​Greenvine Gas Discovery
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Marker Text: ​Apparently the first use in Texas of natural gas for fuel occurred in 1979 near here.
      William Seidel, a farmer, grist mill and cotton gin owner, and merchant, trying to dig a water well, struck gas at approximate depth of 106 feet. The gas was piped to a farmhouse nearby. 
      Production of gas and oil has spread to 210 Texas counties; 27 pipeline companies export gas. 
        Annual rate of production is about 8 trillion cubic feet. Texas has 42.3 per cent of the proven gas reserves in America, and it has a 19,895-foot well, believed to be world's deepest. (1967) 

Marker No: 8342

Aluminum 18 x 28 Subject Marker

Geographic: 30.113823, -96.558067

Location: At the intersection of FM 2052 and CR 2, Greenvine