[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.

[muawiyah]

NOTE: Cornish people have pretty much had a monopoly on deep rock tunneling here and in Europe for a very long time.

[proud_yank]

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.

[Yossarian]

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!

[SunkenCiv]

Lots of Cornish miners, lots of Finns as well, in the UP.