The Lincoln County leader. [volume] (White Oaks, Lincoln County, N.M.) 1882-189?, 1888-07-21
White Oaks and Lincoln Co.
Important Facts, Figures,
and Statistics.

white OakS Is u VoWH oI dOou
500 people, and is situated IN thu
western part of Lincoln County
New Mexico. 81 miles by the mai
road from. Carthage, the terlninui
of hc San Pedro coal mine brancl
of the \. +. & 5. +. r.. r., 10,
miles from Socorro, on the mair
line. 1853 miles from FL Paso, Tex
as. aud 40 from Lincoln, the Co
seat.
White Oaks ls the largest town
in the county, and the seat OF an
important supply trade. 1t is fine.
Is situated in Il valley, among the
spurs of the Carlo range. at an ell.
ovation of 6,470 feet above sea
level. 1t has two religious organ
i%zations. Methodist and Congrega-
tionaIist, a large and prosperous
nu5lic school, and N tfourislnng
Academy two weekly newSpa-
pcrs, eight prosperous mercantile es-
iaDlishmonts. two hotels, II bill
lizard hall, three blacksmith shops,
1.-TWO also wagon shopS,) one 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
SO 2 llunungton Centrifugal mills.
and II 10 stamp gold mill.
The great Homestake Gold Mines
are one mile n. ". Of the centre of
the town, and around them are II
dozen rich mines, less developed.
Almost adjoining the town, on the
$. f., are ineXhaustiblc mines OF
coal, varying from bitumnous to
semi-anthracito. From foar to
sever 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 lead mines
of the Banito mining district, the
rich gold miues OF the Nogal min
Jug district, the Parsons Camp,
and the copper (%siIver bearing)
ores of the "wcst side. =
The town is abundantly supplied
with water wood is abundant in
fine foothills, and timber in the
mountain ranges.
White Oaks has Il daily mail to
Carthage, on the Railway, and to
TT. Stanton, 81 miles southeast
1T is the present objective point of
the Chicago, st. Louis * FL Paso X.
K now buIlding from FL Paso. Tex,
and i, destined to be an important
point upon that railway when it Is
completed to- Kansas City, as the
necessary link III the shortest posi-
bic Imr between Chicago and the
CItv of Mexico
The County of Lincoln, in the
southeastern corner of New MeXi.
CO, is $50 miles III extreme length,
ana 100 in extreme breadth, and
contains ~, $50 square miles. 1t
is diyidcd, from north to south, by
the RIO Pecus,a an Uortant stream,
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 GaIlinas, Jicarillas,
Narizos, Sierra Blancos, DC, all
portions of the Great Mountain
Range dividing Eastern New Mex
leo. The peaks Of these ranges
vary from-Gallinas and Jacks
about 5000 feet, to Carlo,
8, 200, Nogal, 10000. and Sierra
Blanco, $4,000.
The population of the County
was 5000 in 1885, now about 1000
The towns, other than " hite Oaks,
are Lincoln, San Patriclo, Pichaco,
Weed, Dowlin's Mill, Galena, RIOS
well, Seven Rivers, Three Rivers,
Bonito, Nogal, Parsons and Look
out.
Two-thirds of the County CON
OF fine grazing lands, mainly
well watered, and stocked with
300, 600 head of cattle, an increase
of 1000 Per cent. in 3 years. The
Angora goat has made his appear
ance in the mountains OF Lincoln
County, and lac is here to stay. lie
where nothing else will. and
is exceedingly profitable to his
owner. There are but few sheep
in the county, about $4,000 horses
and mules, and burros, anglia
j ackass es,) like the sands Of the
seashore for multitude,
On the renasco, RuidoSo, Boni-
10, Uondo. Seven Rivers, Black
and Pecos, there r the fin