The Lincoln County leader. [volume] (White Oaks, Lincoln County, N.M.) 1882-189?, 1888-01-21
white Oaks and Lincoln CO.
Important Facts, Figures,
and satisfies.

500 people, and is situated IN the
western part OF Lincoln County
New McNico. - mics by the mail
road from. Carthage, the terminus
,f hn san Pedro coal mine branch
~ tho i. r. KS. f. Il. r., 1913
,iIn. from Socurru. on the man
line. l.55 miles trrm FL PaNo. lex
rs. and 80 from Lincoln t'c Ca.
Cat.
in the couuty, aud Jile seat oi an
i]mpur;.nt supply trade. It's inc-
IL situated ia valley among inc
suurs at inc Carlo range, at an e.
.yaii,u OF 6,41O feet above sea
L.yrl. 1t has two religious organ
il,tinns. Methodist ana CongreGa-
tI"n,Iist n large and prosl orou>
,nhlir school. and onr ifourlShlhg
tcodeny; two weekly n,w>pa
,,nrs nipnt prosperous mercantile es-
toulishiuents. two hotels, Il olL-
Iinrd hall, three blacksmith shops
we also wagon hons one III"
NIhon, iwo roofing establishments
two livery stables, tw" meal MAR
kets. tnrre hotels, three p'Il'lcia"N
,Lrr. law Offices. M dcn;'s, one
so stamp gold mill in operation. at
500 Huntington Centrifogai mills
ard a 10 stamp gold n'I'
ME grcat 'lomestakc ''''G |''.'
,r, n mile n. ". ct lhe "'"t'@ I
mo Town. and around tArm are a
Jnznn rich mines, less levolopeo
Almost a lioining the town. ON the
: Z nrr'inexhaustible mines ct
coal. varying from hi'um'n"u' t"
scmi-anthracite. From tour 10
seven miles n. w. of the town. III
,Lr Lone Mountain region, are eX7
tnnsiye bodies of magnetic iron
Nrns' Of excellent quality aud high
Grade. Twenty miles south and
south west lie the silver lead mines
If the B3nito mining district the
rich gold miues OF the Nogal MN.
mo district. the Parsons Camp,
and the copper Silver bearing.
Wv Of the ''west side
me town is abundantly su!pliee
9Th water wood is abundant il
the foothills, and timber III the
mountain ranges. -, 81.
White Oaks has II daily mail t'
Carthage. ON the Railway, and t.
a. Stanton, 81 miles : ntheaHt.-
lis ae present objective point o
,,niChicago. ST. ouI~ X n i'HSo Il
low hnlding rom FL paso Tex
and is destined 90 be an mp"rlah
mint u;ron that railway when 1t !
n~nm,lrted to Kansas CITY, as IL.
NECESSARY link in the shortest n"'SI
bic irnc between Chir"@" an" t"'
cav of Mexico.
T,n Count, Of lhucoIn, IN th'
southeastern Garner "I NvN 'cN'
co. T., 80 miles III rN;"rme lrH%''
and 1860 in extreme breaotA' an'
contains q. 100 square mules !
is dividrd. from moran I" S"'tO''' .
thn Rio pccos,an u"rtant stream
which receives within the count.
tributaries arising III tn
rast side Of the Great kanSt,
The western part of the N"unt
is divided by mountains, local
INN "a the GallinaS. jIcatlIldr
H.rizos, Sierra Blancos, ~c.' "a
portions of the Great Mount"'
Range dividing Eastern New Me'
leo. The peaks of these rang.
~" frnm1Gallinas and Jack
Peak. about 5000 feet, to Carlz'
q. 800, Nogal, 10000, and SIerl
Blanco, $1,000. &c.,
The population Of the C"uH'
wos GOO in 1885. now about ''
The towns, other THAI ~ hlt ''..
are Lincoln, San Pa
Weed, Dowlin's Mi
we'll. Seven Rivers, lore
Bonito, Nogal, Parsyn- and 800
out.
Two-thirds of tho County
sists OF fine grazing la't, .'"'
well watered, anc -i'yN nv.
400. 600 head of caj,lc, 'n 'he'
e 1000 rer cent. IN wears /
Angora goat has made IA, ape
anco in the mountains OF Lance,
County, and he is here t" stay; !
ranges where nothing else villa
is exceedingly profitable To- !
owner. There are but few She
in the county, about $4,000 h"r'
and mules, and burros' Gang
.Iackass esq like the sands OF t
seashore, for multitude. a.
On the Penasco, Ruidoso, 80
to, Houdo, Seven Rivers bli
River, and Pecos, there are thG
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