Image: A Pay Car in Colon on payday for “Silver Workers 1910.
The appellative “Silver” comes from the Gold and Silver Roll system implemented by the American administrators of the Canal Zone in 1904 and enforced by the American government from the very beginning of what is historically known as the American Construction Era of the Panama Canal Zone which spanned the years 1904-1914.
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The Silver People Heritage Foundation 