The Lincoln County leader. [volume] (White Oaks, Lincoln County, N.M.) 1882-189?, 1886-05-08
white Oaks and Lincoln CO.
Important Facts, Figures,
and Statistics.

800 people, aud is situated in the
wc,.,n part al Lincoln County
Now AicX,cu. 81 mil"s by the mail
r ,Id fro Carthage, the terminus
of tl, san Pcdr" cod mine branch
ut the i. L. 4 =. +. Il. X, lU3
mics from SOcOrrI. on the lnaill
linz. l.55 miles from III Pa>O. lex
-. ana ~ ir,nn Lincoln, the coum-
" seat.
White OAKS is the largest town
in me county, aud the seat "l all
i'm n,rtant : May trade. lti1tne
IN situated Ia ,.liry. am az inc
.,r, OF tht Carlo range. at an CT
.nnli,n Of GAO feet above e'a
l.v.I lthas Two religious organ
,z,tinn.. Br,tisI and t"hIrcEal"n-
a.. "a large AID prosperous lu''ic
sL,,. ,wo weekly newspapers
mar ~ruslwrnua %myr,an'i'c vsiao-
I.,u.ut,. lwu hotels, Nv" billiard
n.I tNo blacksmith Soaps. gone
ais, wagon ,I'.hj on' tea -'"in!
q. ld mill III nrcrdiu"", Il n'''n''
rl mill not running. ami "a 10
am g,ld anil nov building.
TIA. = CA: 'ipmrstake Goi" Aine
- ON. mile y. y. ri the cei'tre "i
,h.. ,nvu AMI ar,uni that are Il
,I,z.u r,.h mincS. les, dcveiVPcn.
Almost al,onnG the town on Tie
: +. are iIcXlaaSub!' mines "l
r,,l. VARYING from hltumln"us t"
.,,tr ,ci.e. From four 10
sny,.n miles y. W. of the town, III
re Lon. nonatain rtgi"n, are rN-
trnsAe bodies "t magnetic IRON
nr.. O, OK elirnt q%Itllty and high
rr,I. Twenty miles o"u II ana
S,Itn.west lie the silver lead WiieS
81 tLc + nito mining DISTRICT ll'e
rich gold niTcs ri the N"Gai mr.
nc I-llic.. and the copper l'HNer
L.9ruy, ores OF the west SIDE.
T,r t5nn is apnndNntly supplied
with water !; wond is aDu"u'nt III
the toqt hills. ANA tl'il'cr J" "N
mo ntain ranges. ,., ,.
WnIt, oaks mas II daily mail to
Garbage. ON the Railway and t.
Ft Stanton. 81 miles east IT Is
rn,. n...ent OBI i've point ct inc
~ .r, 81. LOUIS ~ III Paso RK
nnw IN ling from FL Paso. Texas,
nnIi, destined To b. an important
mint upon tint railway when 1t Is
a,m Acted t., Kansas City, as tho
necessary link in the shortest posi-
n. iiue between Chicag" ana the
Cltv of McKee,. a.,
'r,.. Cnuuty Of Lincoln. in the
s,,tn-casttru corner at New Ni'A'
~, * l,o miles III extreme length,
ann $50 in extreme breadth. ano
c,utlin, 2l.45Q square mics i
j. di>iIrI. from uor,h t" s"nth' o\
ti.R io Peasant p'rtant s're'''i''
wrirh receives within the county
r,l. tributaries arising III th'
"1., q; e Of the Great Range.
~. western part of the N"nntl
i. divided by mountains, log%,'
,nwu ~ thr. Gallinas, JicArlIlaS
C.,r,zns. Sierra Rlnncos. Dc al
nnrtinns of the Great Mountain
Rance dividing Eastern New Mex
leo. The peak. Of these range
yorv trom-Ga'linas and Jack
pg TX nhnnt 5000 feet. I" 'ar'z"
9.2oA. NogI 10000, an oicrr'
Blanco, l2.O00.
In, population of the C"" ~
v,s : onot m 1881, now ab"atG.0 .
,TLr owns. other than litr Oak
nrr Lincoln. San Patricio, firliac'
Weed. y wins Mill, GAiena, Loo
well. Seven Rivers, Three RIVERS
AMI L""kont.
Tvo.thirds Of tue County cor
si>ts OF fine grazing lands mani
well watcr,d. aud stock ii VII
3oo. 0ao heal of cattle, an incrca'
"f l.OlO rrrc Mt. in . years -
Anrora GOAT has made his arpea
I'm il the N .untains "t Lance.
Coqntv. and ne is here t" stay Il
rtn-es where nothing else WA AN
is >c,odmgly profitable e" "a
owner. There arc nul lev -H'
in the county. about l5,'0o nor
an mules. sud hurro,, Nn-I
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