To: SunkenCiv; proud_yank
Cool! My great, great grandparents were from Cornwall and come over to work the copper mines in Houghton, MI. Still have kin up there with the same last name.
7 posted on
06/24/2010 6:55:10 PM PDT by
rintense
To: rintense
NOTE: Cornish people have pretty much had a monopoly on deep rock tunneling here and in Europe for a very long time.
9 posted on
06/24/2010 7:11:11 PM PDT by
muawiyah
To: rintense
Thanks for the ping, that is pretty interesting.
Pottery and pieces of slag have been found at the undisclosed location near St Austell, suggesting an ironworks.
I knew a someone who used to do research in archaeological metallurgy. His presentations were always fun to listen to.
10 posted on
06/24/2010 11:09:08 PM PDT by
proud_yank
(Socialism - An Answer In Search Of A Question For Over 100 Years)
To: rintense
Cool! My great, great grandparents were from Cornwall and come over to work the copper mines in Houghton, MI. Still have kin up there with the same last name. Great - have you ever gone up to visit Houghton in the summertime? It's beautiful up there, and as a Michigan Tech grad, I greatly miss it!
12 posted on
06/25/2010 12:01:03 AM PDT by
Yossarian
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To: rintense
Lots of Cornish miners, lots of Finns as well, in the UP.
13 posted on
06/25/2010 6:55:30 PM PDT by
SunkenCiv
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