400 Wells, side by side, known
as Spindletop, on Boiler Avenue
This field, outside of Beaumont, TX was known as SPINDLETOP. More than 400 wells were drilled on this hill. It ws said, "You could walk across the field without getting off a derrick floor." $80 million dollars was invested and only $50 million income. This is how things looked down BOILER AVE. in 1903 with no regulations of well spacing enforced