The Lincoln County leader. [volume] (White Oaks, Lincoln County, N.M.) 1882-189?, 1884-09-13
From the Albuquerque journal.
WHITE OAKS.
An Interesting Interview IL Re
qard to one Of tie Richest
Sections Of Netc Heaico.

oul 4SPOl tol Ol'CH0u up lHS lOI
lowing rich lead by accosting Mr.
II. b. Furgusson, who has Just
returned from White Oaks, with
the query:
" Well, how is White Oaks
Extremely dull, at present, but
its bright prospects for the future
can be seen by any blind man."
"On what do you base that
opinion Z"
"Now that is a pretty big qucs-
ton, but if you care to have it, |
will give at least some of the rea-
sons why think White Oaks will
be an important place"
eco on"
''In the first place, Lincoln Co.,
is very large, comprising about one
sixth Of the whole Territory, and
is nearly as large as the State of
New York-for nearly 200 miles
on the east it extends along the
Panhandle Of Texas, and is bounG-
ed on the north to nearly the same
extent, by the western arm of Tex
as on which El Paso is situated. -
The great immigration to Texas,
that has kept up steadily tor years,
and the enormous cattle industry
Of that State, both find their natu-
raj overflow up the Pecos river in
to Lincoln County, and the increase
Of the tax list of the county for the
year 1883, due almost entirely to
the incoming Of cattle from Texas,
was over one million OF dollars
and the ratio of increase has been
at least as large for the present
year. Small farmers, each with
his family, and some cattle and
horses, are rapidly settling up the
little creeks that flow from the
mountain range, form the back
bone OF the county, to the east, in
to the Pecos river. The principal
Of these are the Bonito, lIondeau,
Eagle Creek, and the Penasco, on
all Of which farming is both prac-
ticable and profitable. All Of
these creeks are fringed with fine
pine forests, and this brings us to
the second Of the great and urde-
veloped resources Of Lincoln Co
its lumber. Fine timber is also
found on the foot hills OF the Capt.
tan, the Jicarilla, the Gallinas, and
the White Mountains. The coal is
Of the finest quality, ,cokes well,
and is found mainly in the immedi-
ate vicinity Of White Oaks. Its
great value and extent is best at
tested by the fact that Gould and
Huntington, the owners of the FL
Paso and White Oaks r. r. pro
Ject, last year acquired, after expert
investigation, $500 acres Of this
coal land, at an actual outlay OF
over $50, 900, and the deeds are
on record.
The iron ore, in apparently
boundless quantities, lies near this
immense coal deposit-within from
| 3 to 5 miles of it-White Oake be
ing in the valley between. Com
petent Judges have pronounced tins
non ore to be Of superior quality.
Having coal and iron in close prox-
unity, is what has given Pueblo its
prominence as an iron manutactur
ing center, and is also what has
enabled Birmingham, Alabama, tc
compete with English iron, and tc
make iron from z to 10 dollar,
cheaper per ton than they can make
it anywhere in Pennsylvania, -
, That is because in Pennsylvania
| whileth have limitless quantities
Of coal, they have to pay the cos
5 Of the transportation of their iror
ore, while in Birmingham, they sho
: vel the coal from one hill, and th'
ore from the other, into their furn