The Lincoln County leader. [volume] (White Oaks, Lincoln County, N.M.) 1882-189?, 1888-10-13
white Oaks ald1LilC0lRzCO.
Important Facts, Figures,
and Statistics.


1000 people, and is situated IN tin
western part of Lincsln County
New Mexico. 81 miles by the mai
road from Carthage, the terninu
OF hu San PEDRO coal mine brancl
of the y. +. IL S. +. r.. r., 10;
miles from Socorro, an the mail
line, 1876 miles iron, FL Paso, Tex
rs, aud 10 from Lincoln, the Co
seat.
White Oaks Is the largest tow
in the county, and the scat OF al
important supply trade. 1t is fine
ly situated in Il valley, among the
spurs of tho Carlo range, at an cl
ovation OF clio feet above set
level. 1t has TIVE religious organ
izations, Methodist and Congrega
tionalist, a large and prosperous
public school. and one ttourishlng
Academy; two weekly newspa
pers, eight prosperous mercantile cs.
taUlishAonts, two hotels, one bill.
lizard hall, three blacksmith shops,
1.-TWO also wagon shops,) enc tin
shop, two roofing establishments,
two livery stables, two meat mar
kets, three hotels, three physicians
three law offices, II dentist, one
20 stamp gold mill in operation, al
no 2 Huntington Centrifugal mills.
aud a 10 stamp gold mill.
Tue great ilomestake Gold N.nes
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 inexhaustiblc mines OF
coal, varying from bitumlnous to
semi-anthracite. From foar to
seven miles n. w. of the town, in
the Lone Mountain region, are cX-
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 Bonito mining district, the
rich gold mines Of the Nogal min
ing district. the Parsons Camp,
and the copper (%silver bearing
ores of the west 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
Ii IL the present objective point of
she CAicago, St. Louis Il FL Paso r.
X now building from FL Psso. Tex,
ami is destined to be IN important
point upon that railway when it IL
completed t, Kansas City, as the
necessar. lin in the shortest posi-
bic Inc between Chicago and the
CITY of McKee,
The County Of Lincoln, in the
southeastern sornor OF New Moxi-
go, is 25U miles III extreme length.
and 100 in extreme breadth, and
contains 2+,450 square miles. 1t
is divided, from north TO south, by
the Rio Pccos, AN i cUOrtant stream,
which receives witkin the county
numerous tributaries arising III the
east siuG of the Great Range.
The western part of the County
is divided by mountains, locally
known us the GalIinas, Jicarillas,
Narizos, Sierra Blancos, &c, all
portions Of the Great Mountain
dividing Eastern Now Mex
co. The peaks of. those ranges
AIRY from-Gallinas and Jacks
about 5000 feet, to Carlo,
}, 200, Nogal, 10000. and Sierra
3lanco, 1900.
The population of the County
was 5000 in 1883, nov about S 5000
The towns, other than W hite Oaks,
are Lincoln, San Patrielo, Pichaco,
Weed, Dowlin's Mill, Galena, Ros-
Seven Rivers, Three Rivers,
Bonito, NogaI, Parsons and Look
out.
Two-thirds of the County con
sists OF fine grazing lands, mainly
well watered, and stocked with
300. coo head of cattle, an increase
Of 1000 PER cent. in 5 years. The
goat has made his appear
mce in the mountains OF Lincoln
County. and he is here to stay. He
,anges where nothing else willard
IS exceedingly profitable to his
owner. There are but few sheep
IN the comfy, about $4,000 horses
md mules, and burros, Anglia
Jackass es,) like the sands of the
for multitude.
On the renasco. Rnidoso, Boni
%, Uondo, Seven Rivers, Black
and PccoS, there are the Tin
49,. e .~rrcultura1 lands Fine