The Lincoln County leader. [volume] (White Oaks, Lincoln County, N.M.) 1882-189?, 1888-08-11
white Oaks and Lincoln Co.
Importantr Facts, Figures,
and statistics.

western part of Lincoln County,
New Mexico. 81 miles by the mail
road from Carthage, the terminus
of hc San Pedro coal mine branch
of the a. T. " 5. +. K. r., 1903
miles from Socorro, on the main
line. 1855 miles from FL Paso, Tex
rs, 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
ly situated in II 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, q large aud prosperous
hubble school, and onc ttOurishlng
Academy; two weekly newspa-
pers, eight prosperous mercantile cs-
taulishments. two hotels, II bill
lizard hall, three blacksmith shops,
two also wagon slopS,) 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 i'll operation. al
30 2 Huntington Centrifugal mills.
and Il 10 stamp gold mill.
The great Homestake Gold Mines
are one mile \. ~. of the centre of
the town, and around them are Il
dozen rich mines, less developed.
Almost adjoining the town, on the
S. E., are incXhaustible mines OF
coal. VARYING from bituminous to
semi-anthracite. From fodr to
seven miles n. w. of the town, III
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 Bsnito mining district, the
rich gold mines Of the NOgal min
ing district, the Parsons Camp,
and the copper silver bearing)
ores of the "wcst 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
Fl. Stanton, 81 miles southeast
1t is the present objective point of
she Chicago, St. Louis 4 FL Paso K.
X now building from FL Paso. Tex,
and is destined to be All important
point upon that railway when it Is
completed to Kansas City, rs the
necessary link i'll the shortest posi-
bic Inc between Chicago and the
Cltv of McKee,
The County Of Lincoln, in the
southeastern corner of New MeXi-
GO. is $50 miles in extreme length,
nnd 100 in extreme breadth, and
contains 24,450 square miles. 1t
is divided, from north to south, by
the Rio Pccus, an il UOrtant 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 tho Gallinas, Jicarillas,
Dsrizos, Sierra Blancos, DC, all
portions Of the Great Mountain
Range dividing Eastern New IeX
leo. The peak Of these ranges
vary from-Gallinas and Jacks
Peak, about 5000 feet, to Carlo,
8, 200, Nogal, 10000. and Sierra
Blanco, $4,000.
The population Of the County
was 5000 in 1888, now about 8 900
The towns, other than " hite Oaks,
are Lincoln, San Patriclo, Pichaco,
Weed, Dowliu's Mil, Galena, Ros-
well, Seven Rivers, Three Rivers,
Bonito, Nogal, Parsons and Look
ont.
Two-thirds Of the County con
sists OF fine grazing lands, msinly
well watered, and stocked with
300, 600 head of cattle, an increase
of LOCO Ter cent. in > years. The
Augora goat has made his appear
unce in the mountains OF Lincoln
County. and he is here to stay. He
ranges where nothing else will, and
is exceedingly profitable TO his
owner. There are but few sAeep
in the county, about l5,0O0 horses
and mules. and burros, anglia
Jackass es,) like the sands of she
seashore for multitude.
On the renasco, Ruidoso, Boni-
to. Hondo, Seven Rivers, Black
River. and Pecos, there are the fin
LET of .uucultural lands. Fine