. Cassier's magazine . -lowed that of Spindle Top. Tractsof pine forests were cut down andthe timber put into the framework ofderricks planted so closely togetherthat they touched each other. Astretch of desolate prairie on the edgeof the forest became a city of 10,-ooo people in two years. Landwhich had originally sold at $10 anacre sold for as many acres of pine forest, known as the shoestring district, becauseof the long rows of rigs, wereturned into money to the extent of$75,000. One tract of 850 acres inthis field sold for $900,000 before asingle hole had been made in it.
. Cassier's magazine . -lowed that of Spindle Top. Tractsof pine forests were cut down andthe timber put into the framework ofderricks planted so closely togetherthat they touched each other. Astretch of desolate prairie on the edgeof the forest became a city of 10,-ooo people in two years. Landwhich had originally sold at $10 anacre sold for as many acres of pine forest, known as the shoestring district, becauseof the long rows of rigs, wereturned into money to the extent of$75,000. One tract of 850 acres inthis field sold for $900,000 before asingle hole had been made in it. Following Sour Lake field cameSaratoga, then Batson—all locatedwithin thirty miles of the originalgusher. Then the diggers penetratedstill another deposit within sight ofthe little town of Humble. Not abarrel of oil came from it untilFebruary, 1905. Since the first dis-coveries five fields have been developedin Texas alone; but Louisiana is alsoa contributor, for the prairie skirtingthe Gulf of Mexico not only rests. THE STEEL REINFORCEMENT OF THE CONCRETE RESERVOIR OIL FIELDS
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