The Lincoln County leader. [volume] (White Oaks, Lincoln County, N.M.) 1882-189?, 1888-04-14
white Oaks and Lincoln Go.
Important Facts. Figures,
and Statistics.

500 people, and is situated IN tli'
western part of Lincoln County
New Mexico. 81 miles by the mai
road from. Carthage, the terIninu'
OF he san Pedro coal mine brsnci
OF the \. 7. IL 5. r. Il. r., 10;
milcs from Socorro, on the mail
dine, 1855 miles from Fl Paso, Tex
us, and 40 from Lincoln, the Co.
seat.
White Oaks Is the largest town
in the county, and the seat of an
important supply trade. 1t is fine
ly situated i'll a valley, among the
spurs Of the Carlo range, at an ell
ovation OF 6,470 feet above sea
level. 1t has two religious organ.
izations, Methodist and Congrega.
tionalist, a large and prosperous
public school, aud one tfourishIng
Academy two weekly newSpa-
peers, eight prosperous mercantile es-
adjustments, two hotels, one bill
lizard hall, three blacksmith shops,
1.-TWO also wagon shopS,) n 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
50 2 Huntington Centrifugal mills,
and a 10 stamp gold mill.
The great Homestake Gold Mines
are 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. E.. are ineXhaustible mines OF
coal, varying from bitumlnous to
semi-anthracite. From four to
sever 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
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 bearing
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 a daily mail to
Carthage, on the railway, and to
TT. Stanton, 81 miles southeast
1t is the present digestive point Of
the Chicago, St. Louis IL Fl Paso r.
X now building from FL Faso, Tex,
and is destined to be an important
point upon that railway when it Is
completed to Kansas City, as the
necessary link i'll the shortest posi-
BILE Inc between Chicago and the
CITY Of Mexico
The County Of Lincoln, in the
southeastern corner Of New MeXi-
CO, is 250 miles in extreme length,
and 100 in extreme breadth, and
contains "a, 400 square miles. Il
is divided, from north to south, Uy
the Rio Pecos, Ill irUortantstream,
which receives within the county
numerous tributaries arising in the
cast side of the Great Range.
The western part of the County
is divided by mountain, locally
known as the Gallinas, .iicariilas,
Carlos, Sierra Blancos, Sc, ali
portions of the Great Mountain
Range dividing Eastern New Mex
leo. The peaks Of these ranges
vary ~from-Gallinas and Jacks
Peak, about 5000 feet, to Carlo,
1900, Nogal, 10000. and Sierra
Blanco, II, 900.
The population of the County
was 5000 in 1885, now about S, 900
Tie towns, other than Nhite Oak.,
are Lincoln, San Patriclo, Pichaco,
Weed. Dowlin's Mill, Galena, Ros-
well, Seven Rivers, Three Rivers,
Bonito, Nogal, Parsons and Lock
out.
Two-thirds of the County con
sists OF fine grazing lands, mainly
well watered, and stocked with
800, 900 head of cattle, an increase
of 1000 per cent. in 3 years. The
Angora goat has made his appear
ance in the mountains OF Lincoln
County, and he is here to stay. He
ranges where nothing else willard
is exceedingly profitable to his
owner. There are but few sheep
in the county, about $4,000 horses
and mules, and burros, (Anglia
Jackass esq like the sands Of the
seashore, for multitude.
On the Penasco, hu,doso, Boni
to, H9udo, Seven RIVERS, Black
River, and Pecos, there arc the fin
est of agricultural lands. Fine
farms have been opeued on al
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