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 Austin, 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.'