 Following the completion of the railroad in 1869 he settled for a time in Black Hawk, Colorado where he was the unofficial leader of a group of Chinese immigrants who settled in a community called Cottonwood.Chin eventually achieved modest success in mining investments in Central City; by the 1870s, he had earned enough money to bring his family over from China.Upon their arrival, he moved to Denver, where he, as well as his children and descendants, became important figures in the city.