The Alamogordo news. (Alamogordo, N.M.) 1899-1912, 1900-05-31
THE WHITE OAKS EXTENSION
1t Will Be One Of the Greatest
Revenue Producers in
New Mexico.
THE ADVANTAGES Of White OAKS.

The Road viii Pass Through the Heart
of the Best Cattle Country in
the Southwest Min
ing Resources.
Chief Engineer Sumner4 of the El
Paso and Northeastern, stayed over
night here Sunday. and left Monday
afternoon with a corp Of men to make
a blackboard survey from here to Liber-
al, Kansas. lie intends spending sew
eral weeks on the route from this place
to the terminus Of the Rock Island near
Liberal, Kansas, and the result of his
trip will determine the course Of the
survey for building of the Northeastern
extension for a Rock Island connection.
The survey will begin soon after Engi-
neer Sumner and his men reach Liberal,
Kansas.
This extension to Liberal will be one
Of the greatest revenue producers of any
line Of railway in New Mexico, aud like
! y the greatestin the west. The road in
the first place viii pass directly through
the very heart of the best cattle country
in the southwest, which begins with the
| TX ranges at Three Rivers, and on
through the Carrizozo ranges at Carri-
zozo where thousands of head OF graded
cattle may be seen from tho car win
dows grazing over millions of acres of
nutritious grasses on either side of the
road. When White Oaks is reached a
belt is entered which has as yet, outside
of few well improved properties, been
only partially prospected Here are
hills Of gold and valleys of placer, noun
tains of iron and marble: hundreds of
acres Of very superior sandstone, red
and white, which as may be seen in the
Hewitt block is excellent in endurance
and beauty. The coal deposit is exten-
siye, being on threa sides of the town of
White Oaks Besides these, are forests
Of timber in the adjacent mountains
and water everywhere.
Beyond White Oaks S to 20 miles. is
the Jicarlla mining district containing
thousands Of acres of placer grounds as
well as many varieties Of lead minerals.
Iron and copper are abundant. Capital
is going in the district to develop its re-
sources. Further northeast is the Gal
lima district, which is one of the most pro-
missing gold, silver copper and lead
camps in New Mexico Copper, lead
and silver mines are now being worked
there, and with railroad it will be one
of the busiest camps on the Northeast
ern route; as most if not all the ores are
refractory and will require treatment
by smelter, The district also has val
liable timber lands which will be of
great commercial profit when railroad
transportation is at hand.
Beyond this district the road will en-
ter the stock lands Of the Pecos river.
which will also be valuable agrcul
tural and horticultural district when
the attention of capital is attracted to
| it, and it will or should be settled up by
a class of energetic and Industrious
farmers similar to those in the vicinities
of Roswell and Carlsbad in Chaves and
Eddy counties Crossing the Pecos
country the road will continue through
fine grazing country to the Kansas
ine few miles beyond which it will
connect at liberal in Southern Kansas
with the Rock Island railroad, making
through line of quick freight and
passenger traffic between all adjacent
points northeast and southwest
/ This road will be fed by an immense
scope Of territory on either side, con-
tanning resources Of almost every char
acter, and will open up new country
/ from the southwestern to the northeast
ern boundry of the territory of New
! Mexico. The road will not only have
an abundance OF coal at SGkldO and
White Oaks, but on both sides Of the
line for 50 miles beyond the White Oaks
district, Coal can, besides the market
in Southern United States and Mexico
be moved in great quantities to the
country north of us.
The greatest mining activity known
in the west since the palmy days at
Leadville and the rush to Cripple Creek
is now fairly on in the foregoing places
as is also the case in the Nogal, Bonito
and White mountain districts. Mining
machinery of every character is coming
into these districts following recent in
yestments of capital. All kinds OF bust
ness enterprises are steadily improving,
and new and vigorous growth is noticed
In every part of the White Oaks country.
White Oaks Eagle.
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