The Lincoln County leader. [volume] (White Oaks, Lincoln County, N.M.) 1882-189?, 1888-01-14
White Oaks and Lincoln 10.
Important Facts, Figures,
and Statistics.

NCN II hh'iSo y ~ -"
Dad from Carthage, the terminus
f he San Pedro coal mine branch
# the A.. I. n 5. +. II. r, lob
niles from SucorrU, on the main
inc. 155 miles from FL Paso. Tex
$. and 10 from Lincoln, the Co.
cat.
White Oaks is the largest town
the county, and the seat ct an
important supply trade. 1t is fine
v Situatcdsin IA valley, among the
purs of the Garlic range, ut All cl-
Walton OF $40 feet above sea
.vrl. Ii has two religious organ
cations, Methodist and Congrega-
ionalist, IL large and prosperous
,u5lic school. two weekly newspa'
urs, five prosperous mercantile es-
uulishmruts. two hotels, two bill
ard nlls, two blacksmith shops,
ne also II wagon slIop,) one TWEEN
stamp gold mill in operation, al
Huntington Centrifugal mill,
ID II 10 stamp gold mill.
Thc great ilounestake Gold Mines
=. one mile u. ". of the centre ct
ne town, and around them are II
,,zen rich mines, less developed.
.lmost adjoining the town, on the
f.. are incxhaustible mines OF
nI. VARYING from bitumnous to
m~i-nntLracitc. From four to
we miles n. w. of the town, in
,c Lone Mountain region, are ex-
nsiye bodies of magnetic iron
es, of excellent quality and high
AIDE. Twenty miles south and
nth west lie the silver lead mines
the Bonito mining district. the
IN gold mines OF the Nogal min
2 district, and the copper Silver
aring) ores of the west side, "
,c town is nbundantly supplied
tn water wood is abundant in
e foothills, and timber in the
mntain ranges.
White Oaks has Il daily mail to
rthagc, on the Railway, and to
Stanton, 81 miles east. 1t is
.prcscnt objective point of the
.icago, st. LOUIS ~ RI Paso X. K.
W building from FL paso. Texas,
d is destined to be an important
int upon that railway when it is
indicted to Kansas City, as the
c..sary link in the shortest posi-
~, between Chicago and the
' Of MvA:c".
IA, County of Lincoln, in the
~u,h-castern corner "t New MvAl-
j. $50 miles III extreme length,
~ 1850 ia extreme breadth. and
.ntain> 2l.450 square miles. Ii
divided. from north +" south. bN
- Rho Prcos,ani u"rtant stream,
hich receives within the county
,u,.ruuS tributaries arlSihg III the
st side Of the Great Range.
The western part of the County
divided bv mountains, locally
,,wu ~ the Galiinn>, Jicarillas,
.rizos, Sierra Rlanc"S, NC, all
,rtions G he Great Mountain
Anre div, ny Eastern New Mex
O. The peaks of these ranges
.ry from-GallinaS and Jack $
ak. about 5000 feet, to Carlo,
2oO, Nogal, 10000, and Sierra
lance, 1000.
The population of the County
a. 5000 in 1885, now about6 5000
&c towns. other than " hite Oaks,
Lincoln, San Patriclo, Picllaco,
rcd. Dowlin's Mill, Galena, Ros-
II. Seven Rivers, Three Rivers,
d Lookout.
Two-thirds of the County con
its OF fine grazing lands, mainly
III watered. am sr"ck Il with
m.OaO head of ca,t.c, uu increase
1000 Ter cent. in ) Years. The
ngura goat has madr iuN appear
ICE in the mountains ut Llncoll.
ounty. and he is here t" stay, lie
mycs where nothing else willard
exceedingly profitable 20 Ia.
wner. There are but few %sliecl
the county, about 1900" horse
nd mules, and hurroS, Anglia
nckass esq like the sands of the
ashore, tor multitude
On the Penasco, Ruidoso, Boni
IIondo, Seven Rivers, Black
liver. and Pecos, there arc the fin
It of agricultural lands. Fine
runs have been opened ON Il!
,osc streams. and upon them has
zen produced in exceptional qual
and quantity every farm pro
IT, which can be raised at such
elevation. The experience O
g late Chas. Fritz demonstrated
mt Lincoln County will produce
abundance all the Northern
,its The agricultural interest il