Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1894-09-07


, lie iron. 1t will prove Of great value
in the manufacture of Bessemer steel
I There is solid mountain of this
ore - a supply apparently inexhaust-
ible. The whole deposit is of easy
access and easily mined. IL is no exag-
geration to say that the ore is the equal,
if not superior, to that found IN Pennsyl-
vania and is fully equal to the best ever
mined in the Lynchburg, Va, OF Birming-
ham, Ala, districts. The iron banks con-
tain magnetic, specular and hematlte iron,
the two former of which are found IN
great bodies within three miles of White
Oaks. The hematite beds are quite ex-
tensiye twenty miles southeast in the
foothills of the Captain mountains. No
city in the country is better situated for
the establishment of great iron foundries.
1t is no wonder White Oaks people place
implicit confidence in the future. Their
hopes and expectations are large, but they
are certain of realization.
R1oH IN GYPSUM.
| Prof j. G. Carrera, NJ. E., in an address
before the Ell Paso convention said: "lf
this road is built it will pass through the
largest deposit of gypsum in the world,
in my belief" This great deposit which
lies south of White Oaks is fifty miles by
twenty miles or about 100000 square
acres. Unlike the Others of the same
material it lies on top of the ground and
| it is already mined and melted as it looks
very much like granulated sugar. No
where could gypsum be put on the cars
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cost no more than 81 per carload, with
the proper appliances. The United
States uses about 100000 worth per
annum and most of it is imported, al
though Michigan and Ohio furnish some.
These two states are the only ones fur
nishng rock through which can be Sc
cured merchantable article of plaster of
paris or stucco. The rock which is found
in Virginia is used for fertlizing pur-
poses only. Gypsum is used for many
valuable purposes, as fertilizer, as
part compound in artificial fertilizers, as
cements and plaster of paris and inside
wall decorations. Also in the manufac-
ture of artificial marble, in making casts
and moulds of many varieties and cheap
works Of art and is also put to many
other uses. The gypsum found in this
section contains twenty-one per cent of
water. This valuable and vast deposit can
not be over-estimated and with the adj
vent of railroad this spot will be the
scene of great activity. The locality also
possesses soda salts in large quantities.
If this great gift of providence is rightly
used it will double the value of the farms
in the Rio Grande and Pecos valleys. 1t
is of too great value to be long over
looked by the manufacturing interests of
the country.
Extensive beds of fire clay crop out
in different places around White Oaks.
This is also product that can not be
overlooked. The clay is of a splendid
quality and would make as fine brick as
can be manufactured anywhere within
the confines of the United States. Our
northern neighbor, Colorado, possesses
large deposits of this valuable material
but in quality it does not equal that to be
found near White Oaks. Like the Other
products this one remains idle for the
want of transportation facilities.
QUANTITIES OF TIMBER.
There is plenty of timber to be found
for all purposes. There is large saw
two others within twenty miles. Their
are extensive and valuable forests o
white pine and spruce to be found within
easy access of the town, magnificent il
height and thickness, closely resemblin,
the pine of the Sierra Navadas in Califor
mia and capable of being manufacture
into the finest kinds of pine timber an
!. lumber. Some of the trees are as muc
: as three and half feet in diameter. Their
4 is plenty of timber for fuel, lumber an
v all building and mining purposes on
Q the hills and mountains surroundin
t White Oaks, as we'll as the hills an
e mountains extending for fifty mile
southwest. Lumber can now be obtaine
at from $40 to $25 per thousand. Tn
entire mountain country between La Lu
$ and Nogal and White Oaks, distance c
n seventy-five miles, is covered with larg
a forests of fine pine timber. This regio
could furnish all the railway and merchan
lumber used in the southwest and 70
: hundreds of miles into Mexico at muc
e cheaper rates than it now costs with tn
! long railway haul necessary.
e CATTLE AND AGRICULTURE.
!. Lincoln county has long been note
= for its extensive cattle interests. N
e other county in New Mexico excels it j
Il rich agricultural lands. White Oaks
/ the natural center for this great industr,
Q There are over 100000 head of fine cattl
u in the county. There are also IN tn
o neighborhood of 100000 head of sheel
o The county is large enough to take i
a three or four New England states an
y then have plenty of room left, it will thu
D. be seen that the cattle have space enoug
Q to roam In. In addition to the cattle il
Il terests the agricultural interests are quit
II extensive. In the immediate vicinity {
White Oaks the opportunities for prof
:. able agriculture are large. While the 80
q is fertile, therei is scarcity of water. Thi
o however, can be easily overcome by IL
II construction of irrigation systems, whic
0 will no doubt be done in the near futur
r A few miles to the south, along the Whit
o mountains there are numerous fertile va
" leys with an abundant water supply,
IT rich soil and favorable climate whel
g all the grains and fruits grow in abunt
L. ance, and which are susceptible of hig
IS cultivation.
These valleys extend toward the Ri
q Pecos and are destined to become bot
productive and populous. The value {
the farms will be enhanced by their clof
proximity to the mineral resources {
White Oaks. All the grains, fruits an
II vegetables can be grown in abundane
h and with the assurance of a steady cas-
ia market.
,f THE TOWN.
d White Oaks is pleasantly situated jul
70 within the foothills of the Carrizo moul
is tains. 1t possesses natural site for
,e large and thriving town and is surroun,
h ed by picturesque scenery. Its altitut
y Is $500 feet and its equable climate max,
If an ideal spot for the health seeke