The Lincoln County leader. [volume] (White Oaks, Lincoln County, N.M.) 1882-189?, 1888-08-18
'hits Oaks and Lincoln Co.
Importantly Facts, Figures
and Statistics.

White Oaks Is a town ct aoont
300 people, and i' situated IN the
ostsrn part Of Lincoln County,
GO Mexico, "a miles by the maj
,nd IRON. Carthage the terminus
+ he San Pedro coal mine branch
: dive A. r. Il S. f. r.. r., lO3
,;los from Socorro, on the main
n. 155 miles from FL Paso, lex
: md 40 from Lincoln, the Co
eat. -
, the county, and the seat OF an
nuo-tant supply trade. 1t IS fine-
situated in a valley, among the
nurs Of tho Carlo range, at All ell
yatisn OF 6,47o feet above sea
vel 1t has two religious organ
rations. Methodist and Congrega-
,~onsljst. a large and prosperous
uhIic school, and II ffourishlng
,cadeuy; two weekly newspa-
ers. ejght prosperous mercantile es-
,'I;sh1nonts two hotels, one bill
ard hnll. three blacksmith shops
wo alse wagon snops,) one TIN
non. two roofing establishments
NO livery stables, two meat mar
ate three hotels, three pA ysisian'
Uee law Offices, one destist, one
O stamp gold mill in operation. al
"a Huntington Centrifugal mills
md a 10 stamp gold mill.
me great i1omestake Gold htaee
,ra n mile n. W. Of the centre Of
Le town. and around them are a
1ozep rich mines, less developed
Almost adjoining the town, on the
Y are inexhaustible mines OF
,aal, VARYING from bituminous to
,o~, anthracite. From foar tc
,eyep miles N. w. Of the town, If
tLe Lone Mountain region, are ex
sansivc bodies of magnetic iroI
aras. of excellent quality and higl
Grade. Twenty miles south ant
south west lie the silver lead mines
Of tive B3nito mining district the
rich gold mines OF the No!gaL MN
mo district. the Parsons Camp
md the copper silver bearing
~ of the west side
The town is abundantly su!plie'
with water wood is abundant Il
the foothills, and timber in tn
mountain ranges.
White Oaks has a daily mail t
Carthage, on the RAILWAY, and t
a. Stanton, 81 miles southeast
it il the present objective point {
the Chicago, St. Louis q II Ease 1
x now building from FL Fas"' ie'
..J !, destined to be an umportaI
nn,nt upon that railway when 1t
tnomnlcted to Kansas City, as tt
neo-ssary link in the shortest p"ss
bic lime between Chicago and II
Cltv of MeN,c" ,
The Comfy Of Lincoln, IN II
,ar+L-n.,tern corner of New Me>
ao is $50 miles ia extreme lengtI
.ro 100 in extreme breadth, a.
.sontains 24,450 square miles
is divided, from north to south |
the Rio Pccos, an i tportantstre
uL;oh receives within the coun
numerous tributaries arising III Il
east side of tho Great hangS,
The western part of the Coun
is divided by mountains, local
krown as the Gallinas, Jicarills
Tnrizos. Sierra Blancos, &c.'
.portions Of the Great Mounta
Range dividing Easte"n New Ae
leo. The peaks of these rang
yarv from-Gallinas and Jaci
Peak, about 5000 feet, to Carl2
Q 1900, Noga!, 10000, and oiel
Blanco, $4,000.
The population of the Cour
was 5000 in 1888, now shouts,
The towns, other than hite OaI
.are Lincoln, San P%atriclo, Picha'
Weed. Dowlin's Mill, Galena, Il
well, Seven Rivers, Three Rive
Bonito, Nogal, Parsons and Lo'
out.
Two-thirds Of %he County c.
--A.s
.sists OF fine grazing lands man
well watered, and stocked W
300 600 head Of cattle, an mere
of 1000 yer coat. il 3 years !
Angora goat has made ms &PPe
ance in the mountains oil Lac
County. and he is here to stay.
ranges where nothing else "ul''
is exceedingly profitable 10
owner. There are but tew sh.
in the county, about $4,000 hon
and mules, and burros' CAN!
Jackass esq like the sands OF
seashore tor multitude,
On the renasco, Ruidoso, st
Gu, R,vnrS ri