Image: A replica of the Lucas Spindletop Gusher

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Description: Discovery well of the Spindletop Oil Field changed Texas. It was the first important well on the Gulf Coast. It blew in on Jan. 10, 1901, flowing 100,000 barrels of oil a day from a depth of 1020 feet. The oil production which resulted made Beaumont a city and Texas the major oil refining and exporting center of the world, which it still is today. The Lucas Gusher was drilled by the Hamill Brothers, contractors, under the direct supervision of Captain Anthony F. Lucas for Guffey and Galey of Pittsburgh, on the McFaddin, Weiss and Kyle lease. This replica of Lucas' famous Spindletop gusher is not located at Spindletop Park, rather it is at Gladys City 1.5 miles away. There is a museum, monument and somehow got the historical marker moved to this place. I don't know the schedule but periodically they shoot a stream of water up and out the top to simulate a gusher.
Title: A replica of the Lucas Spindletop Gusher
Credit: Own work
Author: Jim Evans
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