OIL

HOW MANY BARRELS PER DAY DID SPINDLE TOP PRODUCE?

• 70,000 to 10,000 barrels each day

HOW CLOSE WERE THE OIL DERRICS IN GLADYS CITY?

• They were so close together, you could jump from one to another
• without setting foot on the ground

HOW MANY OIL COMPANIES WERE MADE BECAUSE OF SPINDLE TOP?

• The oil boom of spindle top created around 600 different oil companies.

WHAT WERE BOOM TOWNS?

• Boom towns were towns with very successful oil wells.

WHAT WERE PROBLEMS WITH BOOMTOWNS?

• Crime, dieseise, and lack of safe drinking water were all problems because of boomtowns

WHAT WAS 3 DIFFICULTIES FOR OIL WORKERS?

• The workers had long work hours, slick surfaces, and escaping gasses that could
• make work on the rigs extremely dangerous.

WHAT 2 NEW INDUSTRIES WERE MADE BECAUSE OF OIL INDURTRYS

• Exxon and Mobil built the largest refineries on the gulf coast.

WHAT WAS A WILDCATTER?

• A wildcatter was someone who drilled wells hoping to find oil in areas
• not known to to be oil fields

WHAT WAS THE DATE THAT OIL WAS DISCOVERED AT SPINDLETOP?

• Spindletop was discovered on January 10th, 1901

WHY WAS SPINDLETOP IMPORTANT TO OUR STATE?

• Spindletop was so important because it boomed all the oil business'
• and made Texas so much money.