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| Above, George Reeves and Phyllis Coates photo from Superman and the Mole Men autographed by Coates. |
Last evening, I viewed this review of the "pilot" movie to the Adventures of Superman, "Superman and the Mole Men" (1951) starring George Reeves, Phyllis Coates, Jeff Corey and Walter Reed. It was the first Superman feature movie.
The story involves an oil well in Silsby, Texas that was the deepest oil well at six miles deep. The mole men came to the surface from the well.
Here's the review:
Interestingly, although Silsby, Texas of the movie was fictitious, there is a Silsbee, Texas near Beaumont.
Here's its location:

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