Texas Oil Boom
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The U.S.'s first deep oil well and gusher at Spindletop, near Beaumont, Texas. On January 10, 1901, Captain Anthony F. Lucas's combined use of fishtail bits, water-based drilling mud, and steam-driven rotary drill rig results in such success that it triggers the Texas oil boom.
