The Lincoln County leader. [volume] (White Oaks, Lincoln County, N.M.) 1882-189?, 1888-11-17
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Important SFactS, Figlre5,
and Statistics.

New Mexico. 81 milcs by the mail
road from Carthage, tho terminus
Of hc San Pedro coal mine branch
ot the 4. +. ~ 5. +. Il. L., lob
miI.s from Socorro, on the main
line. 155 miles from FL Paso, Tex
~ and 40 from Lincoln, the Co.
scat.
White Oaks Is the largest town
in the county. and the scat OF AN
important supply trade. It's me
IA situated ia II valley, among the
rur. of the Carlo range, ut an ell
ryutiou OF CLIO feet above sea
level. 1t has two religious orgaA-
~iz,Linns, Methodist and CongreSa-
tionai.t. a large and prosperous
nu,lic school, aud one tfourishng
Academy; two weekly ncwHpa
r,rs. ,ight prosperous mercantile eS-
i,uhshm,euts. two hotels, one bill
lard hall, three blacksmith shops,
ltwo ulso wagon Shops one TN
ssbou. two roofing establishments,
,wnhycry stables, two meat mar
kets. three hotels, three physicians
threc law offices. one dentist, ON"
20 stamp gold mill in operation. at
r,o Huntington Centrifugal mills,
and a lO stamp gold mill.
Tho great 'iomestakc Gold Mines
49,, nnr mile y. ". OF the celtrc oi
~. town. and around them are Il
dozrn rich mines. less developed.
Almost adjoining the town. %" the
Y T.. n ineXhaustiblc mines OF
coal. VARYING from hitumlndas to
semi-anthracite. From tonr TO
seven miles \. W. eft the town, III
the Lone Mountain region, are eX-
t.nsive bodies OF magnetic ron
ores, OF excellent quality aid high
Grade. Twenty miles south ana
south west lie the silver lead mites
of Inc Bsnito mining district, the
rich pold mines OF the Nogal min
;up district. the Parsons Camp,
aid tno copper l%sIi'er b"arnA
,,r.. of the. yves siLq. v
me own is abundant'r su.p!iNd
y,th water; wnuG is 2'rHi""ti in
Ice loot nils, and tim"rr - the
n...,uian ranges.
Wni.o OaAs has a daily mail TO
(.:.nnaSo, OH tie Railway, ANA t"
Ft Stanton, ~ mica southeast.
II is the present ooioctivo point O:
tAc Chicago, St. Louis & ii l'a>o Z.
K now building from Fl PaS". lex,
and /, destined To be "A ImPorfAn.
uoin, uI.rn tnat ailway when 1t /,
completed t, Kansas City. as the
necessary lin IN the shortest r"SN.
biu uno De-. { CnIcaEo and thc
Citv ol McA.c"
Tine County of Lincoln, in the
.vuln- eastern Jrruo "t New MoNl
20. Is 80 miles III cNtroino length,
.uo roo IN extreme broduth. ans
,raialus 24.iJu sQuaIe miles. Ii
j.. ai,hIr,. from nur,h to south. by
the $40 l. cua,am i uortalt stream,
winch receives within the county
numcro.s tributaries arising IN tn,
,a.l side ut the Great Rang.
the western part of the 'ouAt}
j. divided by mountains. LOCALLY
hnown as the Gnliinas, JicnrilIas,
.'~arizo,, SIERRA l%iIarcos, &c, a.
n~nrIi,,. OF the Great Molntaiu
Range dividing Eastern New 't'N
leo. rhe peaks OF these r""Ec.s
vary from-Gallinas and Jack $
Peak, about 5000 feet, 10 Cargo
9.2O0. Nogal, 10000. ant Sierr"
Blanco, $4,000.
The population Of the County
was 5000 in 1850. now about 'o"'
The towns, other than y hitr OaN-,
are Lincoln. San Putriclo, tlchaco.
Weed. Dowlin's Mil, G%aiena, ho'
we'll. Seven Rivers, Three RIVERS.
Bonito. Nogal, Parsons al" Look
out.
Two-thirds Of the County com
si,ts OF line grazing lands, m".hil
we'll watcrcd, and stock a WA
3oo.u GOO head of cattle, AN ."'
of l.uuu CIR cent. ia . yea
AURORA goat has matte ms ID
nnco ia the mountains al Lane.
County. and lac il here +" ,,rN. u.
..,..t where nothing else W!...ai.