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<blockquote data-quote="moreluck" data-source="post: 1494722" data-attributes="member: 1246">Jan. 10, 1901On this day in 1901, a drilling derrick at <a href="http://www.history.com/topics/spindletop" target="_blank">Spindletop</a> Hill near Beaumont, <a href="http://www.history.com/topics/texas" target="_blank">Texas</a>, produces an enormous gusher of crude oil, coating the landscape for hundreds of feet and signaling the advent of the American <a href="http://www.history.com/topics/oil-industry" target="_blank">oil industry</a>. The geyser was discovered at a depth of over 1,000 feet, flowed at an initial rate of approximately 100,000 barrels a day and took nine days to cap. Following the discovery, petroleum, which until that time had been used in the U.S. primarily as a lubricant and in kerosene for lamps, would become the main fuel source for new inventions such as cars and airplanes; coal-powered forms of transportation including ships and trains would also convert to the liquid fuel.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="moreluck, post: 1494722, member: 1246"] Jan. 10, 1901 On this day in 1901, a drilling derrick at [URL='http://www.history.com/topics/spindletop']Spindletop[/URL] Hill near Beaumont, [URL='http://www.history.com/topics/texas']Texas[/URL], produces an enormous gusher of crude oil, coating the landscape for hundreds of feet and signaling the advent of the American [URL='http://www.history.com/topics/oil-industry']oil industry[/URL]. The geyser was discovered at a depth of over 1,000 feet, flowed at an initial rate of approximately 100,000 barrels a day and took nine days to cap. Following the discovery, petroleum, which until that time had been used in the U.S. primarily as a lubricant and in kerosene for lamps, would become the main fuel source for new inventions such as cars and airplanes; coal-powered forms of transportation including ships and trains would also convert to the liquid fuel. [/QUOTE]

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