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Major Discovery
Occured in the drilling of a water well in Corsicana -
Spindletop
It spewed more than 100 feetinto into the air -
Big Lake field
It was drilled on University Lands by Frank Pickerell and Carl G. Cromwell of Texon Oil and Land Company. -
East Texas Field
Gov. Ross S. Sterling place the National Guard under martial law. -
Scurry County
First of several major developoments in that region -
Today
1,087,000 barrels of oil per day
