22 THE COASTAL BEND MAGAZINE • Late Spring 2019 TheCoastalBend.com The Lucas No. 1 well at Spindletop, southeast of Beaumont, gushed 75,000 barrels of oil for each of nine days before it was finally capped, in January 1901. Within two years, the Spindletop Field accounted for almost 95% of all Texas crude oil production, and marked the start of the first Texas Oil Boom.