Archaeological Studies
 University of Minnesota
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Yes, there are a few references.  One excavation, in particular, I think you
will find useful, though perhaps you already have it.  It is by A. Dudley
Gardner and David E. Johnson entitled "Historical Assessment of the Railroad
and Section Camp at Hampton, 48UT1520, Southwest Wyoming."  This was a CRM
report done by Archaeological Services,  Western Wyoming College, Rock
Springs, Wyoming in 1991.
 
Mike Polk
Sagebrush Consultants, L.L.C.
Ogden, Utah