The Lincoln County leader. [volume] (White Oaks, Lincoln County, N.M.) 1882-189?, 1889-01-19
White Oaks sRQsLlgg5E.C0.
Important Facts, Figures,
and Statistics.

1000 people, and is situated III the
western part of lincoln COunty,
New. Mexico, 81 miles by the mail
road from Cartlagc, the terminus
OF ho San Pedro coal mine branch
OF the A. T. & s. +. K X, 1903
nliss from 5oeorre, on tic nHln
line, 1875 miles from FL rHso. Tr1-
As, and 10 from Lincoln, thS Co.
seat.
White Oaks 10 the lsrgest town
in the county, aud tbs seat u an
important supply trade. HHhno-
" situated in a valley, among lie
spurs Of the Carlo range, At an sI-
ovation OF GAO feet above sea
elyel. |; has tvs religious orGaa-
irstions, Methodist and CsnEreEa.
tiona.ist. a large an! %rrosper9"s
puSlic school, ahd owe fiouriEhink
AcAdemy; TVS wsVk% ncwsps'
psr,. .iyilt prosptrov sElSrcaa:'le os-
ta,,isLIenta. two hotels, c"a BIZ
Lard Aall, tnroe OlAcFsmita shopi,
(Alss two wagon snoPt,) n tin
suop. two routing cs:Hb!ishrsouts,
twoliycrv stables, &c nasat mar
kets. three hotels, three phySiciHnE
three law o@ficos, one doni:s!, Il
SO stamp gold mill in operation. al
ss2 Huntington Centrifugal mills.
and = 10 atamp goli mill.
The .reat liomeetaks Geld &iuos
mr., one mile \. W. oil tho c.n!yc of
III, town, and Srouad them are Il
dotep rich mines, loss developed.
Almost ADJOINING Tao to'h, on the
d f.. are inexAsustiblt mlaes o!
coal, varying lrsr4 hiinmnoes &c
sslni.an,hrscite. From tour &c
s.,sa miles Y. ~. Of the t,wn, in
tho Lone Mountain region, aro e1-
tonsiye bodies Of magnetic iron
,Is.. Of excellent quality aud high
grade. Twenty lniles toath and
south west lie the silver DAD mines
Of tho Benito aiming district, the
rich gold mines Of tho Nogsl min
juv Gi.;rict, the Parsons Czrlp.
and ,ue copper (%siIrer bsariag)
crex OF ths west Eiao.'--
The town is abnndnaily supplied
v h watcr ; wood is apardAat IN
lao foothills, and timoSr in the
mountain ranges.
ft alte O.Gshas = d. Tss.l 10
Carthage, OH the railway, and 10
Fl. Stanton, 81 miles Gthsi't.-
i: !ne present oOjtlii'e point o.
H.. Chicago, ST. i.ou1& T. i'''s r.
l. NOW bu..diug rom IL Pa I't.
tad i. drs;inel 20 be IN important
u,inl u,,.n .hN, galway Thsn j; 5
e~ompl.ted to Kansas CITY, rs the
nccessar, lin in the shortest posi-
b.. me be.r7om Chicago Aad tHS
City Of Me1:cs
The County Of Lincoln, in tbs
Aol;u-c.I.cln eornct u .te~ AS1'
So. il ~ mil~, in sItrone length.
s.d 100 III e&,toue bro"A!h. H"d
ey.tAina 24.45O square w'Iics. !!
i. oi,idra. from north 10 ssatn, bT
tna Rio Pssos, MI i = nor:Hat stream
which receives within the cSunlr
numerous tributaries arising in tao
sas. slGe vi tAe Grzst s.&:Es.
Tho Western psr! Of tho County
i, divided by mountains, locally
knowu as tie Galiiu4s, JicArilI.',
"sriz.., Sierra fiancos, &c, AZ
uo.,ioas ei the Great AonE;Si"
Range dividing Eastern Nc" H'i
leo. The peaks OF these rANEs'
vary trom-GaIlinM aud JACK =
reak, ABOUT 5000 fset, - Carlo
8 zoo, NoKal, 10000, aud Sierra
B,anco 1900.
The population OF tho Count
wax 5000 III 1883, now ab"utS,@'
The owns, other than " rite Oak',
Sr- ~i.incoln, San F~atr.elo, P!eh"ce,
Ncea, DOWNS NliI, Gaena, F'"'
I'll, Seven Rivers, lhrea l@tlTOr''
Eeaito, Noksl, f'Ar'onH ana Lock
oat.
Two-thirds of tins County cor
sists OF tine grazing lands, m@'n'y
wall vAltrcd, and Lieckod villa
500 600 mead OF cattle, al i"cIsA'
q 1000 PEI cent. in > years. taq
Augura goat mas made hi" sFj"aF
suco in tho mountains OF IAneo!u
County, aad he il here to atA,y. lie
range, uasrs nothing Elsa willard
is e2cocainglY %proii'ab.S 20 hi
ovner. There arc but lew IEe"PI
in the county, about 10000 hor'o'
nd mu.cs, and turro', (AnE.iS
Jsckass e,,) like the asndS OF me
sexshore Tor mulutnsa
On the renasco, NUidoso, Boa
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