The Lincoln County leader. [volume] (White Oaks, Lincoln County, N.M.) 1882-189?, 1888-06-09
white Oaks and Lincoln 60.
Important Facts, Figures
and Statistics.

western part Of Lincoln county,
New Mexico. "a miles by the mail
road 1romiC carthage, the terminus
Of he San Pedro coal mine branch
Of the A. I. Il S. f. r. r., l03
miles from Socorro, on the main
line. 155 miles from Ell Paso, Tex
as, and 40 from Lincoln, the Co.
seat.
White Oaks is the largest town
in the county, aud the seat OF an
important supply trade. 1t is fine
" situated in u valley, among the
spurs of the Carlo range, at an ell
ovation OF $40 feet above sea
Lowell. 1t has two religious organ
.ixations, Methodist and Congrega-
tioualist, q large and prosperous
nublic school. aud u tfOurishlng
Academy two weekly newspa-
pers, eight prosperous mercantile es-
taulishments, two hotels, one bill
lard hall, three blacksmith shops,
tive also wagon shops n tin
shop, two roofing establishments,
two livery stables, two meat mar
ke,s, three hotels, three physicians
three law offices, one dentist, one
80 stamp gold mill in operation, al
10 Huntington Centrifugal mills.
and q 10 stamp gold mill.
Tho great Huinestake Gold Mines
are one mile n. ". Of the celrtre of
the town, and around tholu are Il
dozen rich mines, less developed.
Almost adjoining the town, on the
8. f.. are inexhaustible mines OF
coal, varying from bitumnous to
semi-anthracite. From four to
eve miles n. w. of the town, i'll
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 Bvnito mining district. the
rich gold miues OF the Nogal min
ing district, the Parsons Camp,
aud the copper silver bearing.
orus of the yves; SIDE. -
The town is abuudanJiy supplied
with wator ; wood is abundant II
the foothills, and timber i'll the
mountain ranges.
White Oaks Ina. a daily mail te
Carthage, OH the Railway, and t,
IT. Stanton, 81 miles southeast. -
1t is the present objective. point {"
the Chicago, ST. LOUIS & ri Paso K
Il now building from FL Paso. Tex.
and is destined to be an impOrtan
point upon that railway when it l.
completed to- Kansas City, rs tie
necessary link in the, shortest posi-
ble lipe between Chicago and tie
Cty of Mexico
The County Of Lincoln, in the
southeastern corner OF New MeXl
90. is $50 miles in extreme length
ano 100 i'll extreme breadth, anC
contains "a, $50 square miles. l
il divided, from north to south, b.
the Rio Pecos, ALI II Dortant stream
which receives within the count,
numerous tributaries arising III th'
east side of the Great Range.
The western part OF the Count
i. divided by mountains, local
known as the Gallinas, JicariilAe
Carlos, Sierra Blancos, DC, al
portions Of the Great Mountain
Range dividing Eastern New HoS
leo. The peaks OF these lansr
vary from-Gailinas and Jacl
Peak, about 5000 Test, to Carlo
O,20O, Nogal, 10000. ana Sl~rr'
Blanco, $4,000.
The population OF the ~'un
Was 5000 in 1855, now abOutS. 90.
The towns, other than y hlte Oak
arc Lincoln, San PatriclO, Ficliac"
Weed, Dowlin's Mill, Galena, Ro'
we'll, Seven Rivers, Three Rivers
Bonito, NogaI, Parsons and Look
out.
T~wo-thirds Of tn County con
Sists OF fine grazing .1's
well watercu. and .,,.. e'
900, 900 head OF c%e.t.e .- i.. S.
Of 1000 FER cent ir So
Angora goat has made -.- a 60.
.uco in tn mountains Of ilh.e,
County. ana hc is here t." stay. ,.
ranges where nothing else william,
is exceedingly p%rotitabis 10 IN
owner. There are but few slice
In the county, about $4,000 horse
and mules, and burroS, (Angli
Jackass es,) like the sands Of ta
seashore Tor multitude
On the renascu, 2uidoSo, bo"
70. Hondo, Seven Rivers, BIac
River, and Pecos, there arc the h
est Of agricultural Iands. Fir
farms have been "pCr'" on "
Ano.a straan,s mud mon tICu H.