"A History of the Spindletop Oil Field" by Everette Armstrong Martin
(2 copies of a M. A. thesis, University of Texas)
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of the Spindletop oil field in Beaumont, TX on 10 January 1901. Black
and white photographs include Spindletop 50th anniversary commission
officers. 6" x 9.25" book runs 201pp.
A short distance from Spindletop oil field, site of the gusher that
triggered the Texas oil rush more than a century ago, scientists have
found a purpose for the long-disused underground reservoirs -
great Spindletop Oil Field at Beaumont, Texas on January 10, 1901. The
original field, however, peaked in 1902; and by 1924, annual
production fell to less than 352,000 barrels.
The massive Spindletop Oil Field was
discovered in 1901 and Beaumont, TX was firmly on the map
Whether you are staying for a week or much longer, you will
DID YOU KNOW? Patsy Yount, whose Spindletop Oil Field in Texas gave
birth to such oil company giants as Gulf, Texaco and Sunoco, was the
model for cartoonist Al Cap's Pansy Yocum in L'il