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TEXAS MAY CLAIM OIL WELL.; Lucas Gusher, at Beaumont, May Be Found to be on Land Formerly Belonging to the School Fund.
AUSTIN, Tex., Jan. 29 -- The oil from the great Lucas gusher near Beaumont may become the property of the State of Texas. State Land Commissioner Charles Rogan to-day discovered that the Public ...
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Historic Spindletop Gusher marks 124th anniversary of well that transformed Southeast Texas oil industry
The Lucas Gusher at Spindletop ... spewing oil continuously for nine days and ushering in an era of unprecedented growth and development in Southeast Texas. Within just one year of the discovery ...
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GREAT INDIANA OIL STRIKE.; Well in the Blackford County Field Surpasses the Famous Texas Gusher.
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Spindletop Gladys City Boomtown Museum celebrating 123nd anniversary of massive oil gusher with event Saturday
BEAUMONT, Texas — After a well at Spindletop ... after numerous attempts at digging into the salt dome, oil struck. The Spindletop gusher raged for nine days, gushing 100,000 barrels of oil ...
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Texas History 101: July 2005
The gusher was more than one hundred feet tall ... People started investing an estimated $235 million in oil in Texas, and although some were successful, others were not. All-white shack towns ...
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Streaming review: 'Landman' gives Billy Bob Thornton a real gusher of a series
Focusing his attention on the oil business in west Texas, uber-producer Taylor Sheridan has created a “Dallas” that tells more than J.R. Ewing ever would. It’s down and dirty, capable of ...