Spindletop

The hill, which later became known as Spindletop, sat atop a vast subterranean lake of oil.

Piles of Green From Black Gold 2009

The hill, over which wild bulls roamed, was called Spindletop, after, it was said, a local tree that grew like an inverted cone.

The Prize Daniel Yergin 2008

The hill, over which wild bulls roamed, was called Spindletop, after, it was said, a local tree that grew like an inverted cone.

The Prize Daniel Yergin 2008

The "Spindletop" gusher came in slashing crude oil prices to under a nickel a barrel.

Just Cruisin 2 2008

Long after Spindletop pumped its last barrel, leaving a salt dome that is now used for storage behind, US oil companies helped develop oil in Arabia, Nigeria, Venezuela, Mexico and, indeed, all over the world.

Michael Moynihan: The Secret Sauce of Economic Growth Michael Moynihan 2011

Frank Lautenberg looks like he is old enough to have seen the gusher at Spindletop.

Environmentalists critical of Obama drilling plan 2010

Wildcatters have been chasing oil seeps in the region since crude first bubbled up in Spindletop, Texas, in 1901, Hinton says.

Small oil drillers say new rules threaten wildcatters' survival 2011

Wildcatters have been chasing oil seeps in the region since crude first bubbled up in Spindletop, Texas, in 1901, Hinton says.

Small oil drillers say new rules threaten wildcatters' survival 2011

Long after Spindletop pumped its last barrel, leaving a salt dome that is now used for storage behind, US oil companies helped develop oil in Arabia, Nigeria, Venezuela, Mexico and, indeed, all over the world.

Michael Moynihan: The Secret Sauce of Economic Growth Michael Moynihan 2011

On Jan. 10, 1901, at the Spindletop oilfield near Beaumont, Tex., a deafening blast rocketed a column of oil hundreds of feet into the air, wrecking a derrick.

Big Oil can't get beyond petroleum Daniel Sperling 2010