The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1902-04-24
A SOUTHWESTERN PARADISE.
Climate, Resources and dustrics, Of Lin.
coin County, New Mcsico.

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resources Of Lincoln county, clipped
from the Captain Progress and sent To
the Republican by L. T.. Mathis, Of No
gei, 81. Md.
Providence has done more and man
has done less for Lincoln county than for
any other section In the territory. We
can say II without fear Of successful con.
tradiction, that Lincoln count, Is rich.
er In natural resources than any other
section In the territory.
Lincoln county includes the largest
and richest mineral belt In the territory,
which has not been prospected, letalonc
being developed. The deepest mine in
the county Is the Old Abe at White
Oaks, and next TO II, outside Of White
Oaks, is the American mine AZ Nogal.
The American Is only 10 feet In depth
and has yielded over half n million dol
lars In gold rctorts. There are hundreds
Of prospects In the county more promis-
ing on the surface than either Of the
above mentioned properties, that are
lying idle for lack Of capital to develop
them and place them among tho list Of
rich producing properties.
The mines and prospects OF Lincoln
county include gold, silver, lead, copper,
cobalt, nicklc, woolfrimitc, etc, and
vast deposits OF both bituminous and
anthracite coal. Adjacent To these vast
beds Of coal is the largest and best de.
posit Of iron ore TO be found In the
United States.
There are other valuable and rare
minerals and precious stones not men.
toned In the above 10 be found In Lin.
coin county, but up to date no prospect
ors have bothered to prospect for these.
The county will soon take the lead as
one Of the heavy producers OF FIRST class
quality OF lumber. The timber is hero
In abundance. Just as soon as the de-
mand Is made upon us for building ma
terial large sawmil!s will he erected and
lumber manufactured and shipped from
Captain. At present small sawmills In
the White and Captain mountains sup
ply the demand.
The country is covered with most
luxuriant growth Of grass which serves
| IN, In tha.,aanAa ~ ~ T..
yearly, No country In the southwest
excels this NJ stock growing section.
Water, "the God OF all harvest, "
which is amost important factor, is here
In abundance, and is distributed
throughout the country In the form of
springs and running streams. The
streams which dow down from the
White mountains are the purest water
found In New Mexico. 1t is a pure and
hcalthful draught Of Of life-saving liz
uor, fresh from the brew Of Nature
The climate is the most perfect TO be
found anywhere, or at least that Is what
competent government experts say.
The United States government, recog.
nizing this fact, has located the Nation.
al Marine hospital for consump,ives u,
Fort Stanton, five miles from Captain.
In the mountainous parts, which include
two thirds OF the country, spring reigns
perpctually. The thermometer rarely
ever reaches as low as zero In winter OF
reaches the eighty degree mark In sum,
mer. The rainfall averages from ten
inches per annun,, on the plains, to one
hundred and twenty inches high up IL
the mountains. The average rainfall al
Captain Is about sixty inches per an
mum. In most parts OF the county tn,
average rainfall is ample for the grow
ing Of crops.
All OF Lincoln county Is n veritabl,
health and pleasure resort. One can iint
almost any climate or scenery desired
within few miles Of Captain. Larg,
banks OF snow are TO he found In th,
months Of July and August, in sight o
Captain, some Of which never melt tn,
year round, while here we have semi
tropical climate In midwinter.
Hundreds OF pleasure and health seek
ers visit the White and Captain noun,
aims every year. They come In buggics
wagons, ETC., and 1t has only been with
In the past year that they could rcacl
them by railroad, which Is now cou
pleted to Captain and Nogal. The
come here to take an outing 10 tn
mountains, catch string Of trout fror
the mountain streams and get "whin
!. Of pure air.
In Lincoln county is some Of the mo'
wild and enchanting scenery 70 be ioun