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  2. Spindletop-Gladys City Boomtown Museum - Wikipedia

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    A replica of the wooden oil derricks that once dotted the landscape of Spindletop Hill in the early 1900s has been erected near the museum. For special occasions and anniversaries, the museum staff “blows the gusher” with a plume of water and provides a historical narrative and sound effects to simulate the discovery of oil at Spindletop.

  3. Texas oil boom - Wikipedia

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    Lucas and his colleagues struggled for two years to find oil at a location known as Spindletop Hill before making a strike in 1901. The new well produced approximately 100,000 barrels of oil per day, an unprecedented level of production at the time. [33] The 1902 total annual production at Spindletop exceeded 17 million barrels.

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  5. Spindletop - Wikipedia

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    On January 10, 1901, a well at Spindletop struck oil ("came in"). The Spindletop gusher blew for 9 days at a rate estimated at 100,000 barrels (16,000 m 3) of oil per day. [3] Gulf Oil and Texaco, now part of Chevron Corporation, were formed to develop production at Spindletop. [4] The Spindletop discovery led the United States into the oil age.

  6. Derrick - Wikipedia

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    Two guy derricks at a granite quarry. A derrick is a lifting device composed at minimum of one guyed mast, as in a gin pole, which may be articulated over a load by adjusting its guys. Most derricks have at least two components, either a guyed mast or self-supporting tower, and a boom hinged at its base to provide articulation, as in a stiffleg ...

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  9. History of the petroleum industry in the United States

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    Spindletop became the focus of frenzied drilling; oil production from the field peaked in 1902 at 17,400,000 barrels (2,770,000 m 3), but by 1905 production had declined 90% from the peak. [18] Spindletop Hill turned out to be the surface expression of an underground salt dome, around which the oil accumulated.