The Lincoln County leader. [volume] (White Oaks, Lincoln County, N.M.) 1882-189?, 1888-11-24
white Oaks ald.LiRCOlllCO.
Important Facts, Figures,
and Statistics.

New Mexico. - miles by the mail
road from Carthage, the terminus
Of he San Pudro coal mine branch
of the A. f. ~ 5. +. K. r., 1903
miles from Soeorro, on the main
line. I55 niles from FL Paso, Tex
ms. and 40 from Lincoln, tho Go.
seat.
White Oaks IA the largest town
in the county, and the scat OF an
important supply trade. 1t is tinc-
IL situated in ~ valley, among the
SOUR, of the Carlo range, at an ell
,yauon Vi 6,470 feet above sea
level. Ii has tive religious organ
ixntions. Methodist and Congrcga-
tionalist, a large and prosperous
public school. and one flouriShing
Academy. two weekly ncwHpa-
pcrs. oignt prosperous mrrcahtlIoe S-
i.,L'.nT..nts. two hotels, onc bill
lizard hall, three blacksmith shop",
two ais, wagon shopN,) n tin
sbop. two roofing establishments.
tyulivcry stables, two Hi"at mar
k.ts. tArcc hotels, three phYsicinnN
thr.o law Offices, one dentist, ono
% stamp gold mill in operation. al
so Huntington Centrifugal mills.
and a 10 stamp gold mil.
The great '~Iomcst"kv (i"ld Mines
mr.. I'm, mile \. ". Ell the centre ot
III. Town. and around them are n
,o,nn rich mines, less developed.
Almost Adjoining the town, "n tn"
q + arc ineXhauotible mines ot
coal, VARYING from bitumlnoas t"
semi.anthracitc. From ioNr to
s..vsn miles n. w. of the town, in
tho Lone Mountain region. nro OK
tnnsiye bodies of magnetic iron
,ro,. Of excellent quality ahd high
grade. Twenty miles s"u:h ana
south vest lie the silver load mines
If III, Banito mining district. the
rich gold mines of the Nogal min
IN, @i.;ri1t. the Parsons Camp.
and The copper Oliver b%oarihEI
ores of tho west AIDE. =
Tho town is abuudhntIr supplied
vl,b water wood is abundant III
tho Isot.nlls, and timber in the
m"unialn ranges.
White Oaks has daily mail TO
C,rth:ge. on the galway. and to
r.. Stanton, ~ mli.:s southeast. -
1t i, the present objective point o'
,nu lhicmyo, 81. Loula It Ii l'at" K.
/: uoN Dulldins irp:m ri r"'", lex,
and IL destined To be Al lmp"rtani
point upon that railway when it Il
s~,npl.t,d t. Kansas City. ~ the
necessary lin in the "h"rte"t posi-
Lls inc pc.nccn Chicago aud th'
Ctv of Mexico
Tin, County Of Lincoln, in the
noun.ra,lcrn ournc of New hoAl
"a. IA $50 miles IN eNtromS length,
.rd loo ~ extreme breadth, Hhc
contains 4t.4iu square mics. II
oI>nIri, from nor,h I" south. By
1nr iilo P-cu>. All i uortanIstrUa'n
wulcn receives witlun the County
numerous tributaries arising in tho
,o.i .,u ut tn& Great Range.
The western part vi the county
ia divided by mountains, locally
known - tho G~allinAS, Jicarill"'
.,arizos, Sierra lTlancos, DC, al
,nrtinu, OF the GreI Mount"il
Range dividing Eastern New Hex
leo. The rcaks {" Thea" range
vary from-Gallinns aud Jack
Peak, about 5000 feet, I" CARR"
9 200, Nogal, 10000. and Sirrr'
Blanco, $4,000.
The population of the Count
was 5,OnO in 1850, now about 500
TN, towns, other than " hite Oak
~. Linrrln, San ratriclo, liclIAco
Weed. Dowlin's Mill, Galcna, lt"s
we'll, Seven Rivers, Three Kiver'
Bonito. Nugal, ParS"ne and l"'ok
out.
T~wo-thirdS of the County con-
sists OF hnr grazing lands, MANI,
well watcrrd. ana eiocH "a VIII
3O0. 600 head al cattle, sn lhcrraS
ot LOCO FER cent. IN > years. Ih
Aurora COAT has made his appear
auco ia the mountains "t Llr""!
Couutv. ami lac is here t" stay. II
,snye, wArrc nothing else william
~c..d,u,Iv p%rotitaDlC to hi