Around the turn of the century down in South Texas, that was a farmer selling much of his land.

He was having to sell it simply because times were so tough he couldn't feed his family.

One day an old company representative came along and said, sir, you know, we think there

might be all on your property.

Let us drill for it, and if we discover any, we'll pay you all it is on every barrel that

we pump out.

Well, he had nothing to lose, a great deal to gain, so he said, let's do it.

Well, they drill for the oil, and in those days the dericks were made out of wood.

And when they had a gusher, the gusher literally destroyed the derrick and the greater the destruction,

the greater the excitement because that meant an abundance of oil underneath.

When this oil well came in, it literally obliterated the derrick and before they could cap it over

a hundred thousand barrels of oil had flowed out.

It was the world's introduction to spindle top.

The most productive oil well in history.

Three old companies came out of that field.

The man became an instant millionaire.

Or did he?

The reality is he'd been a multi-millionaire ever since he had acquired the property.

But until they drilled for their oil, discovered it, brought it to the surface,

and took it to the marketplace and really had no value.

I found a lot of people pretty much that way.

They've got an awful lot underneath the surface.

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