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1900 Census
1900 Census White Oaks, New Mexico PAGES 1-18
PAGE 1
- Thos H Walsh 45, Deborah Walsh 40(wife) Mabel Walsh 15 (daughter), Ethel Walsh 13 (daughter)
- John J McCourt 27, Edith L McCourt 30, Benjamin A McCourt 3, Dorothy M McCourt 2
- Jones Taliaferro 45, Ella m Taliaferro 37 (wife), Richard S Taliaferro 14, Jones Taliaferro 10
- Charles D Mayer, Ina Mayer, Bertha Mayer, Paul Mayer
- Lee McGehee, Millicent McGehee, Luna McGehee, Harry McGehee
- Harry Crary, Catherine Crary
- Jennie Parker
- Ella Timoney. Egbert Timoney, Carrie Wilson(Granddaughter)
- Thomas Long, Susie Long
- John Clark , Anna Clark
- Salmon Weiner
- Allen Hightower, Wife Maude, Bryan and Mattie
- William Kennedy, Ida wife, Jesse, Lulu, Emma
- John Haley, Wife Jennie, Brother Charles, & Frank Lesnet Brother in Law
PAGE 2
- Jose La Luz Leal, Wife Mauricia Leal NOTHING
- Lupe De Aguino and Daughter Reyes NOTHING
- Albert Ziegler, Wife Carrie, Daughter Selma and Effie
- Jacob Ziegler
- Alexander Lane, Wife Mary, daughter Anna, and Son Allen and John
- Ann Hope and daughter Janet Werrlland
- Peter Lacey, Wife Fannie
- Ernest Langston, Wife Agnes
- Robert Taylor, Wife Leora, Pearl Daughter, and Son Napoleon, Juanita, Abbie, Robbie
- Charles B Smith, Wife Reyna, Son Ledford, and Estella
- Coke Keith, Ella Wife, Dessie, and Roy
- Jose Rivera
- Author P Green and Partner Geo Ulrick
- Paul Mayer
- Lee Rudisille, Wife Maggie and Boarder Mathew Bellomy
- Joseph Collier, Elbert Collier, Augustus Collier
- William Wiley, Wife Golden and Loura and Melba
- James Moulton
PAGE 3
- Jacob Miller
- John T Lee, Wife Mary, Son James, Daughter May and Jeanette.
- George Treat, Wife Millicient, son Leroy and Ralph, daughter Jessie
- Jackson Langston and Wife Emma
- Harriet Stewart
- James Cooper, Wife Mattie, Son Geo and James and daughter Effie
- Thomas Gregg
- Melvin Paden, wife Belle son Morgan and Melvin
- Ella Williams
- John Canning, Wife Hilda, son Francis and daughter Helen
- John Hewitt and wife Amelia
- John Leighner and Wife Laura
- Fred Mayer and Wife Mira, daughter grace, Mary, and Annie, son Frederick
- Chas Merrill, wife maeling, daughter Rosa, sons, John, Brownie, and Chas
- Eugene Heinman, Wife Eunice
- Sophia Queen, Sons George and Edward
PAGE 4
- Joseph Biggs, Wife Maria, daughters Jodie and Blythe
- Alvin Littell , Wife Martha, Son Charles
- Augustas Schinzing, Wife Clara
- Charles Heyser
- America M Brothers, Lodgers Robert Fustin, John Bogan and James Leake
- Julian Leal, Wife Carrie
- Theophilo La Lune, Wife Maria, son Fred and Louis, daughter Addie
- Inocento Lopez, Wife Trinidad, sons, Pantaleon, Escivel, Fredrico
- Alfred James, wife Ella, Son William, daughter Maggie
- Chas White, wife Ada, daughters, Susie, Ida, Maggie, ada, Oro, sons Paul and Charles
- Napoleon Taylor, wife Martha and son Julian
- Joseph White, Wife Abbie, daughter Bessie and son Gladney
- Robert Lund, Wife Sophronia
PAGE 5
- William Watson, Wife Alice, Son Roy and Kennith
- Urbain Ozanne, Wife Helen, Lodgers, Thurton Heman, Eugene Preswick, Jessie Vandervort
- James Carpenter, Wife Laura, Benjamin Dye father- in-law
- William Hoyle, Wife Louisa, daughter Ida and Mathew brother
- James Madden
- Edward Lee, Wife Adline, William, John, Sara, Eliza, Frederick, Robert, Bulah, George, Cyntha, Rena and Robert D Lee, and Bessie Wilson Step daughter
- Max Koch, Wife Alice. Edna and Merle daughters.
