The Lincoln County leader. [volume] (White Oaks, Lincoln County, N.M.) 1882-189?, 1883-05-26
LINCOLN COUNTY.
From Rio Grande Republican;

The near prospect of a railroad
to the hart of Lincoln county is al
ready beginning to have its effect
IN the increased activity of the
mining camps and the demand for
ranches in all parts ofthe country.
Something more than the annual
assessment work required by law is
now being done on our claims, and
the wner have set to work with
the intention Of developing their
property, whose richness has never
been questioned, but which has
lain idle tor nearly two years on
account OF the lack of facilities for
transportation, and because they
saw that capital and skilled labor
were all being diverted to less
promising camps nearer the rail
roads. Even White Oaks has
awakened from her Rip Van Wink
lie nap, and is ~lubricating her rheu-
matte joints preparatory to taking
a survey Of the premises.
The White Oaks Consolidated,
with headquarters at Topeka, Kan
sas, is preparing the ground for
their new reduction works, the
machinery for which will be at Las
Vegas i'll a few days, lift is not al
ready shipped overland from that
point. They will work ore from
the Henry Clay mine on a sper of
Baxter mountain, which shows a
very fine vein of free gold bearing
quartz; and, from late develop
ment, it is thought to equal the
Homestake or the Little Mack
mine.
There is no reason why this
camp should nothave been produc-
ing bullion, and plenty Of it long
ago; only that her malcontents
and mining sharks have driven
away legitimate enterprise and held
possession of the ground against all
corners, they having either con-
hicting interests O procured OPP
tons on the stock ofabout all the
available mines in the camp. A
few first class funerals, if properly
distributed, would be a godsend to
the camp, and the people would
not be at all curious about where he
would send them either.
Here in the Nogal and White
mountain districts, things are work
ing q little more in harmony, there
being but few conflicting interests
as yet though there seems to be
enough fine mineral veins already
located to satisfy the miners now in
possession of this grand region;
and the country is not thoroughly
proSpected yet, nor will it be the
coming year. 1t is simply, i'm
mense. What seems to be most
needed is capital to develop the
property already secured; but this
is gradully finding its way in.
Two men, l. N, Bolcourt, OF
Parsons Kansas, and w. G. Brad
ley, Of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, bond
ed a claim known as the Chinaman
lode, on the Bonita. The claim
on top showed a three-foot vein
with a narrow pay streak of argen.
tiferoust galena, which gradually
narrowed to q mere seam as they
went down. AT a depth of from
fifty to sixty feet it began to widen
out again; and last week, at a depth
Of a hundred and ten feet, the
workmen reported a five foot vein
with pay mineral from wall to wall.
The history of the Chinaman leat
will be the history OF hundreds o
other claims in this wonderful re
gion.
a thirty ton stamp mill is now
on the way from Chicago, which
will go to the Rockford mine il
Nogal canon. This is the claim il
which the rich find Of free gold wa,
made last winter. Ii is owned b,
NJ. NJ. Gaylord and others.
A rich copper belt runs across
The mouth of Tortolita canon
which is the northermost point o
the great mineral belt traversins
the Nogal and White mountains
while GRO the valley, less thar
four miles away, lies the Ticsol
group, in which is situated the ia
nous Vera Cruz mine, with it
sixty-fOot vein of free gold ore, nov
lying idle because the process o
freezing in this country is slowe.
than the mills of the gods ar,
in grinding retributive justice
However, the company are begins
ming to learn that f. A Blake, who
was raised amid the rigors ofnorth
ern Iowa, can stand a good deal o
freezing; and the scheme will b,
about as successful as the Irish