The Lincoln County leader. [volume] (White Oaks, Lincoln County, N.M.) 1882-189?, 1888-09-15
white Oaks and Lincoln Co.
ImpOrtantE Facts, Figures,
and Statistics.

White Oaks IS a town Of Sbout
1OOOlpoople, and is situated n the
western part of Lincoln County,
New Mexico, 81 miles by the mail
read rom Carthage, the terminus
Of he San Pedro coal mine branch
Of the A. 7. IL S. +. Il. r., 1913
miles from Socorro, an the main
line. 1855 miles from FL Paso, Tex
as. aud 40 from Lincoln, the Co.
seat.
White Oaks is the largest town
in the county, and the scat OF an
important supply trade. 1t is fine
" situated in a valley, among the
spurs of tho Carlo range, at an oil
ovation of $40 feet above sea
level. 1t has two religious organ
izations. Methodist and Congrega-
tionaIist, a large and prosperous
nublio school. aud II tfourishlng
Academy; two weekly newspa-
pers. eight prosperous mercantile es-
Adjustments. two hotels, II bill
lard ball, three blacksmith shops,
two also wagon shops,) II tin
shop, two roofing establishments,
two livery stables, two meat mar
kets, three hotels, three physleiSns
three law Offices, II dentist, one
20 stamp gold mill in operation, al
80 9 Huntington Centrifugal mills.
and a 10 stamp gotd mill.
The great ~ilomestake Gold Mines
are one mile n. W. of the centre Of
the town, and around than are a
dozen rich mines, less developed.
Almost adjoining the town, on the
S. f.. arc ineXhaustible mines OF
coal, varying from bituminous to
communicable. From four to
seven miles n. w. of the town, in
the Lone Mountain region, are OK
tensivc bodies Of magnetic iron
ores, of excellent quality and high
grade. Twenty miles south and
South west lie the silver lead mines
of the Bouita mining district, the
rich gold mines OF the Nogal mir
ing district, the Parsons Camp.
and the copper (%silver bearing)
ores of the west side
The town is xbundantly supplied
with water /; wood is abundant in
the foothills, and timber in the
,nountain ranges.
White Oaks has a daily mail to
Carthage, on tho railway, and to-
1T. Stanton, 81 miles southeast
1t is the present objective point OF
the Chicago, St. Louis Il 81 P@so K.
X now building from FL P"so. Tox.
and is destined to DO an importan'
point upon that railway when it IL
aomplcted to- Kansas City, ms the
NECESSARY link in the shortest posi-
bic Inc between Chicago ana tht
CITY of Mexico
The County of Lincoln, in the
southeastern oorncr of New MuXi
,oo, is $50 uilcs in extreme longth,
and 100 in extreme breadth. and
contains 24,450 square miles. Ii
rs divided, from north to south, by
the Rio Pecos, an Important stream,
which receives within the county
numerous tributaries arising i'll the
east side of the Great Range.
The western part of the County
is divided by mountains, locally
known as tho Gallinas, JicArillas,
CARLOS, Sierra Blancos, DC, al
nortions of the Great Mountain
Range dividing Eastern Now Mex
leo. The peaks Of these ranges
wary from-Gallinas and Jacks
Peak, about 5000 feet, to Carlo,
8, 200, Nogal, 10000. and Sierra
Blanco, $4,000.
The population of the County
was 5000 in 1888, now about s, OOC
The TOWNS, other than ~ hite Oaks,
are Lincoln, San Patrielo, Pichaco,
Weed, Dowlin's Mill, Galena, RIOS
well, Seven Rivers, Three Rivers,
Bonito. Nogal, Parsons and Look
out.
Two-thirds of the County con.
sists "a fine grazing lands, mainly
we'll watered, and stocked with
800. O0O 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 lie is here to stay. lie
ranges where nothing else willard
is exceedingly profitable to his
owner. There are but few sAeel
in the county, about $4,000 horses
and mules, and burros, tAnglia
.Jackass es,) like the sands of the
seashore tor multitude.
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