Calvin Payne, Standard’s production genius, conversant with fields from Baku to Borneo, had come to Spindletop and warned: “You will never find oil here.” The U.S. Geological Survey agreed ...

East Texas is no stranger to mining booms. After all, Spindletop, an oil field near Beaumont, gave birth to the country’s modern oil and gas industry.

BEAUMONT -- Their ears full of the bone-rattling roar of raw energy erupting from the earth, thousands of spectators were transported back a century in time Wednesday to witness one of the most ...

Roughly 15 years after derricks at the Spindletop oil field first rained black gold in southeast Texas at the turn of the 20th century, a different spigot began flowing: a fire hose of taxpayer ...

When liquid gold gushed from the Spindletop oil field in east Texas in 1901, giving rise to the first Texas oil boom, Houston began its ascent to the status of energy capital of the world.

Derricks pump oil at the Spindletop oil field near Beaumont. The first gusher hit there marked a turning point in the Railroad Commission of Texas' duties. We’ve had some harsh criticism of the ...

Derricks pump oil at the Spindletop oil field near Beaumont. The first gusher hit there marked a turning point in the Railroad Commission of Texas' duties. State legislators have a good ...

Roughly 15 years after derricks at the Spindletop oil field first rained black gold in southeast Texas at the turn of the 20th century, a different spigot began flowing: a fire hose of taxpayer ...

He likened the Smackover Formation to Spindletop — the Texas oil field that catapulted the U.S. into the oil age more than a century ago. “We’re probably sitting on some of the best lithium ...

BEAUMONT, Texas — The Spindletop oil strike in 1901 brought thousands of people and national attention to Beaumont. Now 122 years later, the Spindletop Gladys City Boomtown Museum is hosting its ...

Oil fields are just as quick to make fortunes as break them. The 1901 Spindletop gusher in Texas jumpstarted the petroleum age, crashing oil prices. A mere two years later, over-extraction drove ...

Roughly 15 years after derricks at the Spindletop oil field first rained black gold in southeast Texas at the turn of the 20th century, a different spigot began flowing: a fire hose of taxpayer ...