The old Abe eagle. (White Oaks, Lincoln County, N.M.) 189?-189?, 1892-02-18
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Q miners prospectors and all persons inter
ested. The OLD ABE EAGLE extends cordial
invitation to all to call and examine the mining
Journals which we receive and file The list COM
prises the best in the United States and are
placed at your disposal free. Parties coming in
from the various camps can also secure some of
the daily and weekly papers to take out and be-
guile thor spare moments. PUBLISHERS.
WHITE OAKS -CREEDE.
Mining booms and undue exctements
on such subjects become a detriment to
any district when carried to such ex-
tremes as that going on at present in the
Creede camp. In the rush, dealings be-
come gambling operations and excited
men risk every dollar on prospects which
may not prove to be paying leads and
the result is the financial ruin of every
such investor. Now listen, you folk
who have been wondering "why White
Oaks and Lincoln county, if it is such a
wonderful mineral district, docs not
create rush to its gold fields, and mark
every word for future reference if you
choose.
First; every man interested in this
district has been quietly suppressing
every tendency to excitement, meanwhile
being engaged in securing good claims
as far as possible.
Second; operators of paying mines are
quietly taking out their ore and pocket
ing surplus satisfactory to them with
out disturbing any ore except that
necessary to be removed for develop
ment, thus leaving immense quantities
in sight standing for future extraction.
And still they go down, down on the
veins with their riches growing wider
and higher and their bank accounts
larger aud still they hardly mention it
and don't spend a cent to announce it to
the world, although some of them are
building up The town.
Third; White Oaks is seventy miles
from any railroad, and to parties viewing
the outlook from that distance and hav-
ing heard that the trip WINS by stage, it
is nothing remarkable that this district
has not been visited by mining men OF
capital.
Fourth; no one here has capital to do
more than assessment work to hold Their
claims, except those who are operating
now.
Fifth the croakers and back cappers
have not all been local parties, but some
have been representatives of corporations
or officials of same who were interested
in keeping these facts from the public
for their own benefit.
Laslly; In the meantime, many resi-
dents the majority Of whom are holding
more valuable property than the greater
portion of all of the Creede property,
are hol ing for the day when the railroad
shall make it easy for the general public
and the experienced mining men to drop
in and see White Oaks resources.
When that day comes, and it is not far
III now, then You will see greater excite
ment in the mining world than has been
created by any new camp for more than
one decade. The writer has been among
mining men IN other mineral districts
and knows that the general opinion OBJ
tains that, with one or two notable ok
ceptions at White Oaks this district
is all low grade ore that will not pay to
work unless there was railroad through
the district This is great mistake.
The ore OF this whole county Of Lin
coin will average better than any district
OF equal area IN Colorado when deep
mining is practiced and 1t will not re-
qure as deep work to reach pay ore as it
often does in other mineral districts
The EAGLE has not yet dared to state
one half of the favorable truths about
this district Many Of the most reliable
men that car be found in any country
who are interested here have said: DO
not publish these facts OF how much
mineral aud coal and iron and marble
and copper and other valuable products
there are here or you will give us u black
eye. People will not believe you. They
will think II il newspaper story-a
boom article. They will say the editor
OF the EAGLE doesn't know what he is
talking about Or else is falsifying