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Anthony Lucas
Also Known As Antonio Francisco Luchich His birth name before he anglicized it to Anthony Francis Lucas after emigrating to the United States.
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The engineer who proved the Texas salt domes held oil. The leading United States expert on salt dome formations, he leased land on the Spindletop dome from the Gladys City Company in 1899 and drove the drilling that blew in the Lucas gusher on 10 January 1901, the well that opened the modern petroleum industry.
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Birth DateCorroborated across multiple biographical sources; the Handbook of Texas entry gives his birthplace but not the specific day of birth. NationalityAustrian-born American (Dalmatian Croatian origin) 1 Born on Austria's Dalmatian coast, in present-day Croatia, and naturalized as a United States citizen. Defining ContributionDrilled the Spindletop discovery well, the Lucas gusher of 1901 1 Cross-Tradition Connections
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1. Handbook of Texas Online
Texas State Historical AssociationHandbook of Texas, Spindletop OilfieldQuote, Handbook of Texas, Spindletop Oilfield
discovered on a salt dome formation south of Beaumont in eastern Jefferson County on January 10, 1901
1. Handbook of Texas Online
Texas State Historical AssociationThe Life and Legacy of Anthony Francis LucasQuote, The Life and Legacy of Anthony Francis Lucas
received his naturalization papers on May 9, 1885, at Norfolk, Virginia
2. Wikipedia
Wikimedia FoundationAnthony F. Lucas, openingQuote, Anthony F. Lucas, opening
Anthony Francis Lucas (born Antun Lucic; September 9, 1855 - September 2, 1921) was a Croatian-born American oil explorer.
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