The Lincoln County leader. [volume] (White Oaks, Lincoln County, N.M.) 1882-189?, 1888-03-03
white Oaks ald.LilCOll Co.
Important Facts, Figures
and Statistics.

,.osto,u part of Lincoln County,
New Mexico. 81 miles by the mail
,oad rom Carthage, the terminus
az no San Pedro coal mine branch
~ the \. T. ~ 5. +. r. X. lO3
miles from Socorro. on the man
lima 155 miles from FL Paso, Tex
ns and 40 from Lincoln, the Co.
seat.
White Oaks is the largest town
in the county, and the seat OF an
@;muortant supply trade. 1t IS fine
~ Situated in Il valley, among the
sur. Of the Carlo range, at an ell
cyation of $40 feet above sea
l4yrl. 1t has two religious organ
i~zations, Methodist and Congrega-
,innalist. a large and prosperous
,nlIic school. and one ttourlshlng
Ncademy two weekly newSpa'
,,nrs eipht prosperous mercantile eS-
tanl;shments. two hotels, one bill
iiurd hall. three blacksmith shops
two also wagon shops. one TIN
Gon two roofing establishments,
two livery stables, two meat mar
tets three hotels, three physicians
three law offices. one dentist, one
20 stamp gold mill in operation. al
So Huntington Centrifugal mills.
and a 10 stamp gold mill.
me great llomestake Gold Mines
,rn one mile n. ". of the centre OF
the town, and around them are a
Jnzen rich mines, less developed.
Almost adjoining the town. on the
& e are inexhaustible mines OF
cnaI, varying from bitumlnous t"
oon, anthracite. From four to
seven miles n. w. of the town, III
the Lone Mountain region, are eX
tnnsiye bodies of magnetic IRON
nrns. of excellent quality and high
Grade. Twenty miles south and
South west lie the silver lead MINES
# fine Bonito mining district, the
rich gold mines OF the Nogal min.
inc district, the Parsons Camp,
and the copper silver bearing.
nres Of the west side y
me town is abundantly supplied
9Th water wood is abundant ii
the foothills, and timber III the
mountain ranges.
White Oaks has a daily mail &c
Carthage, ON the railway, and t'
Fr Stanton. 81 miles southeast
Il is the present objective point o
me Chicago, st.Louis 4 FL Pasn K
r now building from il P"s"'IeX
and j., destined 20 be an rnp"rtah'
'm5nt upon that railway when it It
.~Mnnlrted to Kansas City, as the
necessary Iink III the shortest posi-
hIp lm0 between Chicago ana tine
CIV Of Mexico
The County of Lincoln, in the
Eastern corner of New MeXi
rn !. go miles in extreme length
.nd 100 in extreme breadth, allc
contains 4.45O square miles. l
i. diyided. from north to SOUTH by
tLa Rio Pecos, an i portant stream
which receives within the county
tributaries arising IN the
nast side of the Great Range.
The western part Of the COUNTY
j. divided by mountains, locally
known as the Gallinas, Jicarillas
1nrjzos, Sierra Blancos, @c'' al
n"rt;ons Of the Great Mountain
Range dividing Eastern New Mex
ico' The peaks Of these range,
Tary fromIGallinas and Jack
paak. about 5000 feet, to Carlo
1900, Nogal, 10000, and olerr'
Blanco, 10000.
The population of the Count nd'
was 5000 in 1885, now about 500
TLo towns, other than " hite Oaks
nre Lincoln, San Patriclo, Pichaco
Weed. Dowlin's Mill, Galena, Ro'
we'll. seven Rivers, Three Rivers
Bonito, NogaI, Parsons and LooA
out.
Two-thirds of the County cor
sists OF fine grazing lands, mainI
well watered, and stocked wit
300. 600 head Of cattle, an increas
of 1000 Ter cent, in 8 years In
Apgora goat has made his appeal
oncc in the mountains OF Llhcol
County. and he is here to stay, II
ranges where nothing else william
is exceedingly profitable to h.
owner. There are but few slice
in the county, about 10000 horse
and mules, and burros, (Angli
.Jackass es,) like toe sands OF tn
seashore, for multi de
On the Penasco, Ruidoso, Bon
to. Hondo, Seven Rivers, Blac
River. and Pecos, there are the NJ
est Of agricultural lands Fir
farms have been opened on a
those streams. and upon them h'
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