- George W Prichard, Wife Ellen
- James Reed, Wife Marion, Bessie, Harry and Frank, Marion
- Erusta Parker, Wife Emmilne, and James
- Edward Othofer, Wife Fanny, Pauline and Cant read other
PAGE 6
- Augustus Wingfield, Wife Lulia, Son Ellis, Daughter Elmyra, Harriet and Flora
- David Tinnon, Wife Rebecca, Irine, Myrtle, Camalila, Bryan, and Killie and Servant Ester Aguayo
- Thomas Chaves, Wife Florence, Jose and sarah
- Joseph Capuano, Wife Rosalea, Rosa, Son Mimmie, and Frances and Mary and Frank
- John E Wilson, Wife Mary, Blanch, Nora and Ella, And Thomas and Grace
- Wingfield Pressgrove, Wife Jane, Son James, Hattie, Willie, May and Susan and brother James
- Frances Marojo and Emma VERY LITTLE INFO
- Sabino Gonzales and Partner Perfecto Archuletta
- Ambrosia Vigil, Wife Erlinda, daughter Susanna
- William Kaiser, Wife Eliza and Son William and Charles,
PAGE 7
- Eli R Cline
- Jane Gallacher, sons Harry, John and Willie, and daughter Maggie and Margaret Mackie Mother.
- Arnold Ridgeway, WIfe Alla, sons Clarence, Franklin, Leroy, Alfred and John and Lucinda Williams mother in law
- Susan White, son WIllet, Fred, Oliver, and George
- St John Marshall, wife Fulidora, daughter Elvira, sons Ramon, and Maicial.
- Richard Cavanaugh
- Euselie Gerrule, wife Emma, daughter Emma VERY LITTLE INFO
- Charles Bull
- Luciano Dabalos, Wife Anastacia, daughters Mariana, Aureliana and son Santiago VERY LITTLE INFO
- Frank Salazar, Wife Esusilla, son Currado, daughter Refugio, son Alajandes and Dolores Leal brother in law and Logino Leal brother in law
- Victor Garcia
- Manuel Gubara, Wife Concha, daughter Sara
- Felix Guebara, Wife Carmileta
- Jose Y Baca Chavez, Doleres Chavez, son Alejandro, daughter Magarito, son Saturnino
PAGE 8
- Tekia Sisnervo VERY LITTLE INFO
- Marcus Bueno, Wife Petra
- Luis Telles, Wife Tilnsia, sons Baptisto, Pablo , George and Antonio
- William Lane, Wife Jennie, daughter bernice and son Mayfield and Head John T Mains
- John Kleppenger
- John Brown, wife Annie and John Hollens Lodger
- Wallace Gumm, Wife Elizebeth
- Sidney Wharton, Wife Addie and son Clinton and daughter not named
- John Reyes, Wife Ecanacion, step daughter Benina, Step son Jacobo
- Ah Nue
- Narvea Harrison, Son John
- Andres Bosoco, Wife Beatrice, Son Manuel, daughter Magarito
- Allison Highfil, WIfe May, daughter Lena and mother in law Thurza Haynie
- Frank Alexander, son Floyd, daughter Bertha, and son George
- Benjamin Gumm, Wife Martha
PAGE 9
- Joseph Gumm, Son John, Elmer Lodger: Clifford Hurlbert, Lloyd Hurlbert, and servant: Perfilia Barunda
- Robert Ramson and partner Elmer Lindsay
- John Gibson and partner Harry Cardwell
- Mordica McPherson, Wife Sara
- Webster Whitmire, Wife Mary, daughter Ruth, son Nowell and Samuel
- Edward Velrick, wife Annie, daughter Emma and Annie, Elizabeth and Lydia VERY LITTLE INFO
- Clary Edney and boarder Chas Vail
- Peter Thompson, wife Nannie, son Oliver, Ben, David, and Daughter Ula
- Harry Tompkins, Wife Julia, son Eddington and Charles, William and daughter Ruth and boarder: William Dorosean VERY LITTLE INFO
- David Jackson, Wife Mary
- Estella Kastler, Daughter Gussita
