The Lincoln County leader. [volume] (White Oaks, Lincoln County, N.M.) 1882-189?, 1888-06-02
white Oaks and Lincoln Co.
Important Facts, Figures,
and Statistics.


western part Of Lincoln County,
New Mexico, 81 miles by the mail
road IromiCar,hage, the terminus
Of he San Pedro coal mine branch
of the A. T. IL 5. +. K. r., 1913
miles trom Socorro, on the main
line. 1856 miles from FL Paso, Tex
Ms, 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
" situated in u valley, among the
spurs of the Carlo range, at an ell
ovation OF 6,470 feet above sea
level. 1t has two religious organ
i1ations, Methodist and Congrega-
tionalist, q large and prosperous
public school, und Ii tiourishlng
Academy two weekly newspa
pers, eight prosperous mercantile eS-
Adjustments, two hotels, II bill
lard hall, three blacksmith shops,
uwo& also wagon shops,) one tin
shop, two roofing establishments,
two livery ;stabicS, two meat mar
kets, three hotels, three physicians
three law offices, ms dentist, one
10 stamp gold mill in operation, al,
500 Huntington Centrifugal mills.
and a 10 stamp gold mill.
The great ~ilomeStake Gold Mines
mr., one mile n. ". of the centre of
the town, and around them are Il
dozen rich mines, less developed.
Almost adjoining the town, on the
q. f.. are ineXhaustible mines OF
coal, varying from bituminous to
semi-anthracite. From four to
seven 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 lend mines
Of the Banito mining district, the
rich gold miues OF the Nogal min
ing district, the Parsons Camp,
and the copper %(silver bearing
ores Of the west side. =
The town is abunduntly supplied
with water wood is abundant in
the foothills, and timber in the
mountain ranges.
White Oaks has q daily mail to
Carthage, on the railway, and to
Fl. Stanton, 81 miles southeast
l, is the present objective point Of
tue Chicago, St. Louis & Fl Paso X.
Il now building from FL Paso. Tex,
and is destined to be nm important
point upon that railway when it Is
completed to Kansas City, as the
necessary link in the shortest posi-
bic line between Chicago and tie
Nty of Mexico
The County of Lincoln, in the
northeastern corner of New McXi
co. is 23O miles in extreme length,
and 100 in extreme breadth, and
sontains 24,45O square miles. II
is divided, from north to south, By
the Rio Pecos, All i I Uortant stream,
which receives within the county
numerous tributaries arising in the
east side of the Great Range.
The western part OF the County
10 divided by mountains, locally
known as the G~ullinas, Jicarillas.
Carizos, Sierra Bluncos, DC, al
portions of the Great Mountain
Range dividing Eastern New Mex
leo. The peaks of these ranges
vary from-Gallinas and Jack
Peak. about 5000 feet, to Carlo,
1900, Nogal, 10000. and Slerr'
Blanco, $4,000.
The population of the County
was 5000 in 1885, 10Y about 5000
The towns. other than White Oaks.
are Lincoln, San Patriclo, Picllaco
Weed, DOWNS Mill, Galena, Kos
we'll, Seven Rivers, Three Rivers
Bouito, Nogal, Parsons and Look
out.
.Two-thirds of the County con
sists OF fine grazing lands, mani,
well watered, and stock Il witt
300, 600 head Of cattle, an increase
Of 1000 PER cent. in 3 years. Tine
Angora goat has made his appear
anco in the mountains OF Lincoln
County, and he is here to stay, lie
ranges where nothing else william
is exceedingly profitable TO hlr
owner There + but few sheel
in the county, about $1,000 horse
and mules, and burros, (Anglii
Jackass es,) Ike the sands of the
sesshore tor multitude.
On the renasco, Ruidoso, Boni
10, Hondo, Seven Rivers, Blac'
River, and Pccos, there are the iii
est Of agricultural lands. Fin
farms have hecn OIcUtO on a.