Irish San Francisco gold rush artifacts found in archaeology dig

I would not be surprised at anything that is found in a privy...that's where all the refuse was dumped that could not be burned, and then covered over when they dug a new one. Kind of like a museum of used goods...I've often wondered how many bodies were dumped there, if people didn't have the money for an undertaker or didn't want a birth or death known. Similar digs unearth similar things, all over the world.

It is not at all unusual to find chamber pots in privies, as that is where they were emptied every day. The job was often relegated to children and if they accidentally dropped a pot into the opening they left it rather than try to retrieve it from the foul pit. Children and servants often threw broken china and liquor bottles into the privies to hide them. Weapons and even murder victims have also been found in privies. Coins are found too as they often dropped out of pockets when people sat down. Happy New Year from an old privy digger, Lee (Dr. E. Lee Spence)

I would be interested in seeing archeologists dig in the Irish colonies in Texas of Refugio and San Patricio de Hibernai both in South Texas and also digging in San Antonio's Irish Flats.

Indeed, the Irish spread all over the United States, and generally were an asset to their adopted country. It will be very interesting to see what is unearthed, and to then better understand how they lived.

Irish Priests & Cops,canal diggers,laying railroad track,Molly Malones,mining in Frisco,Fishing on the coasts.A cultural spread in spite of Jobs Available Irish Need Not Apply! Way to go ancestors ,in spite of Nasty Nast,we are proud to be Irish -Americans!