The Lincoln County leader. [volume] (White Oaks, Lincoln County, N.M.) 1882-189?, 1888-05-19
white Oaks and Lincoln Co.
Important Facts, Figures
and Statistics.

White Oaks Is q town of about
e00lpoople, and is situated IN the
western part of Lincoln County,
New Mexico, 81 miles by the mail
road from. Carthage, the terminus
Of no San Pedro coal mine branch
of the A. T. IL S. F. K. r., 103
miles from Socorro, on the main
line, 1876 miles from FL Paso, Tex
AS, and 40 from Lincoln, the Co.
seat.
White Oaks Is the largest town
in the county, aud the seat OF an
important supply trade. 1t is fine
ly situated in IA valley, among the
spurs of the Carlo range, at IN ell
evation of $40 feet above sea
level. 1t has two religious organ
i%xstions, Methodist and Congrcga-
tioualist, n large and prosperous
public school. and one tfOurisllng
Academy 4; two weekly newspa-
pers, eight prosperous mercantile es-
taulishments, two hotels, II bill
lizard hall, three blacksmith shops,
two alse wagon snops,) one tin
shop, two roofing establishments,
two livery stables, two meat mar
kets, three hotels, three physicians
three law offices, IL dentist, one
20 stamp gold mill in operation, al
500 Huntington Centrifugal mills,
and a 10 stamp gold mill.
The great HOnestake Gold Mines
are n mile N. W. OF the centre Of
the town, and around them are a
dozen rich mines, less developed.
Almost adjoining the town, on the
s. E.. are inexhaustible mines Of
coal, varying from bitumlnous to
semi-anthracite. From four to
seven miles n. w. Of the town, in
the Lone Mountain region, are eX-
tonsive 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. tho Parsons Camp,
and the copper (silver bearing)
ores of the "wcst side
The town is abundantly supplied
with wntor ; wood is abundant in
tho foothills, and timber in the
mountain ranges.
White Oaks has n daily mail to
Carthage, on the railway, and to
Fl. Stanton, 81 miles southeast
1t il the present objective point of
tho Chicago, st. LOUIS * ii Paso Il.
X now building from II Paso. Tex,
and is destined to be an important
point upon that railway when it Is
completed to Kansas City, as the
necessary link in the shortest posi-
BILE line between Chicago ana the
City of Mexico.
The County Of Lincoln, in the
southeastern corner Of New MeXl-
co, is $50 miles i'll extreme length,
and 100 i'll extreme breadth, and
contains "a, 450 square miles. 1t
10 divided, from north to south, by
the Rio Pecos, All 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 rs the Gallinas, Jicarillas,
Carlos, 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
Peak, about 5000 feet, to Carlo,
3, 200, Nogal, 10000. and Sierra
Blauco, II, 900.
The population of the County
was 5000 in 1885, now aboutS 900
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.
T~wo-thirds Of the County con
sists OF fine grazing lands, man'y
well watered, and sjoC> Ii
800, 600 head OF cattle, an tnc,ea>
of 1000 Fer cent. liz 5 years. T"o
Angora goat has made his appear
ance i'll the mountains OF Lincoln
County, and he is here to stay. lie
ranges where nothing else willard
is exceedingly profitable TO ms
owner There are but few sheep
in the county, about $4,000 horses
and mules, and burroS, anglia
Jackass eS,) like the sands Of the
seashore for multitude.
On the renasco, Ruidoso, Boni-
to, Hondo, Seven Rivers, Black