On January 10, 1901, a drilling derrick at Spindletop Hill near
Beaumont, Texas, produced an enormous gusher of crude oil,
coating the landscape for hundreds of feet and signaling the
advent of the American oil industry.
The geyser was discovered at a depth of over 1,000 feet, flowed
at an initial rate of approximately 100,000 barrels a day and took
nine days to cap.
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