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Oil was first found on January 10, 1901; it was a gusher, spilling out 100,000 barrels of oil a day. Oil production at Spindletop lasted well over 30 years, with a revival in 1926 when the Yount-Lee Oil Company found a new field.
Spindletop was productive as a source of oil until about 1933. It was mined for sulfur until the 1950s.