White Oaks eagle. (White Oaks, N.M.) 189?-190?, 1896-02-20

Denver Rci ubican.
W. II. Yankee returned yesterday
from his mines at White Oaks, n. NJ.
white Oaks" said he Il consider one
OF The best gold districts in the
country. The ore is all free milling
quartz and is very rich. The district is
not new one, having been worked for
many years. Ii was first discovered by
some Texas people. who went there with
cattle, the country being an ideal graz
ing section. They found the free gold
sticking out of the grouni, and though
they knew nothing about miniog they
managed to get rich by digging to the
best Of their ability. The principal
mines are the Old Abe, Little Mac.
South Home stake, North Homestake,
Lady Godiva, RIP Van Winkle, Salitaire,
Comstock, Homestake South and Sager.
There are three stamp mills in the dis
trict, two Of 20 stamps each and one of
10 stamps and two Huntingdon mills.
There is good opportunity fora custom
MILL as those now on the ground cannot
handle all the ore that can be produced.
rhe mines are nearly all working and
are all of them good paying prop sitions.
The North Homestake mine has pro-
duced $600,000, and the former owner
of one of the mines took out S400000
through one shaft,
"The entire country down there is
especially favorable Tor mining opera
tions and is extremely rich in mineral.
There is plenty of wood and ample
water for mining purposes. White Oaks
is S6 miles from the railroad but a new
line is projected from Ell Paso called the
Ell Paso and Northeastern railroad
which is designed to tap the extensive
coal and mineral fields OF Lincoln
county. Ground has not been broken
as yet but corps of engineers under
Harvey G. Lowrie is at work locating
the line, and when that is completed tue
district will be one of the best in every
respect in the country.
RICH VIRGIN TERRITORY.
About % miles south of White Oak s
the Bonito district, which is also a
free milling district, and mid way be-.
tween the two places is Nogal, in which
the ore is of smelling character
Eighteen miles sonth of the Bonito dis
| trict again is the oil Fort slant IN res
! ervation, which has been abandoned and
will soon be thrown oren for settlement
1t Is known TO be very rich in gold, sill
yer and copper, so you see that there If
an immense track Of mineral country
which is practically virgin and IS GRO 6
ed 10y four great deposits, covering A.
miles from north to spuih. The ores a.
Neg and in the military servatior
are principally smelling ores.
South and east Of White Oaks ant
only seven miles distant are tho SaladC
coal fields, the largest in the southern
country, 50 that the problem OF fuel il
prac tically solved.
In the Bonito dis rict is one OF tn,
most remarkable free milling propos.
ions in the country. ItIs an immense
porphyry dyke, 1000 feet wide which
carries gold. The dyke runs along the
hill and the country back of it rises VI
at an angle of about - degrees. At tn
crest of the hill tho porphyry br axis VI
into numerous veins, which have beer
traced for miles across the country. tn
vein matter in every respect exactly tn
slime as that in the main dyke. W
have a group Of mine claims on Col,
hill and when properly equipped will
stamps this will be one Of the creates
gold mines in the world. There is
small mill on the property with whicl
we treated 1000 tons and fonnd tha
with no perctptib'e va riati' II the or
ran between 81 and SO per ton. Thi
great deposi. stands mp like some OF tn
buildings in Denver, and with singl
shot we can knock down 300 tons Of ore
II IL 70 soft that we can treat four ton
per stamp per day.
Up IN THE MILLION.
"To illustrate the extent of this de
post take one claim. on which we hav
shaft l0j feet deep. The claims il
New Mexico arc lJ00xC01 aud at /.
cubic feet To the ton, there is in this ON
claim 5000 900 tons OF ore practically i
sight.
Il know that this sounds good dea
like fairy story, but it is absolutel
true. The character Of the ore IL sue
that the cost ~ mining is reduced t
the minimum aud the ore can be mino
= and milled foi sl per ton. The ore cal
be delivered on the battery floor I or
cents ton.
h arrangements have been made 10 pu
) on the necessary machinery AMI "
: hope to he able TO commence operation
before long. 1t is one IL the most r,
tGhrkablo deposits have ever seen an
Q what il surprising is the uniformity !
: value In the veins leading away frot
! the min deposit that have meniione
t.ats huvo h..n uuda al ttnu Italuup.