The Lincoln County leader. [volume] (White Oaks, Lincoln County, N.M.) 1882-189?, 1888-10-27
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Importantly !Facts, Figures
and Statistics.

wostorn nnrt of Lincaln County.
New Moxico, 81 miles by the mail
road rom Carthage, the terminus
of ho San Pedro coal niue branch
* m, \. T. x ). f. K. H., lO1
uilas from Socorro, on the man
line. 1913 miles from FL Paso, Tex
ns. and 10 from Lincoln, the Co.
seat.
White Oaks Is the largest town
in the county, and the seat OF an
imnortant supply trade. 1t is fine
q situated in Il valley, among the
ynurs OF the Carlo range, at IN ell
,.y,t,on of $40 feet above sea
Iny.I. 1t has TIVE religious organ
i1ations, Methodist and Congrega-
u%onaAist, Il large and prosperous
,unlic school. and one t1ourlshinR
Acndeny: two weekly newspa-
ners. eiyht prosperous mercantile es-
t.nlisnn,ents. two hotels, one Oll-
lard hall. three blacksmith shops,
two also wagon shops,) ene tin
sb,p. two roofing establishments
t~vohvcry stables, two meat mar
let's. tnroe hotels, three phYslcI"n'
three law Offices, ono dentist one
90 stamp gold mill in operation: al
so2 Huntington Centrifugal mills
and "a 10 stamp gold mill;
The great llomest&ko Colo NINE"
49,. nne mile n. W. Of the centre OF
the town, and around them are a
oozeu rich mines, less Developed
AImos, adjoining the town, on the
4 e are inexhaustiblo mines oI
coaL, VARYING from bitumlnous tc
s.m;-autnraci1c. From four to
sevun miles \. w. of the town, IL
the Lone Mountain region, are OK.
tensivc bodies of magnetic lro'
ores. ot excellent quality and hlgF
Grade. Twenty miles south ant
south west lie tAe silver lead mme'
Of the Bsnito mining district th'
rich cold mines OF the Nogal mir
inc district. the Parsons Camp.
and the copper (~silYer bearins
"r ~" Of the west side
Vhe town is abundantly O%n.rile'
with water wood is abundant il
the loot hills, and timber IN tn
meuntain ranges.
White Oaks has a daily mail t.
Carthage, on the railway, and t.
Fl. Stanton, 81 miles southeast
1t is ,i.o prctcnt Objective point @
lie Chicago, ST .Louls x II paSo i
K now building from F. Paao. lex
and is dcstincd to be an %inpor;ol
uoint upon chat railway when 1t
nomplet.d t, Kansas City, rs til
necessary lin in the shortest poas
bile line bc.Oecn' Chicago and u
CIV Of Mexico 81,
The County Of Lincoln, i'll til
so|uth-castcru corner of New MoA
co. is 25O miles ia extreme length
and 100 in extreme BREADTH All
contains 24,45O square miles. -,
is divided, from north to s"u'ii' l.
fine Rio Pecns, All i uurtant STREAM
which receives within the conh'
numerous tributaries arising III ii
es,t side of the Great Range.
The western part of the C""n'
is divided by mountains, lot&i
known as the Gallinas, Jlcafh''
T~arizos, Sierra Blancos, &c,
nor,jons of the Great Mo"nta
Range dividing Eastern New &c
leo. The peako OF these rang
vary from-Gallinas and JarS
Poak. about 5000 feet, to Nariz
9.20o. Noeai, 10000. and Ger
Bianco, 1000.
Tie population of the Coon
was 1000 IN 1850, now about8,o
Tie towns. other than Whntr Oa'
s,a Lincoln, San Patriclo, l'lcha(
Weed. DOWNS Mil, Galena, h
Will. seven Rivers, Three l',re
B,u.to. Nogai, PARSONS ana L'>
out,
Yva-,hirds of tho Con.iy &c
s.r,of uuc grazing lanos mae
wall Nadcrcd, aud s,ocAtd ="
ZOO coo head Of cattle, an nero.
Of 1000 ger cent, in > yeas /
Augora goat has made his aby'
,nrn in the mountains O.. lane.
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