The Lincoln County leader. [volume] (White Oaks, Lincoln County, N.M.) 1882-189?, 1888-05-26
white Oaks and Lincoln Co.
Important Facts, Figures,
and Statistics.

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SoOipoople, and is situated in the
western part of Lincoln County,
New Mexico, 81 miles by the mail
road rom Carthage, the terminus
Of ne San Pedro coal mine branch
of the a. T. " S. +. h. r., lo3
miles from Socorr0, on the main
line, 1855 miles from FL Paso, Tex
as, and 40 from Lincoln, the Co.
seat.
White Oaks ls the largest town
in the county, and the seat OF an
important supply trade. Its fine
Nv situated in a valley, among the
spurs of the Carlo range, at an ell
ovation OF 6,47O feet above sea
level. 1t has two religious organ
izations, Methodist and Consrega-
tionalist, a large and prosperous
uu5lic school, and II tfouriShlng
Academy two weekly newspa-
pers, eight prosperous mercantile eS-
taplishments, two hotels, II bill
lizard hall, three blacksmith shops,
1.-TWO also wagon snop5,) one tin
shop, two roofing establishments,
two livery stables, two meat mar
kets, three hotels, three physicians
three law offices, II dentist, one
20 stamp gold mill in operation, al
3 o 2 Huntington Centrifugal mills.
and IL 10 stamp gold mill.
The great nomcstake Gold Mines
mr.. one mile n. ". Of the centre Of
the town, and around them are II
dozen rich mines, less developed.
Almost adjoining the town, on the
S. E., are ineXhaustibIe mines OF
coal, varying from bitumInous to
somi-anthracite. From four to
seven miles n. w. OF the town, in
the Lone Mountain region, are eN-
tensive bodies Of magnetic iron
ores, OF excellent quality and high
grade. Twenty miles south and
south west lie the silver lead mines
Of the b snito mining Glstlirt, tile
rich gold nliues OF the Np.a min.
ing district, the Parsons Camp,
and the copper @(Silver bearlng)
ores of the "wcst side. -
The town is abundantly supplied
with water :; wood. is abundant in
tho foothills, and timber in the
mountain ranges.
White Oaks has a daily mail to
Carthage, on the Railway, and to
TT. Stanton, 81 miles southeaSt.-
1t is the present objective point ct
the Chicago, St. LOUIS 4 III Paso X.
K now building from FL Paso, Tex,
and is destined to be al important
point upon that railway when it Is
completed to Kansas City, as the
necessary link in the shortest posi-
BILE line between Chicago and tic
Ctv Of Mexico
The County of Lincoln, in the
southeastern corner OF New McXl
GO, is 25O miles i'll extreme length,
ma 100 in extreme breadth. and
eontains 24,450 square miles. II
is divided, from north to south, by
the Rio Pccos, All II uortant stream,
which receives within the co"htl
tributaries arising III the
east side of the Great Range.
The western part Of the County
is divided by mountains, locally
known as the Gallinas, JicarllIas,
Carlos, Sierra Blahcos, DC, al
portions Of the Great Mountain
Range dividing Eastern New Mex
leo. The peaks OF these range
vary froinIHallinas and Jack
Peak. about 5000 feet, to Carlo,
200, Nogal, 10000, ana Slerri
Bianco, $4,000.
Tho population of the COUNTY
was 5000 in 1888, now about S,oO'
The towns, other than Nhite Oaks
are Lincoln, San Patriclo, P%icIlaco
Weed, Dowlin's Mill, Galenn, Ros
we'll, Seven Rivers, Three Rivers
Bonito, NogaI, Parsons and Look
out.
Two-thirds Of the County con
sists OF fine grazing lands, maluI,
well watered, ana stocked Wlt'
300. 900 head OF cattle, All Increas'
Of 1000 PER cent. in . years. The
Augora goat has made his appear
nuco in the mountains ot Lincoln
County, and lac is here to stay. lie
ranges where nothing else william
is exceedingly profitable TO- hi.
owner. There are but few sllcel
in the county, about $1,000 horse
and mules, and burros, lAng.I.
Jackass rs,j like the sands Of tb'
seashore for multitude
On the rcnasco, 8nilo>o, Boni
To-. Hondo, Seven Rivers, BIac'
River, and Pecos, there are the I'll
.,ltrro lands IilI