Spindletop
Discovered 1901, onshore Texas, the Lucas gusher that launched the Texas oil boom.
Overview
On 10 January 1901 the Lucas well on a salt dome near Beaumont blew out oil for nine days before it was capped. The gusher dwarfed earlier American wells and made fuel oil cheap. Companies born in the rush grew into Texaco and Gulf Oil.
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