After having dug to a depth of 10 meters 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 meters, 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, "Moose Jaw Times Herald", a local newspaper in Saskatchewan
reported the following: "After digging as deep as 30 meters in sagebrush
fields near Moose Jaw, Ole Johnson, a self-taught archaeologist, reported
that he found absolutely nothing. Ole has therefore concluded that 300 years
ago, Saskatchewan had already gone wireless."