- Brill Lorenao, son Nickolas
- Elizabeth Snow, daughter Corey, son Marion
- Alvin Curtis, Wife Alice and daughter Grace, Ola P Curtis
PAGE 10
- George Keith, Wife Clara, Sons Bonnie, John and Bird and nephew Carl Keith
- Jerremaih Ramsdale, Wife Annie, daughters Mabel and Louella, sons, George and William and Carl
- Mary Reside
- Edward Jones, Wife Mollie, son Francis, daughter Juanita
- Edward Chavez, Wife Olimpia, son Jaun daughter Victoria, and daughter Jaunita
- Thaddeus Adams, Wife Lena, son Paul, daughter Lorrie
- Frank Morris, Wife idalide, daughter manuelita,
- Juana Lopez, daughter Ariliza
- John W Owen, wife Maggie, son Omar, Son WIll, Ray and Paul and daughter Ritha
- Maria Sandoval, daughter Leonore, son Candalario, Benardino
- Jose Serrano, wife Fannita, adopted son Juaquin
- Benjamin Sandoval, wife Magarita and daughter Lucy
PAGE 11
- Jose M Padilla, Lorenzo, Emelia, Francescita daughters, son Clements,
- Dyer Mendall , Wife Alma, sons Harry, Roderick and Henard
- Charles Hamilton, Wife Alice, Son Richard, daughter Mary
- Maggie Browning, daughter Josephine, Son Robert, Morris and Vivian
- James Morris, Partner (J W Mentiah VERY LITTLE INFO)
- Oliver Peaker, Wife Elizabeth and Step son Eddie Fitzpatrick
- John M Keith, daughter Pearl
- Juan Berrerez, Wife Mary
- Joseph Swain, Wife Annie, daughters, Ella , Leda, and Mary and son Oliver
- Samuel Wells, Wife Martha, daughters Edith, Lina, Frances, Son Gorden and daughter Bertha
- Edga Chew, Wife Mary, daughter Gratia and Boarder John Crowley
- Robert Fauset
- (Steven Young,VERY LITTLE INFO) Partner Robert Griffin and (Grevie Snow, it’s Edward Snow)
- Ervin Gray
PAGE 12
- Ed Harris, Wife Annie, daughters Pearl and Vera
- John Palters, (HOTEL) Boarders: Ben Kimball, William Kimball, John Roberts, Chas Lemons, Lurther Sheely, Charlie Campbell, and James Woodland.
- William McDonald, Wife Frances and step daughter Margaret McCant, daughter Francis and Servants: Elve Drake, and Ed Berry
- Noah Ellis, wife Lydia, stepson Mark Goodin, Francis Goodin and Boarders: Walter Moore, and Sidney Dotson and Rance Moore
- George Hyde, Wife Clara, daughter Bulah and son George
- Albert Roberts, Wife Elizabeth, Son Lee and daughter Gertrude
- Fred Crosby , Wife Nellie
- Mary Hyde, Son Walter,
- Walter Hyde, Wife Florence. Walker Hyde
- Mary Wharton, Son James, daughter Dorothy, son Earl, son Elmer, and brother John Wharton
- Susan Barber, servant Carlos Marcus and Sabiliano Cirona
- Pamposa Paos, wife Gaudalupe VERY LITTLE INFO
PAGE 13
- Continued above: daughters Carmalita, Florencia, and Lorena
- Luciano Chavez, Wife Rufina, son Juaquin, daughter Ramonilo LIMITTED INFO
- Jose Chavez, Wife Jesussita, daughter josafita, son Carlos and son Juan
- Simm Chavez, Wife Teresa
- Frank P Sax, Wife Lizzie, son Frank, daughter Cornelia and father Peter Sax
- Benjamin Goff, Wife Lida
- James Simms, Mother Caroline, and niece Carrie and Lodger Max Weinburger
- Joseph Binham, Wife Agnes, step son Henry C Flint
- John E Whaitin, wife Sallie, daughter Florence, son Marin, son ? and Son Sidney
- Augustin Del Valle, Elliot M Perez, Wife Arminta, VERY LITTLE INFO
