The Lincoln County leader. [volume] (White Oaks, Lincoln County, N.M.) 1882-189?, 1888-06-16
white Oaks ildIilC0ll Co.
Important Facts, Figures,
and Statistics.

White OAKS Is n Town VI Don
soolpoople, and is situated in the
western part of Lincoln County
New Mexico, 81 miles by the mail
road 1romiC carthage, the terminus
If he San Pedro coal mine branch
ef the A. T. a. S. +. Il. r., l03
miles from Socorro, on the main
limo. 155 miles from FL Paso, Tex
A, and 40 from Lincolny the Co.
scat
White Oaks 10 the largest town
IN the county, and the seat OF an
important supply trade. Iii fine
lV situated in u valley, among the
spurs of the Carlo range, at an ol-
ovation OF $40 feet above sea
level. 1t has two religious organ
I.ations, Methodist and Congrega-
tiouAlist, a large and prosperous
nublic school, and u tfourishlng
Acadeuy; two weekly ncwSpa.
pers, eight prosperous mercantile es-
tavlishn,ents, two hotels, II bill
lizard hall, three blacksmith shops,
1.-TWO also wagon shops,) Ii tin
shop, two roofing establishments,
two livery stables, two meat mar
ke,s, three hotels, three physicians
three law offices, n dentist, one
20 stamp gold mill in operation, al
40 Huntington Centrifugal mills.
and a 10 stamp gold mill.
The great Homestake Gold Mines
ar. one mile n. W.'oft the centre of
the town, and around them are II
dozen rich mines, less developed.
Almost adjoining tire town, on the
8. E.. are inexhaustible mines OF
coal, varying from bituhnlrous to
communicable. From foHr to
seven miles n. w. of the town. in
the Lone Mountain region, ule ex-
tsnsive bodies Of magnetic iron
ere of excellent quality and high
grade. Twenty miles south and
south west lie the silver lead mines
of the Bonito mining district, the
rich gold mines of the Nogal min
log district. the Parsons Camp,
and the copper (silver bearing
ores of the west side
The town is abundantly supplied
with wator ; wood is abundant in
the foothills, and timber i'll 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 &.El Paso X.
X now building from FL Paso. Tex,
and is destined to be an important
point upon that railway when it is
completed to Kansas City, MS the
necessary link in the shortest posi-
BILE line between Chicago ana the
CITY of Mexico
The County Of Lincoln, in the
southeastern corner Of New MeXi-
90, is $50 miles III extreme length,
and l6U in extreme breadth, and
contains 24,450 square miles. ii
il divided, from north to south, ~
the Rio Pecos,an II uortantstroAm
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 the Gallinas, Jicarillas,
Carlos, Sierra Blancos, DC, all
vortions Of the Great Mountain
Range dividing Eastern New Mex
leo. The peaks Of these ranges
vary from-Gallinas and Jacks
Peak, about 5000 feet, to Carlo,
8, 300, Nogal, 10000. and Sierra
Blanco, $4,000.
The population of the County
"a I, 1000 in 1885, now about 5 900
The towns, other than " hite Oaks,
are Lincoln, San Pntriclo, Pichaco,
Weed, Dowlin's Mill, Galena, Ros-
we'll, Seven Rivers, Three Rivers,
Bonito, Nogal, Parsons and Look
out.
Two-thirds of the Comfy con
sists OF fine grazing lands, mainly
we'll watered, and stocked with
800, 600 head of cattle, an increase
Of 1000 Ger cent. in 5 years. The
Angora goat has made his appear
ance in the mountains OF Lincoln
County, and he is here to stay. lie
ranges where nothing else willard
IL exceedingly profitable to his
owner. There are but few sheep
in the county, about $4,000 horses
and mules, and burros, anglia
Jackass ss,) like the sands Of the
asashore for multitude.
On the renasco, Ruidoso, Boni-
To-, Hondo, Seven Rivers Black
River, and Pecos, there are the fin
uorltural lands Fine