After having dug to a depth of 10 feet 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, a California archaeologist dug to a depth of 20 feet and shortly after a story in the LA Times read: 'California archaeologists, finding traces of 200 year old copper wire, 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 Yuma Daily Sun reported the following: After digging as deep as 30 feet in the desert near Wellton, AZ, Pedro Gonzales, a self-taught archaeologist, reported that he found absolutely nothing. Pedro has therefore concluded that 300 years ago, Arizona had already gone wireless..
Just makes me proud to be from Arizona !
