The Lincoln County leader. [volume] (White Oaks, Lincoln County, N.M.) 1882-189?, 1888-12-15
willie Oaks and LilcGlRICO.
Important Fa is, Figures,
and Statistics.

White Oaks Is a town of about
1000 people, and is situated in the
western part Of Lincoln County,
New Mexico. 81 miles by the mail
road from Carthage, the terminus
of ho San Pedro coal mine branch
of the A. T. & S. F. Il. r.. 1tS
mics from Socorro, on t"e main
line. 1875 miles from FL PasU, Tex
as. and 40 from Lincoln, the Co.
seat.
White Oaks is the largest town
in the county, and the scat OF al
important supply trade. 1t is finc-
" situated in n valley, anon: the
spurs of the Carlo range, at an Ell
ovation of GAO feet above sea
level. 1t has two religious orgaa-
izations, Methodist and Congrega
,ionalist. a large and pr 'sperous
public school. and one flo Irlsting
Academy two weekly newSpa-
pers. Gig It pros orOus mercantile os-
i,,Iishuents. two hotels, II bill
lard hall. three blacksmith shops,
two also wagon s. ops,) one TIN
Shop. two roofing establishments,
~twoliyerv stables, two meat a
lets. three hotels, three physicians
three law Offices, ono dentist, one
Oh stamp gold mill in operation. al
~. . Huntington Centrifugal mills.
and Il 10 stamp gold mill.
The great %liomcStakc Gold Mines
are one mile n. W. Of the centre OF
lbe town, and around them are "
d,ysu rich mines, loss developed.
Almost adjoining the town, on the
&. T.. arc inexhaustiblc mines OF
coal, varying from 6itumlno's to
semi-anthracite. From tonr to
seven miles n. w. Of the town, in
the Lone Mountain region, are ex-
tgnsjye bodies of magnetic iron
ores. OF excellent quality and high
Grade. Twenty miles south and
south west lie the silver lead mines
of the Bunito mining district the
ricn gold mines OF the Nogal min
;ng district, the Parsons Camp.
md tAe copper %(Silyer bearing
ores OF the west side.
The town is abundantIy supplied
with water wood is abundant in
tn, foothills, and timber in the
mountain ranges.
White Oaks has a daily mail to
Carthn.e. ON the railway, and to
1t. Stanton, 81 miles scutheast.-
1t is ne present objective point OF
,ue Chi,ag St. LOUIS & 81 i'aso X.
K o b.1ding from FL Paso. Tex
nnJ is destined to be an important
point upon that railway when 1t S
romplvted ta Kansas City, as the
necessary lin in the shortest posi-
bic uns beacon Chicago and the
CItv OF Mex:c"
The County of Lincoln, in the
southeastern oornor OF New McXI
CO.. ia 80 miles in extreme length,
sra 100 in extreme breadth, ana
contains g+,45O square miles. 1t
!. diyilcd. from north to south, by
fine ia, Pecus,an i ruortant stream,
winch receives within the county
numerous tributaries arising in the
rn.i side of the Great Range.
The western part of tho County
i, divided by mountains, locally
known as tho GaIlinas, Jicarillas'
,,rizos. Sierra Blancos, &c, ali
portions of the Great Mountain
Rangc dividing Eastern New "01
leo. The peaks OF these ranges
vary from-GaIlinas aud Jack 3
Peak. about 5000 toot, to CsrIzo'
9.2UO. Nogal, 10000. and Sierra"
Blanco, $4,000.
The population of the County
WAS 5000 in 1888, now aboutS'o oV
The towns. otner than W hite Oaks,
arc Lincoln. San Patriclo, Pichaco,
Weed. DOWNS Mill, Galena, los
vpII. seven iuyors, Three Rivers,
Eonito. Noyal, Parsons and Look
ont.
Two-thirds of the County con
sists OF fine grazing lands mainly
we'll vatored, and stocked with
100000 mead of cattle, an increase
Of 1000 cr cent, in 3 years. lhe
Aurora GOAT has made his appear
uuce in the mountains OF Lincoln
County. and lie is here to stay lie
ranges where nothing disc willard
IS exceedingly p%roitabIS to his
owner. There + but few sH'eP
in III, county, about $4,000 horses
a,.d nuics, and hurros, (Ansh"
.Iackass esq like the sands OF INC
s.sshore tor multitude