'Burning off the gas from an oil well in Ritchie County. This is a wood derrick. The flaming torches are to remove the gas out of the oil; a waste that isn't occurring today; it is too precious.'
'Patron D. Mark Gaston, of Harrisville, identified this photo as the covered bridge outside Cairo, West Virginia, which spans the North Fork at the Hughes River. C and K Railroad tracks are in the foreground.'