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On January 10, 1901, an enormous geyser of oil exploded from a drilling site at Spindletop Hill, a mound created by an underground salt deposit located.near Beaumont in Jefferson County, southeastern Texas.
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The Permian Basin of West Texas has yielded large quantities of oil since the Big Lake discovery in 1923, although there was a smaller discovery in the Westbrook field in Mitchell County three years earlier.
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Employment related to the oil industry in the Houston area continued to grow during the 1920 and 1930s; by 1929, 27 percent of all manufacturing employees in Harris County were employed by referines.
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After the expedition was forced ashore in the area between Sabine Pass and High Island in July 15, 1943, the explorers observed oil floating on the surface of the water.
