Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1890-05-09
LINCOLN COUNTY,
Enjoying Steady and Substantial CIR with
Settling up with Industrious Pe"-
pie -Agri' nlturai and Min
Ing Matters.

tie capital, having brought up some pris
oners for the pententiary. He was seen
to-day by New MEXICAN reporter and,
although somewhat adverse to being put
through the pumping process, consenteh
to say thing or two.
"Mr. Nowlin, what have You 10 say OF
the mining interests IN your county p
queried the knight of the Faber.
81 am something OF miner myself,
and therefore can describe the situation
about as it IS. The mining interests 81
Lincoln county, when it comes to value
and extent, will show up with any por-
ton of the territory. We hay besides
gold ami silver in abundance, vast fields
OF coal, which | consider very important
item. The latter has not been develOpe"
to any great extern, but considerable at
tention is being directed that way now !,
and there is little doubt that the coal
mining industry in Lincoln county will
at All early day be one Of the largest in
the south.
"Besides the mines already in operation
many new ones are being developed and
there is no end to the amount of pros
pecting being done. There is move
ment on foot to erect large mills for the
reduction of ore, and with an abundance
of fuel and wafer at hand this will be made
paying business. Among the mines i'll
operation, might mention the Home
stake mines at White Oaks, which are
being now and have been for long time
worked steadily and are paying well
Recently rich strike was made at Nogal
and there is great promise of some rich
developments. Experiments have proven
this new find valuable property. In adj
ditlon to this, the American mines at
Nogal are turning out well, pavinga hand
some profit to the owners. Quite a large
number of men are employed in the
mines in this section, and generally speak
ing the mining OUTLOOK for Lincoln county
is very encouraging"
"How about the cattle interests OF your
county,"
"The frequent rains of late have put the
range in good condition, there is plenty
of grass for grazing purposes and cattle
are looking fine, In fact better than for
years. l would say that the interest dis
played in stock growing in my county is
larger than ever before, and there is de-
cided tendency toward handling only the
best grades. A large number of cattle will
be shipped this season from the southern
border and Lincoln county will come in
for her share. Buyers are numerous and
the prospects are that the prices will keep
up as the demand is steadily ON the in
crease"
"What progress is being made in farm
ing in your section 2"
Fifty thousand more acres will be put
under cultivation in Lincoln county this
wear than in 1889. This is due largely to
the improved irrigation facilities, and
farming is being conducted more system
atically than in previous years. Many
thousand acres of as fine land as was ever
touched by pillow or harrow have been
placed under ditch within the last year,
and when you consider that forty acres OF
this land is worth as much for farming and
fruit raising purposes as whole section
il many portions of the east, it will he
readily understood why Lincoln county
lands are being settled up SO rapidly"
care many settlers coming in now"
"You would be surprised If | tell you
that within the year past from 1900 to
1000 people have settled in Lincoln
county, yet this is not overdrawingi it, and
they are still coming in encouraging num-
bers"
"Where are they from"
"The bulk of the new corners are from
Missouri, Kansas and Texas, and | find
them to be very thrifty and enterpris-
ing set of people. They are progressive
and not afraid OF work-just the class of
people needed to build up any country"
Mr.. Nowlin says that his county is in
excellent financial condition, all things
considered the debt very small and plenty
of cash on hand for all expenses, which
is condition not boosted of in all the
counties of the territory. He is meeting
with good success in collecting the taxes
and thinks he will be able to collect al
most the entire amount yetremainlng out.
He says Judge McFie gives great salts
faction, is an upright and able judge, is
we'll liked and is growing in popularity
every day with the people.
Tie sentiment of the people is against
lawessness in any shape, form or fashion !;
they are law-apiding citizens, ever ready
to support the law, and consequently the
county is very quiet in this respect.
In regard to the division of Lincoln
county, and forming the two new coun-
ties of Eddy and Chaves, Mr. Nowlin
says the people are well pleased with the
state OF affairs. Officers for these new
counties are to be elected at the ensuing
election in November.
With splendid prospects of securing
one or more railroads in the near future;
with several large ditch systems now APP
preaching completion, and capital and
people steadily coming in, Lincoln county
is certain to get to the front in the very
near f1ture