The Lincoln County leader. [volume] (White Oaks, Lincoln County, N.M.) 1882-189?, 1883-04-14
FROM soCoRRo.
Editor LEADER:

EHN
columns, inasmuch as the LEADER
has a good circulation among APP
preciativc readers here.
Socorro is not dead, to the live
business man here engaged, or to
the mining n ranch man who has
invested, or seeks investment.
There are however, a set Of drones
settled i'll Socorro, as well as White
Oaks, who are waiting for ''some-
thing to turn up" who grow i'm
patient periodically and rebuke ere
alton for the formation of such Il
country. Something will "turn
up" in the near future, but these
drones will realize, on awakening,
that the boom and hustle has a r
ried beyond their reach, a proud,
thriving, rich, American town, with
business, pomp and beauty, while
they are cropping their way in the
dirty, narrow alleys, between ado
bes, cleaning away old cans and
rubbish to allow the commercial
cart to carry in and out of the city
the rich product of the surrounding
country.
Only three miles from Socorro
and her quartz-mills, in good for
nation, exists a mine of real merit.
| do not know this from what the
average Socorroan says /; for if you
hear All opinion expressed about
this promising mine, now undergo
ing practical workings, they say
ooh, its Just like the Terrence,
low grade and none of it." The
mine referred to, belongs to that
gentlemanly little fellow, Abe
Coons, who is putting out and
dumping at the mill 80 tons OF good
ore per day with double the smount
on the breast.
Valuable facts concerning this one
property clothed in the language
she justly deserves, would crowd
your space and bring me into bad
repute for a correspondent writing
his first letter and wishing a like
space allotted in the future. White
Oaks has just such a property only
gold instead of silver, but to walk
two miles and spend $40. in testing
the value Of ores is not a practical
way to find out whether your own
has a solid foundation for perma-
nent growth and prosperity. 1t
is well known that White Oaks has
more than Il mlne Of this descrip-
ton, and were we interestd in So
cOrro's present or future growth
we could find more within her min
eral boundaries.
The exaggerated reports of small
poX and Indian raids will not re-
tard the movements of mining men
who are commencing the Spring
business with al activity never be-
fore known since the advent of the
early prospector.
The San Andreas and Oscura
mountains are attracting more than
their Stare Of attention. This is
due to the fact that the finest cop
per showings in the Territory are
to be seen there, and copper is be-
coming the fashionable and desira-
bic mineral, hence the daily inspcc-
ton and favorable reports made by
good eastern and western men of
capital.
Mr.. John II. Ely and j. O.
Towle Esq, both of New York city
direct but practically from the
Rockies, are late arrivals and stop
ping at the mining mans home
the Grand Contra hotel. Messrs
Llv and TovUla oro ELn et;ll u.,+o,
about their business. but enough is
known to say their attention is
turned toward the fashionable prod
net and they will go to the San An
dreas and Oscuras soon and some
of the White Oaks boys may have
the pleasure of exchanging copper
for green backs soon. More anon