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12 Miles From a Fortune

12 Miles From a Fortune

Chris Campbell

Posted June 04, 2025

Chris Campbell

In 1900, a rice farmer named Perry McFaddin built a barn on top of one of the largest oil fields in U.S. history.

Not a metaphorical barn. A literal one.

He owned land just outside of Beaumont, Texas, sitting on a place called Spindletop Hill.

Oil men had been poking around for years.

Locals from the nearest town—a dusty place about 12 miles out—shrugged and let them poke.

Some owned land out there. Others had been offered some. But they’d already spoken to the experts. The geologists.

“Try your best,” the locals told the oil men. “But it’s dry as the preacher’s wine cellar out there.”

Well, apparently the town preacher fell off the wagon.

Because on January 10, 1901, the Lucas Gusher exploded 150 feet into the sky. Spewed oil at a rate never before seen in the U.S.

It was loud. Violent. Impossible to ignore.

And yet—even with proof, many still refused to believe it.

One man, who’d been begging for $150 for his land for three years, got an offer for $20,000 the day after the gusher hit. He took it.

The buyer flipped it fifteen minutes later for $50,000.

Spindletop wasn’t a fluke. It was the ignition switch of the American oil age. It launched Texaco. Gulf Oil. Humble Oil (which later became Exxon).

And it minted a brand-new class of millionaires. Including Perry McFaddin— who, despite ignoring the oil hype, held on to the land beneath his barn.

Right now…

The same thing’s happening again.

Not in Texas. Not underground. And not in oil.

In space.

Right in your (virtual) backyard.

Loud. Violent. Impossible to Ignore.

SpaceX isn’t just launching rockets.

It’s building the backbone of a new economy—one made of satellites, defense systems, lunar cargo, and low-orbit infrastructure that could power the next hundred years of innovation.

Like Spindletop, it’s loud, violent, and impossible to ignore—and still, most people look right past it.

Even if they don’t ignore it…

They assume it’s out of reach. Too late. Too private. Too billionaire. Twelve miles too far.

They’re wrong.

Because for the first time, there’s a legal backdoor to get exposure to SpaceX.

 A four-letter ticker, quietly sitting in the public markets—hiding in plain sight.

And Matt Insley—our publisher here at Paradigm Press—just revealed it.

He got it from a friend of his, a venture capitalist who usually plays his cards close to the vest.

You can see the full story—and the ticker symbol—straight from Matt for free.

One catch:

This presentation goes offline Saturday, June 7th at midnight.

After that, the door slams shut. And you’re back in the dusty town twelve miles too far. Drowning your sorrows with the preacher.

Click here for the full story.

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