The Lincoln County leader. [volume] (White Oaks, Lincoln County, N.M.) 1882-189?, 1888-02-11
White Oaks and Lincoln Co.
Important Facts, Figures,
and Statistics.


western part of Lincoln County
New Mexico, 81 miles by the mai
road from Carthage, the tcrminu,
of hc San Pedro coal mine brancl
OF the \. T. ~ ). +. K. r., 10;
miles from Socorru, on the mail
line. 155 miles from FL Paso. Tex
~. and 40 from Lincoln, the Go.
seat.
White Oaks is the largest town
in the county, and the seat OF an
important supply trade. 1t is fine
" situated in Il valley, among the
SPURS of the Carlo range, at an ell
ovation of $40 feet above sea
level. 1t has two religious organ
izatiuns, Methodist and Congrcga-
tionaIist, a large and prosperous
public school. and one ifourishng
Academy: two weekly newSpa-
pers. eight prosperous mercantile es-
t.ul;shments. two hotels, n bill
lrnrd hall, three blacksmith shops,
1.-TWO also wagon shops one TIN
shop. two roofing establishments,
two livery stables, two meat mar
kets. three hotels, three physicians
three law offices, one dentist, one
20 stamp gold mill in operation. al
SO Huntington Centrifugal mills.
and Il 10 stamp gold mill.
The great '1omestake Sold Mines
pre one mile n. ". of the centre of
the town, and around them are a
dozen rich mines, less developed.
Almost adjoining the town, on the
s. f.. are inexhauStible mines OF
coal. VARYING from bitumlnous to
semi.apthracite. From four to
seven miles n. W. of the town, in
the Lone Mountain region, are eX-
tcnsive bodies of magnetic iron
ores, of excellent quality aud high
Grade. Twenty miles south and
south west lie the silver lead mines
of the Bonito mining district, the
rich gold mines OF the Nogal min
ING district, the Parsons Camp,
and the copper %(silver bcaring)
ores of the west side
The town is abundantly supplied
with water =; wood is abundant in
the foothills, and timber in the
mountain ranges.
White Oaks has Il daily mail to
Carthage, on the railway, and to
Et. Stanton. 81 mites southeast
lis the present objective point of
the Chicago, St.LouIs ~ Fl Paso X.
+, now hn.idiug from FL PaSo. Tex,
AuJ i, destined to be an important
unint upon that railway when it Is
~romrlctcd to Kansas CITY. rs the
NECESSARY link III the shortest l"SSI-
Bile lrnv between Chicag" ana the
CITY of McN:c".
The County of Lincoln, i'll the
southeastern corner of New MeNI
co.. T., 80 miles III extreme length,
ana 100 in extreme bre"dth' an"
contains 2k4jU square miles. II
j. divided. from n"rih to south. by
the RIO Prcus,an i p"rtaht stream"
which receives within the county
numerous tributaries arising in the
east side of the Great Range.
The western part OF the county
is divided by mountains, locally
known as the Gallinas, JirlriIlNs,
Narizos, Sierra Blancos, &c, all
portions Of the Great Mountain
Range dividing Eastern New Mex
leo. The peaks of these ranges
vary from-Gallinas and Jack $
Peak, about 5000 feet, to Carlo,
1900, Nogal, 10000, and Sierra
Blanco, 1900.
The population of the Comet.
was 5,Odo in 1850, NOW bout s,'o.
The towns, other ,hau - hltc Oaks,
ar, Lincoln. San Patriclo, pchaco,
Weed. Dowliu's Mil Galcna, h"o.
we'll. Seven Rivers, Tirce Rivers,
Bonito, Nolal, Prisons and Look
out.
Two-thirds of the County con.
sists OF fine grazing lands, mainly
well watcrcd, and STOCK Il witt
3Oa. 600 head Of cattle, an increase
of 1000 Ter cent. IN > wears. Ip'
Angora goat has ma1e has appear
nnce in the mountains Of Lincoln
County. and hc is here To- stay. ll'
range where nothing else wlll.an'
is exceedingly profitable to In.
n There are but few sheer
in the county, about $4,000 horse
and mules, and burros, (AngIii
Jackass es,) like the sands of TIN
scashore, tor multitude.
On the Pcnasco, Ruidoso, Boni
to. lIoudo, Seven Rivers, Blac.
River, and Pecos, there are the fin
est of Agricultural lands. Fin
farms have been opened on a
those streams. and upon them ha
been produced in exceptional qua