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Caption on back reads, 'Fire in the ventilation system or fan house of the Gaston Mine, 1912.  This mine was opened by James Otis Watson in 1874. Located at Watson and closed in 1925. It was located in what is now the present boundary of the friendly city of Fairmont.'