- Jose m De Aguayo, Wife Francisca, son Aristotle, son Alejando, daughter Estillo, daughter Sara, daughter Lucilla, and Amanda and James Hill father-in-law
- David Glen, Wife Mary
- C F Davis and Cousin Elizabeth Fewell continued of page 14
PAGE 14
- Ollie Bell Puells, adopted daughter, Anis Puells adopted daughter
- Jack Lacey, Wife Alice, son Jesse and Henry
- George F Bragg, Wife Annie and daughter Ula
- Alfred Bragg, Wife Emmeline, son James, granddaughter May Cleghorn, grandson Fred Cleghorn, granddaughter Bertie and granddaughter Lula Brooking
- Joshua Lacey, Wife Francis, son Phelps, son Eratus, son Robert, and son Elijah and Boarder Pauline Rushing
- William Blanchard, Wife Sophia, son William, son Phillip, son Herald, and son Francis
- Robert Leslie, Wife Ruhaney, daughter Lurah Yates, son Robert Leslie, son ward, son Benjamin, son Jesse and son Ellis and granddaughters Myrtle Yates and Edith
- Stonewall J Grumbles, Wife Cassie, Servant Lizzie Rogers
- Fletcher Lund, Wife Eva, daughter Ethel and son Guy
- Jas G Riggles,(Head )Wife Lillie, daughter Genevive Riggles. Robert Armstrong (Head)
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- Ignatius Capuano
- John L Stevall, Wife Ellen, son Talbert, daughter minerva,
- Charles A Stevens, Wife Laura, daughter Iona, son Charles baby son “no name”
- Phil Reasmer, Wife Annie, son Ted, Dickson and Carl, daughter Edna, son J C, daughter Luola, son Phillip and Boarder Auther Pankey
- John Ramsdale, Wife Mollie, son Aion, daughters Gertrude, Ethel, Myrtle, Lola, Francis and son Warren
- Steven P Collier, Wife Belle, son Clyde, daughters Ida, Edna, son Joseph and daughter Lollie
- Lindsay Brannum, Wife Nellie, daughters Alley and Margaret and Frank Marsh
- Absalom Price, Wife Nannie
- Mannie Grumbles, daughter Lena, Zellah, Ollie and son Walter, daughter Sallie, and son Roy Ida Grumbles daughter
PAGE 16
- Frank Crumb, Wife Margaret, step son Robert Mcmains, daughter Alice Mcmains, son Talbot McMains, daughter Nellie
- May Gardener, daughter Maggie, son Frank
- George Tarbell, and Edward Bookings
- Deveraux Hightower
- Claude Guburn, Wife Lebrada LIMITTED INFO
- Lerenzo Goburn, wife Maximiliana, daughter Lulu and Crucila, son Albino
- Maximiam Goburn, wife Falicila
- Miguel Melon, wife Runalda, daughter Cornelia, sons Santiago, jaunito and Frederico and mother Mariano
- Lina Weed
- James Jackson and partner Thomas Gannan LIMITTED INFO
- John Powell, sister Ella Scheider, neice Laura, nephew Ernest, neice Nellie, and neice Isabel LIMITTED INFO
- William Harris, Wife Annie, daughter Nannie and son alfred and daughter Lillie, and daughter Edna and Lueella
- Leo Oswald, wife Alice and son Claud and daughter Emma
- Edwin F Cumey LIMITTED INFO
PAGE 17 Only 1 entry
- Sidney Parker, Wife Carrie, daughter Edith and son Marshall
PAGE 18
- ENTIRE PAGE IS BLANK
There were a total of 540 available residential lots in all additions and original town Plat if all were occupied with same per home occupants density the maximum population would be 1523. And 285 of them were occupied per the federal 1900 census.
