From there they would float down the Feather River to Oroville. Records from 1850 show that there were about 2,200 Chinese in the vicinity of Oroville. Most were miners, working the two abandoned mines in the area.
據一八五○年的紀錄顯示，當時在奧路委附近的華人約有二千二百多人，他們多為礦工，聚集在附近兩個廢棄的礦區工作。