OIL INDUSTRY

HOW MANY BARRELS PER DAY DID SPINDLETOP PRODUCE?

• Spindletop produced 70,000-100,000 barrels.
• Wow !!!!

HOW CLOSE WERE THE OIL DERRICKS TO EACH OTHER IN GLADYS CITY?

• The oil went above 300ft over derrick.
• Oil drillers rushed to Gladys town for drilling.

HOW MANY OIL COMPANIES WERE CREATED AS A RESULT OF SPINDLETOP?

• 600 oil companies were made after spindletop.

DEFINE BOOMTOWN

• Definition: A town that experiences a major increase or boom in population due to sudden rapid ecomicc growth.

THREE PROBLEMS IN A BOOMTOWN

• 1- Diseases effected people.
• 2- People who grow crops failed.
• 3- Lack of clean drinking water.

THREE REASONS WHY LIFE IN THE OIL PATCH WAS DIFFICULT FOR OIL WORKERS

• 1- Wells could be shut down so workers would be broke.
• 2- Workers could get vision problems from the gases that escaped from the wells.
• 3- Also it could burn a workers eyes and caue death.

TWO INDUSTRIES DEVELOPED BECAUSE OF THE OIL INDUSTRY IN TEXAS

• 1- Refineries
• 2- Sawmills

DEFINE WILDCATTER

• Definition: Person who drills wells hoping to find oil in areas not known to be oil fields.

THREE PARTS OIL WERE DISCOVERED IN TEXAS

• 1- Hendricks
• 2-Yates
• 3-Rangers
• Oil feilds in Texas

DATE WHEN OIL WAS DISCOVERED IN SPINDLETOP

• January 10, 1901

WHY WAS DISCOVERING OIL SO IMPORTANT TO OUR STATE

• Because oil made Texas to what Texas is today.
• Oil helped made money for Texas.