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Oil in Texas

by Diana Davids Hinton, Diana Davids Olien, Roger M. Olien

2002 307 pages eng

"As the twentieth century began, oil in Texas was easy to find, but of little commercial value. Oil and natural gas bubbled up in many a water well, but in quantities too small to attract industrial capital and production. Then, on January 10, 1901, the Spindletop gusher blew in. Over the next fift…

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