Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1884-01-28
A COMING WHEELING.
White Oaks, New Mexico, Won.
terfui Richness
In Mountains of Fine Iron 0re-RaiIroad
ProjecS Which will Develop the
Resources of an Unknown
Region.
Spefa, Coyre,pouaencI Of me Reotser.

Special Correspondence Of the Register.
WBIuE OAKS, N. NJ, January l6, 1885,
To.day's Lincoln County Leader contained
the following article:
Iron AT WHITE OAKS.
Much has been said about the gold in
Baxter mountain, on one side of White
Oaks, and about the coal under, around
and between Patos and Carlo mountains,
on the other side; but who has thought it
worth while to advert TO the fact that Lone
Mountain, within two miles of the town,
is almost one solid mass Of iron ore?
Whether it is cold short or red short;
whether it is suitable for making nails, or
only for purposes Of cast iron and machin-
cry, has never been competently inyesti-
gated. But that the iron ore is here in ap-
parently inexhaustible quantities, is fact
beyond dispute.
is it not fact worthy of note, and in
viting
The Attention of Capitalists.
that iron and coal lie so near together and
in such quantities at White Oaks?
Pueblo, Colorado, is one OF t he most pros
peTOus duI pEOuloIuR SitiSo III tho "cos'
1t is potent fact that her Importance as a
man nufaciuring city is given her by the
possession, in close juxtaposition, OF an
abundance OF coal and iron, aided and
made available by superior railroad
facilities. Pueblo rails are driving Eastern
rails out Of the Rocky Mountain market,
and the manufacture of foundry products
and all sorts Of mining machinery is estab-
lished there on safe and permanent basis.
Let people at o distance weigh these
facts. We write only OF what We know to
be true. False booms are not desirable !;
they are a detriment to any section. But
we state facts, and orr sole object is to ad-
yertise the resources OF this large and, as
yet,
Wholly UndeveIeped County.
We con tidently invite inspection. No Sec
ton OF country in the west is able to afford
richer returns to railroad tapping its CEN
| trail town. The Denver and Rio Grandee
railroad gave to Denver It's astonishingly
rapid growth, developed Colorado, and
| made itself rich by penetrating and bring.
| ing into market the mineral, timber, coal
! and iron resources OF that State. Is the
Albuaueraue Narrow Gauge system des-
New Mexico, and will one Of the arms OF
that swrewdly devised system reach out TO
White Oaks and draw 10 that proper me-
tropolis of New Mexico the wealth OF Lin!
coin county?
Or viii the A. T. and S. F. carry out, as
20 Lincoln county, its evident plan OF
itsdipg its trunk line by branches on eth.
er sde into the richer regions OF New Mex.
icui
White Oaks railroad at last materiallze and
divert the coming tide OF Lincoln county's
prosperity in a southern direction, to
The Much Vaunting city OF FL Pasoe
The stage OF talk and speculation has
Passed. The facts about Lincoln county are
established. Such resources will not lie
much longer unutilized."
To those who have not Travelled IN the
West the extent OF the country is not at
all appreciated. For instance, Lincoln
county comprises over one-eighth OF the
Territory Of New Mexico. and the Territory
of New Mexico is about i've times as large
as the State Of New York. Lincoln county
occupies the southeastern corner OF the
Territory, and Is bounded on the east by
nearly two hundred miles Of Texas and
the par. n.handle of Texas; on the south BY
over one hundred miles of that western arm
of Texas on which El Paso is situated. The
Pesos river runs for. nearly two hundred
show that the taxable property increased
in one year (last year, from $4,000 to
g, COZ, 900. This large increase was confined
almost entirely to the cattle industry.
These cattle were driven almost exclusively
from Texas, and the
overflow OF the Large Immigration
into Texas OF the last few yeara is rapidly
filing up Lincoln county. .
There are hundreds Of square miles OF
lumber forests, practically untouched as
yet A few portable sawmills supply the
local demands of the settlers. The ship
ping OF lumber into the barren plains OF
western Texas, Arizona and northern Old
Mexico will become . thriving industry
with the coming Of transportation factii'
ties. .....
The soil is remarkably productive, aud
along the streams whore irrigation Is pos
sible, the yield, especially Of garden pro.
ducts, is always abundant.
shall write in my next something OF the
mineral resources. III. B +.