[Ccarc] copper wire

[Dave Rothermel]

    copper wire

         
        After having dug to a depth of 10 yards last year, New York
        scientists found traces of copper wire dating back 100 years and
        came to the conclusion that their ancestors already had a
        telephone network more than 100 years ago.

        Not to be outdone by the New Yorkers, in the weeks that
        followed, California scientists dug to a depth of 20 yards, and
        shortly after, headlines in the LA Times newspaper read:
        'California archaeologists have found traces of 200 year old
        copper wire and have concluded that their ancestors already had
        an advanced high-tech communications network a hundred years
        earlier than the New Yorkers.'

        One week later, ' The Express News,' a local newspaper in Texas
        reported the following:

        'After digging as deep as 30 yards in corn fields near Texas A&M
        , Bubba Johnson, a self-taught archaeologist, reported that he
        found absolutely nothing.  Bubba has therefore concluded that
        300 years ago, Texas  had already gone wireless.'