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Old 01-10-2019, 08:47 AM   #23
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Default January 10, 1901

A drilling derrick at Spindletop Hill near Beaumont, Texas, produces an enormous gusher of crude oil, coating the landscape for hundreds of feet and signaling the advent of the American oil industry.
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