Use the excerpt to answer the question.
“All of a sudden, a chunk of mud came out of the six-inch hole with an explosion just like a canon [cannon] popping off.”
—Al Hamill, Beaumont, Texas, January 10, 1901
What modification to the environment resulted from Hamill's description?(1 point)
Responses
construction of a dam by the LCRA on the lower Colorado River
completion of the Buffalo Bayou, Brazos, and Colorado
the extraction of large quantities of oil from the Spindletop oil field in Beaumont
construction of the first oil derrick in Corsicana
1 answer
The extraction of large quantities of oil from the Spindletop oil field in Beaumont.