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In 1900 Patillo Higgin had dug a 2,000-foot well in Texas, but he ran out of money before he struck oil. So he asked Gates for some financing, and Gates formed the Texas Company. In which he owned 46 percent of the stock.

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He later invested in building of Kansas City, Pittsburg and Gulf Railroad from Kansas City to Sabine Lake which is located in Texas. The road later became the Kansas City Southern Railway, which Gates owned at the time.

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He later took control of Consolidated Steel and Wire Company, Illinois Steel Company, American Steel and Wire Company of Illinois, and Republic Steel Company.

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He was refused partnership with Washburn-Moen.
So he went to St.Louis were he found partnership with Alfred Clifford.

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He rented a Military plaza in San Antonio Texas, and made a barbed wire corral full of long horn cattle. Which turned out good since the cattle couldn't get out.

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John was the son of Azel and Mary Gates.
He also had two brothers that were killed early in his life which made him the only child at the age of 15.

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Born: May 18, 1855 Winfield, Illinois
Died: August 9, 1911 Paris, France

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John Warne Gates was an american Industrialist, who was a promoter of barbed wire and oil.