Patillo Higgins is most known for his discovery of oil at Spindletop, which was located in Beaumont Texas. Overall, Higgins had speculated for some time that there could be oil in that region and although he was not sure, he believed it was probable that the area of Spindletop held huge amounts of oil or as they call it black gold. Men like Lucas, a mining engineer, believed Higgins was on to something and decided to join him on the journey to drill for oil at Spindletop, but problems arose for Higgins. There were not enough funds to adequately support the drilling of oil in that area, but quickly other men such as Guffey, Galey, and the Hammill brothers joined in on the Higgins expedition. On January 10, 1901 Higgins belief that oil could
