The Lincoln County leader. [volume] (White Oaks, Lincoln County, N.M.) 1882-189?, 1888-05-12
white Oaks and Lincoln Co.
Important Facts, Figures,
and Statistics.

western part of Lincoln County,
New Mexico. 81 miles 6y the mail
road rom Carthage, the terminus
of hc San Pedro coal mine branch
of the \. r. ~ 5. +. Il. Il, lob
miles from Socorru, on the main
line, 1856 miles from FL Paso, Ten
rs, and ~ from Lincoln, the Co.
seat.
White Oaks is the largest town
in the county, and the seat OF an
important supply trade. 1t is fine
ly situated in II valley, among the
spurs of the Carlo range, at AN ell
ovation OF $40 feet above sea
level. 1t has two religious organ
izations, Methodist and Congrcga-
tionalist, a large and prosperous
pujlic school, and II ilourishnnE
Academy two weekly newspa
pers, eight prosperous mercantile eS-
taulishmcntS, two hotels. II bll-
lizard hall, three blacksmith shops,
1.-TWO also wagon shops,) one tin
shop, two roofing establishments.
two livery stables, tw" meat mar
kuts, three hotels, three physicians
three law offices, IL dentist, one
20 stamp gold mill in operation, al.
so Q Huntington Centrifugal mills
and IL 10 stamp gold mill.
The great %iIomcstakc Cold Mines
nre n mile n. ~. of tile certr ~
the town, and around them :Ie :"
dozen rich mines, less developed.
Almost adjoining the town, OH the
S. f.. are inexlaustible mines OF
coal, varying trom bitumlnous to
semi-anthracite. From four TO
seven miles n. w. of the town, in
the Lone Mountain region, are eX-
tcnsivc 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 Nugai min
mo district. the Parsons Camp,
and the copper (silver brarin~)
oros of the west side. =
The town il abundantly supplied
with water {; wood is abundant i'll
the foothills, aud timber in the
mountain ranges.
White Oaks mas Il daily mail to
Carthage. on the railway, and to
fit. Stanton, 81 miles southeast
1t is the present objective point Of
sac Chicago, st. Louis & III l'"so K.
K now building from FL Paso. Tex,
and is destined ia be an important
point upon That railway when 1t Is
completed tr Kansas City. as the
necessary link in the shortest posi-
Bile line between Chicago and the
CITY of Mexico
The County Of Lincoln, i'll the
aou~tll-castern corner OF New MrXl
co, is $50 miles III eXtroIne length,
and 100 in extreme brcadtlt, and
uontains 24,450 square mi!eS. Al
10 divided, from north to s"ufH. b>
the Rio Pecus,a All i uortant stream,
which receives within the coN"tl
tributaries arIslny ar INK
cast side of the Great Range.
The western part OF the County
is divided by mountains, io"a.!i
known as the Gnllinas, ~Jicar.."S,
Msrizos, Sierra BlAnc"s, a., all
portions of the Great MountIn
Eange dividing Eo~terr New Mes
leo. The peak. OF tHese ra"e.'
vary fron-Gai!iuas and aach
Peak. about 5000 tor;, 20 tar.h0,
5000, NogAl, 10000. and Sierra
BlancO, = 1000.
The population of the tount'
WAS 5000 in 1888, now abou' 500.
The towns, othcl t..an Whit t''I
are Lincoln, san iatriclo, Ift'.. ''.
Weed, DOWNS Mill, Galen2, l1o-
well, Seven Rivers, Three Rivers.
Bonito, Nogal, Parsons ana Loci"
out.
Two-thirds of tine Coun'y "'n
sists OF fine grazing lands,
well watered, and stock
300. 900 head Of cattle, an
of 1000 Per cent. III . yea %
Angora goat has made his GU
Auce in the mountains OF Lines
County, and hc is here to st be
range where nothing else "
is exceedingly profitable
owner. There + but t."
in the county, about 1900 Ao',,
and mules, and burros, .'e'.
Jackass es,) like the SANDS OF ''
seashore tor multitude.
on the fenasco, Ruidoso, Boni
to. Hondo, Seven Rivers, BlacI
River, and Pecos, there are the III
est of agricultural lands. llI.
farms have been opcn'o GU q.