Lucey Rotary Machine Spindletop Beaumont Texas 1927 Ad

Lucey Rotary Machine 1st Spindletop Beaumont 1927 Advertisement

"Among the first rotary machines used in the Spindletop field, near Beaumont, Texas, where drilling for oil by the rotary method was first successful, were machines made by the Southern Well Works, which later became the Lucey Manufacturing Corporation.  The first well was drilled by Captain A.F. Lucas and was brought in in January 1901 - just twenty six years ago. The original Lucas well was 1139 feet deep - while present wells in Beaumont average around 5000 feet in depth....."

Full of history in the early days of oil drilling in Texas

 paper tanning present due to age

The date appears in the upper margin, it does not show in the scanned image.

1927 Oil & Gas Publication Advertisement

Approximate Dimensions: 8" X 11 1/4"

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