The Lincoln County leader. [volume] (White Oaks, Lincoln County, N.M.) 1882-189?, 1888-08-25
White Oaks and Lincoln Co.
Importantly Facts, Figures,
and Statistics.

White Oaks is n town "1 ABOUT
1000 people. and is situated IN the
western part Of Lincoln County
New Mexico, 81 miles by the mail
road from. Carthage, the terminus
Of he San Pedro coal mine branch
Of fine 4. T. IL 5. +. X. H., lob
miles from Socorro, on the man
iinr 1875 miles from III Paso, Tex
49,, and 40 from Lincoln, the Co.
White Oaks Is the largest town
in the county, and the seat OF an
important supply trade. Iii is fine
~ situated in a valley, among tho
SPURS of the Carlo range, at an ell
syntion of G,4I0 feet above sea
I,vrl. 1t has two religious organ
izations. Methodist and CongreSa-
tionalist. p large and prosperous
ruhlir school. and one tfourlshlng
hcadeuy, two weekly newspa-
pars. eight prosperous mercantile es-
in,,I;s mnnts. two hotels, n bill
lard hall. three blacksmith shops,
two also wagon Shops one TN
Shop. two roofing establishments
tyolivcry stables, two meat mar
ke,s. three hotels, three physicians
three law Offices, one dentist, one
90 stamp gold mill in operation. al
500 Huntington Centrifugal mills.
and a 10 stamp gold mill:
The great ilomestake Gold Mines
ore u mile n. ". Of the centre OF
the town. and around them are a
dozen rich mines, less developed
Almost adjoining the town, "n The
S. F.. are ineXhaustible mines O
coal, VARYING from bitumlnous tC
snw;-ontGracite. From fohr t.
seven miles n. W. OF tho town, II
the Lone Mountain region, are ex
tensive bodies Of magnetic iroI
oros, of excellent quality and higl
grade. Twenty miles south an'
south west lie the silver lead mine
Of the Bsnito mining district, tn
ricb gold mines ot the Nogal min
inc district, the Parsons Camp
nna the copper (%silyer bearing
oras Of the west side
me- town is a~bundantIy supple.
with water wood is abundant /
the foothills, and timber in tn
mountain ranges.
White Oaks has Il daily mail t
Cnrthape, on the Railway, and
II. Stanton, 81 miles southeast. =
lii tbs present objective point {
the Chicago, 1T. Louis & FL Paso /
X now building from FL Paso, LEI
and is destined to be an import"1
mint upen that railway when 1t
aornnlotod to Kansas City, as tt
necessary link in the shortest posi-
Bile line between Chicago ana tt
Cltv al Mckee ,
The County of Lincoln, in Il
southeastern corncr OF New Me!
90. is 250 miles in extreme lengt
,e,d 100 ia extreme breadth, al
contains 24,450 square miles
is diyidcd, from north to sauth, !
,l,e Rio Pecos,a an irportant streal
which receives within the coun
numerous tributaries arising IN Il
ca,t side of the Great Range.
The western part of the Coun
is divided by mountains, local
known AZ the Gallinas, Jicarilla
Narizos, Sierra Blancos, &c,
portions of the Great Mounta
Range dividing Eastern New Me
leo. The peaks Of these rang
vary from-Gallinas and Jaci
Peak, about 5000 feet, to Carl2
8. 300, Nogal, 10000. and Sler
Blanco, $1,000.
The population of the Coun
was 5000 in 1855, now about 50
The towns, other than " hite Oai
are Lincoln, San Patriclo, Pichac
Weed. Dowliu's Mill, Galena, K
well. Seven Rivers, Three Kive
Bonito, Nogal, Parsons and Le'
Out.
Two-thirds of the County c.
sists OF fine grain lands, msiI
well watercd, and stocked W
300. 1000 head OF cattle, an mere,
of 1000 PER cent. in > years. l
Angora goat has made his aPpe
auce in the mountains OF LIne'
County, and he is here to stay.
ranges where nothing else villa
is exceedingly profitable to
owner. There are but tew Sh'
in the county, about $4,000 hor
and mules, and burros' Gang
.Jackass cs,) like the sands OF
ssashore tor multitude.
On the renasco, Ruidoso, 30
TO. Hondo, Seven Rivers, 81
River. and Pecos, there are the
est Of agricultural lands. +