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Spindletop is an oil
field located in the
southern portion of Beaumont, Texas, in the
United States. The
Spindletop dome was
derived from the
Louann Salt...
- The
Spindletop-Gladys City
Boomtown Museum is
located in Beaumont, Texas, to
commemorate the
discovery of oil at the
Spindletop Hill salt dome in Beaumont...
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Spindletop Hall,
located at 3414 Iron
Works Pike in Lexington, KY, is the
former home of
Pansy Yount, wife of
Miles Franklin Yount of the Yount-Lee Oil...
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Spindletop is a
rural neighborhood north of Lexington, Kentucky,
United States. Its
boundaries are I-75 to the west and
Berea Road to the
south and east...
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reserves of oil had been
struck during the 19th century, the
strike at
Spindletop near
Beaumont in 1901
gained national attention,
spurring exploration...
- the
drilling of an oil well near Beaumont, Texas, that
became known as
Spindletop. This led to the
widespread exploitation of oil and the
start of the Petroleum...
- less lucrative. Ultimately, the
discovery of
major petroleum deposits (
Spindletop in particular)
initiated an
economic boom that
became the
driving force...
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businessman and a self-taught geologist. He
earned the
nickname the "Prophet of
Spindletop" for his
endeavors in the
Texas oil business,
which accrued a fortune...
- Rienstrad, Ellen; Stiles, Jo (2002).
Giant Under the Hill, A
History of the
Spindletop Oil
Discovery at Beaumont,
Texas in 1901. Austin:
Texas State Historical...
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Thomas J. Donoghue, and
Arnold Schlaet upon the
discovery of oil at
Spindletop. The
Texas Fuel
Company was not set up to
drill wells or to
produce crude...
