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Newspaper
The Old Abe Eagle
Location
White Oaks, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Jan 03, 1895
Page
4
Announcements include a candidate declaration for Justice of the Peace in precinct 8 by W. H. Reyxoups, baking powder awards, a business trip to Nogal, band practices, merchant holiday trade notes, and community updates. Also reported are a benefit ball, blizzard impacts, mining activity, new officers for White Oak Judge No. 20, and local incidents including a fatal illness and a horse owner’s misfortune.
The president by an 1804 order reestablishes boundaries of the Lincoln land district in the Territory and directs notice from the Santa Fe and Lincoln land districts. Dates cited include April 2, 1892, November 5, 1804, and January 1, 1895 for effect. Football results mention Las Cruces beating El Paso with Lincoln County students in Las Cruces New Mexico.
In Jicarilla New Mexico December reports detail Spring Gulch as a promising placer deposit after Harry Comrey finds pay dirt while surveying for water supply. Excavations reveal three feet of pay-dirt atop surface material and a rising prospect leading to a cabin. water wells at Sprigy Gale cited as an advantage. Additional activity includes the Copper Gulch Rice Prince timbering toward deeper shafts, expectations for McKinley dry concentrator, and the Elizabeth shaft rapidly sinking toward a defined lead with visible gold. School resumes as miners push operations amid cold winds and snow.
McCarr will run a regular passenger and freight line between White Duke and San Antonio. Home ranch will be at B. B. Braten's, offering clean beds and fair prices. James McCann and Wood's general store advertise. Various locals report prices, hunting trips, and business travels including D. B. Burgee of Fort Scott Mining Company. A forced sale of the horse belonging to the Tull mail contract outfit drew interest with low bidding. Ridgeway guarantees low prices, and Dr. Price's Cream Baking Powder is advertised. Simon Goldbaum of Kansas City reports relief after using Pain Balm. Ridgeway's offers new goods at lowest prices.
A $300 reward is posted by the Old Abe Company for arrest and conviction or information leading to arrest and conviction of anyone stealing ore, bullion, or specimens from the mine. The operator warns that all ore cannot be held as specimens and that receivers with guilty knowledge are legally culpable.
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