Since the site was a remote place and one could get there first by plane, then by taxi to the nearest town and from there by foot, workers could bring only materials carried in by hand to build some dwellings for them there. With an estimated 100,000 workers at its peak, a shanty town had sprung very quickly near the gold mine. Each miner had a claim 2 metres (6.6 ft) by 3 metres (9.8 ft).