Though most Chinese deliberately hid themselves to avoid the surveys of the local government, according to contemporary government estimates there were as many as 10,000 Chinese in the area. This was, so to speak, the golden age for Chinese in Oroville.
雖然多數華工為了逃避市政府的調查而藏匿，但據市政當局估計，居於當地的華人曾高達一萬人，可說是華人在該市的全盛時期。