Historic: Spindletop
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| Birthname | Oil Well Gusher | ||
| born on | 10 January 1901 at 10:32 (= 10:32 AM ) | ||
| Place | Beaumont TX, USA, 30n05, 94w06 | ||
| Timezone | CST h6w (is standard time) | ||
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| Astrology data |   19°47'   26°13 Asc. 20°25'
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Biography
American oil well known as the Spindletop Gusher credited with being the origin of the 20th-century petroleum industry in the United States leading directly to our "car culture," highways and urbane mobility.
A ceremony was held at Beaumont, Texas to celebrate the 100th anniversary on 1/11/2001. Ex-president Bush the elder was one of the speakers, along with many other major figures from the oil industry and big business that it spawned. Before the time of Spindletop, a good well produced a few hundred gallons a day. When the gusher broke through at 10:32 am on 10 Jan. 1901, the men working on the rig ran for their lives and were lucky not to be killed or seriously injured -- but luck is the signature of this event.
The well produces from 75,000 to 100,000 gallons per day, and is still producing after a hundred years. This gusher led to further investment in the Beaumont
area, and was the start of the oil boom in Texas.
Source Notes
T. Pat David in Mercury Hour, 10/1990, p 60
Categories
- Mundane : Misc. Mundane : Historic milestones (Gusher than was start of oil boom in Texas)
