Oil Gushing Over

(Original Caption) 1/10/1901-Beaumont, TX: From a low mound on the prairie four miles south of Beaumont, a wildcat test blew over the top of a derrick 75 years ago, and, with a roar heard around the world, the Spindletop Oil Field was born. The gusher was the first major oil strike in Texas and produced 800,000 barrels in nine days before it was even capped. On 1/10 Texas oilman and Gov. Dolph Briscoe will celebrate the anniversary at an outdoor museum commemorating the Lucas Gusher which blew on 1/10/1901. Photograph filed 1/9/1976.