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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
Texas oil boom
Lucas and his colleagues struggled for two years to find oil at a location known as Spindletop Hill before making a strike in 1901
when was oil discovered in the rio grande valley UNANSWERABLE what is texas oil boom? It  was a period of dramatic change and economic growth in the U.S. state of Texas during the early 20th century
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After years of failed attempts to extract oil from the salt domes near Beaumont, a small enterprise known as the Gladys City Oil, Gas, and Manufacturing Company was joined in 1899 by Croatian/Austrian mechanical engineer Anthony F. Lucas, an expert in salt domes. Lucas joined the company in response to the numerous ads the company's founder Pattillo Higgins placed in industrial magazines and trade journals. 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.