[K6BW] Copper Wire Discovered

[Bill Smith]

After having dug to a depth of 10 feet last year outside of New York 
City , New York scientists found traces of copper cable dating back 100 
years. They 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 Los Angeles , California 
archaeologist dug to a depth of 20 feet somewhere just outside Oceanside 
. Shortly after, a story in the LA Times read: " California 
archaeologists report a finding of 200 year old copper cable, have 
concluded that their ancestors already had an advanced high-tech 
communications network a hundred years earlier than the New Yorkers."

One week later, a local newspaper in Burwell , Nebraska reported the 
following: "After digging down about 30 feet deep in his pasture near 
the community of Elyria , Nebraska , Stanley Kolwaski, a self-taught 
archaeologist, reported that he found absolutely nothing. Stanley has 
therefore concluded that 300 years ago, Nebraska had already gone wireless".

>From Duncan Brown, Antique Wireless Association Newsgroup