Spindle Top Oil Field, near Beaumont, Texas, the first oil field to be struck in Texas. You are standing on the old foundation of the first well brought in this field & it is still producing. The first 14 wells before your eyes are producing oil each from a different strata, thus making this the outstanding oil field in the world. These many strata account for the proximity of the derricks. #36
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Spindle Top Oil Field, near Beaumont, Texas, the first oil field to be struck in Texas. You are standing on the old foundation of the first well brought in this field & it is still producing. The first 14 wells before your eyes are producing oil each from a different strata, thus making this the outstanding oil field in the world. These many strata account for the proximity of the derricks. #36
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