White Oaks golden era. (White Oaks, Lincoln County, N.M.) 188?-18??, 1884-02-28
Real our letter from Santa Ee.
a Slight snow fall Wednesday morn


ing.
Fatty Miller has just received a fresh
supply of cigars.
Rad the communication from
| Seven Rivers ami swell.
Ike IT, Smith will get into trouble
over the Spanish language, if he is MT
careful.
| NJ. Whiteman has gone to Las
Vegas. Look cut for another large
invoice of goods.
Billy Robson aud Cy Davidson have
returned from the Alkali Wells, with
the ,rmers cattle
Nv. E. w. Richards, who is one Of
our prominent cattle men. we are glad
10 state, is recovering from his serious
| illness.
Mr. Curwin of Philadelphia, who
has been stopping here for the past
NJ n'll took the Stage, Wednesday
afternoon COR Old Mexico.
Mr.. s. II. Corhct, paid THE Fra a
visit w, dn,'stlay He left money
enough with us to buy -four and bacon
for month. Call again San.
stable, on White Oaks Avenue, at any
honr. dav or night He attends to- bus
incss strictly, and will not s,arve yonr
stork.
Mr. B, F. Wilson writes G. A. Roe
Der, from Nogal as follows: | have
ken out of the Billy Gill mine from
S75 to $500 of free gold. The mill
,nen estimate 5000 in the pan on four
days run "How high is that
The Glass stamp mill finished run
ming ON Solitaire ore, Tuesday after.
noon. There was l04 tons. The nlates
are we'll covered with gold, and the
boys are happy. AS they have not fin
ished cleaning up we cannot give the
result.
II. b. Ferguson left White Oaks
Wednesday morning. by private con
veyance, for the rai!r BAD, 10 be gono
four weeks Will visit Albuquerque,
Las Cruces and Dcming. The Home
stake Mining suit will be argued before
Judge Bristol, at one of the two latter
named places. Mr.. Ferguson is The
attorney for the Winters heirs.
Last Tuesday night, while a dance
was in progress at Torres ranch, near
Lincoln, several soldiers came in aud
took seats near the musicians. One Of
the soldiers rcvolver- slipped out of
his hip pocket. IN the Il ,or. The con
cussIon caused the discharge of
the pistol the ball hitting Martin
Gonzales, musician, in the side.
from the effects Of which he did
Sunday.
We are in receipt of a letter from T..
5. McPb rson, cf tlis placr, dated at
San An,onio, N. NJ. We are sorry our
space forbids printing in full. lie
says: They have 80 coke ovens run
ming at Sun Antonio, aud will have
10 more as soon as they eau be put on
the ground. The railroad will surely
be built this summer, from Cart hagc
10 the san Andres, and III all prbbabil
ity to White Oaks.
A stock company, composed of the
following named gentlemen Coz!
Wilson, Maj. Van Horn, Maj Llew
ellyn, Lieut.. Kavanaugh AMI Harry
Cowray, ha- been organized for the
purpose of sinking arIcsmn wells. The
necessary papers have been forwarded
and the mach in, ~ will Ue on tho
gruuuu in the course of five or siS
weeks. | hest gCntlcntn have secured
> the exclusive right frhm the patentres
Chapn ~, Bros, OF Aurora, His, fol
lincoln. Doua Ana aud Grant cunnties
and the first we'll will more thar lik"l,
n be bored in White Oaks. rney thiul
t tlis the best point to commence opera
lions, and have partially made arrange
/ tncnts with Mr. Eli Chandler to sink {
9 a well for the Delaware COMPANY
:. The putting down of these wells viii
d be under the supervision of Mr. Com
! ray, who has had thrtC,n years expe
il riance in tho oil regions of Pcnnsylva
It MIA and West Virginia. Mr. Comra,
1t thin ks there will be no trouble in iind
:. ing an abundance of water by goinI
down nine hundred or one thousanC
4 feet. by going down that dislahc
it they will go through all the alkal
e water, 80 common IL this country, an'
!" strike soft water instead. Ii they ar
e, successful with their first well, the
Il will have no trouble In finding all th