The Lincoln County leader. [volume] (White Oaks, Lincoln County, N.M.) 1882-189?, 1886-06-05
White Oaks and Lincoln Co..
Important Facts, Figures,
and Statistics.


western part of Lincoln County,
New Mexico, 81 miles by the mail
road from Carthage, the terminus
of the San Pedro coal mine branch
Of the \. T.. d 5. +. r.. r., lob
miles trum SOcerro, on the main
line, 155 miles trom FL Paso, Tex
as. and ~ from Lincoln, the c0un-
ty seat.
White Oaks is the largest town.
in HE county, and the seat of an
important supply trade. 1t IS fine
ly situated in a valley, among the
spurs of the Carlo range, at an ell
ovation Of $40 feet above sea
level. 1t has two religious organ
nations, Baptist aud Congregation
al, Il large and prosperous public
school, two weekly newspapers,
tour prosperous mercantile eNta"-
lishmeuts, two hotels, two billiard
halls, two blacksmith shops, cone
also Il wagon shop,) one ten stamp
gold mill in operation, Il patent
gold mill not running, aud Il 10
stamp gold mill now bnildtng.-
The great t~lomestake GoId Nine
is one mile n. ~. of the centre OF
the town, and around that are Il
dozen rich mines, less developed.
Almost adjoining the town, on the
s. E. are imexhaustible mines ct
coal. VARYING tron bitumInouS to
semi -authracite. From four to
seven miles n. w. Of the town, in
the Lone Mountain region, are eX-
tensive bodies of magnetic iron
ores, of excellent quality and high
Grade Twenty miles south and
Southwest lie the silver lead mines
Of the Bonito mining district, the
rich gold niues OF the Nogal mir
me district, and the copper (%silver
bearlng) ores of the west side
The town is abundantly supplied
with water wood is abundant in
the foothills, and timber i'll the
mountain TdlSco'
White Oaks has a daily mail to
Carthage, on the railway and to
Fl. Stanton, 81 miles east. 1t is
the present objective point of the
Chicago, St. Louis Il Fl PaSo E.l'.
now building from FL Paso. Texas,
and is destined to be an important
point upon that railway when 1t is
rompleted to Kansas City, as the
necessary link in the shortest posi-
Die line between Chicago and the
CITY of Mexico.
The County of Lincoln. in the
southeastern corner Of New MeXi-
CO. is $50 miles III extreme length,
and 100 in extreme BREADTH and
contains 24, $50 square miles. 1t
is divided, from north to SOUTH by
the Rio Pecos, an portant stream
which receives within the county
numerous tributaries arising III the
east sile of the Great Range,
The western part of the County
is divided by mountains, Locally
known as the Gallinas, Jicarillas,
Tarizos, Sierra Blancos, NC, all
portions of the Great Mountain
Range dividing Eastern New Mex
leo. The peaks of these ranges
vary from-Gallinas and Jack 5
Peak. about 5000 feet, to Carlo,
Q. 200, Nogal, 10000, amt Sierra
Blanco, 10000.
The population of the County
WAS 5000 in 1885, now abont6.OoO
The towns, other than white Oaks
are Lincoln, San Patriclo, Pichaco,
Weed, Dowlin's Mill, Galena' Kos
we'll. Seven Rivers, Three Rivers,
and Lookout.
Two-thirds of the County con
si,ts OF fine grazing lands, manly
vel watered. and stock with
800. 600 head of cattle, an increase
Of 1000 FER cent. in . years. The
Angora goat has made his appear
ance in the mountains ct Lncom
County. and he is here to stay. lie
ranges where nothing else willard
is exceedingly profitable +" his
owner There are but few sheep
in the county, about $4,000 horses
and mules, and burroS, Angina
,Iackass es.l like the sands ot the
scashore, for multitude
On the Pcnasco. RuidoSo, Boul-
10. Uoudo, Seven Rivers, Black
River. and Pecos, there arc tnc i'm
est of agricultural lands. Fine
farms have been opened on al
those streams. and upon them has
been produced in exceptional quail
ity and quantity every farm pro-
dnct which can he raised ut such
an elevation. The experience OF
the late Chas. Fritz demonstrated
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