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Reports of the discovery of oil at spindletop would have first appeared in what year?.

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1901

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The Spindletop oilfield, discovered on a salt dome formation south of Beaumont in eastern Jefferson County on January 10, 1901, marked the birth of the modern petroleum industry.

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