The Lincoln County leader. [volume] (White Oaks, Lincoln County, N.M.) 1882-189?, 1888-06-23
white Oaks and Lincoln Co.
Important Facts, Figures,
and Statistics.


western part al Lincoln County,
New Mexico, 81 miles by the mail
road from Carthage, the terminus
of he San Pedro coal mine branch
Of the A.. T. Il S. f. K. r.. lO3
miles from SocorrO, on the main
line. 155 miles from FL Paso, Tex
IA. and 10 from Lincoln, the Co.
scat.
White Oaks IS the largest town
in the county, aud the seat ot an
]important supply trade. 1t is fine
lv situated in u valley, among the
snurs of the Carlo range, ut an ell
.vntion of $40 feet above sea
level. 1t has two religious organ
STATIONS. Methodist and Congrega-
tionalist, u large and prosperous
nnhlic school, and one tlOurishlng
Academy two weekly newSpa'
pers, eight prosperous mercahtIlees -
t,nl;sbwents. two hotels, one bill
lizard hall, three blacksmith shops,
two also wagon shopsD one tin
shop. two roofing establishments,
two livery stables, two meat mar
kets, three hotels, three physicians
three law offices, one dentist, one
90 stamp gold mill in operation, al
,o2 Huntington Centrifugal mills,
and a 10 stamp gold mill.
The great jlomestake Gold Mines
mr.. one mile n. ". of the centre OF
the town, and around them are a
dozen rich mines, less developed.
Almost adjoining the town, on the
s. E., arc inexhaustiblc mines OF
coal. varying from bituminous to
semi-anthracite. From fodr to
seven miles n. w. of the town, i'll
the Lone Mountain region, are Ak
tensiye bodies of magnetic iron
ores. of excellent quality and high
grade. Twenty miles south aGd
south west lie the silver lead mines
If the Bonito mining district. the
rich gold mines Of the Nogal min
ING district, the Parsons Camp,
mi the copper (~silvcr bearing
ores of the west side.
The town is a%bundantly supplied
wi,k water wood is abundant il
tine foothills, and timber in the
mountain ranges. 90.
White Oaks has q daily mail &c
Carthage. O n the Railway, and t.
Fl. Stanton, 81 milca southeast
1t is the present objective point O
tne Chicago, st, Loals x FL l'aso Il
i; now building from ii Pa'o. Tex
and is destined to be an lmportan
point upon that railway when 1t Il
completed to Kansas City, AS th'
necessary link in the shortest posi-
bile line between Chicago and th'
CITY of McKee,
The County of Lincoln, in tn.
southeastern corner ot New MeNl
M. i, $50 miles III cXtrono length
and 100 in extreme breadth, AM
.ontaius 2+,45O square miles. !
!. divided, from north to south, b.
the Rio Pccos, an i T uortant stream
which receives within the count.
numerous tributaries arising III TIL
cast side of the Great kange,
The western part of the Count
j., divided by mountains, local.
known as the Gallinas, Jicarillas
Marizos. Sierra Blancos, nc, a
uortious OF the Great Mountal
Range dividing Eastern New Ae'
leo. The peaks Of these range;
vary from-Gallinas and JACK
Peak. about 5000 feet, to Carrie
5000, Nogal, 10000. and oierr
Blanco, 10000.
The population of the Count
was 900 in 1855, now aboutS, 500
Tic towns, other than White Oak
ore Lincoln, San P~atricio, Pichac'
Weed. Dowlin's Mill, Galcna, 10
well. Seven Rivers, Three River.
Bonito, Nogal, Parsons and LOCI
out.
Two-thirds of the County coI
s;sts OF fine grazing lands, ma.nI
wcll watered, and stocked wit
400. 900 head Of cattle, an increa'
Of 1000 FER cent. in 8 years IL
Angora goat has made his aPpea
apce in the mountains OF Line0.
County, and he is here to stay. 3
ranges where nothing else will'an
is exceedingly profitable 10 Il
uner There are but few shot
In the county, about $4,000 hors.
and mules, and burros, lAngi
,Iackass es,) like the sands OF Il
scashore tor multitude.
On the renasco, Ruidoso' Boz
10. Hopdo, Seven Rivers, Bla'
River, and Pecos, there are the !
est Of agricultural lands FL
farms have been oroucG on !