Only 80 properties were owned by the occupants of that 7 were mortgaged
Max Koch
Arnold Littrel
Urbain Ozanne
Agustus Wingfield
Arnold ridgeway
John a brown
Benjamin Gumm
205 residence were rented
This high rental rates further shows the transient state the town was facing as the average citizens did not want to buy their home as they could see the obvious winding down of white oaks. The rental properties were homes constructed by the plotted addition owners. Almost all were abandoned, burned, dismantled or sold at tax auction. Almost all the leading citizens home sites have been lost to time:
Hewitt, Watson ,Barber, Ziegler, Bonnell,
Mc Donald, John Brown
Rob DiPardo
Counted by Sidney Parker Beginning June 8, 1900
Teamster: 13
Gold Miner: 63
Coal miner: 9
Laundry: 8
Livery Stable: 2
General labor: 42
Clergy: 4
Cook: 1
Law enforcement: 2
Ranch cook: 1
Realtor: 2
Sheep industry: 31
Cattle: 2
Railroad: 3 (wonder what these 3 were doing in town, never heard of a railroad ever making it to White Oaks)
Electrician: 1
Butcher: 2
Hotel: 6
Bank: 4
Lawyer: 6
Clerk distilling co.: 1
Mining engineer: 3
Assessor: 4
Newspaper: 2
Printer: 2
Carpenter: 8
School Teacher: 2
Judge: 1
Farmer: 12
Surveyor: 2
Insurance agent: 1
Plasterer: 1
Blacksmith: 6
Doctor: 2
Sawmill/ lumber yard: 3
Stationary engine: 10 (I assume this is a stamp mill)
Barkeeper: 3
Seamstress: 3
Millwright: 1
Salesman grocery store: 3
Postmaster: 1
Shoe maker: 3
Chemist: 1
Merchant: 5
Optician: 1
Barber: 1
Clerk grocery store: 1
Total population: 804
Gold mining still ruled the employment numbers followed by general day labor then sheep industry.
Cattle was minor as was farming. Coal mining had not really come to fore front as only 9 men worked in that industry.
Town had bank, law enforcement, clergy, teachers, doctors, stores , lots of transportation with 13 teamsters, two remaining newspapers.
It is still a remnant of what it looked like in 1890. But we will never know since the 1890 census was lost in a fire.
At the rate of population per attorney that existed in White Oaks in 1900 Albuquerque today would have 4,169 lawyers.
The average towns person probably felt that they has weathered the storm of the lost railroad and the town was generally economically healthy. Coal was coming on, gold continued to produce. The town provided infrastructure for the surrounding small towns and ranches as well.
Little did they know that in 5 years it would be all over.
By 1910 the town had lost more than half of the 1900 population, the bank, both newspapers, all but one store, all the doctors and law enforcement were gone.
Most of the day labor, carpenters, clergy, all of the teamsters, most of the hotel jobs were gone. The sheep industry will collapse, replaced with ranchers moving to town.
The end was coming fast, they just did not know it in 1900.
1900 census retrace enumerator path project
1900 Census Read More1885 Census
1885 New Mexico Territorial Census
Precinct 8 White Oaks
Counted by W. E. Blanchard June 4, 1885
PAGE 1
- Pedro Sisneros ,
- Frank Conger
- Charles Clark
- Henry Conway, Edward Conway
- Joseph Collins. Frank Collins .
- James Conch Wife Eliza
- Ebner Christian listed, but its really Chris Ebner
- Onder Chavez listed but it’s really Juan Chavez , Pablo Chavez, Juan Chavez
- Sarah Anderson
- H Brown
- Sarah E Anderson
- Edwin E Albright
- Charles Bafan, wife Lida, and daughter Kitty NOTHING FOUND YET
- John Patty
- Ronald B Blanchard NOTHING FOUND YET
- John A Brothers
- John Mackel, Cathine Wife, Anna Daughter, Son Peter Mackel
- John Slack
- Melvin Paden
- W F Blanchard
- John Walters
- Garrett T Cullen
- James S Randolph NOT IN CENSUS WORK ON LATER
- W H Wood
- John H Walter
- Thomas B Gregg
- Charles King NO CENSUS DATA
- Edward Bonnell NOT IN CENSUS listed as Edwin B Boswell
- Peter A Rawbret age 58 b 1827 Alabama NOTHING
- Anna L Rawbret age 54 b 1831 Indiana NOTHING
- Sidney M Johnson NOTHING
- Frank B Kiser. Died in 1883?
- Arthur J Bond
- Henry J William NOTHING
- John C Keepsinger NOTHING
- Pearl Patty NOTHING
- Abraham B Heck NOTHING
- George W Newton NOTHING
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Edward T Gedrick age 35 b 1850 Prussia NOTHING
- W H Belsong age 50 b 1835 Illinois NOTHING
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Juan B Martinez age 46 b 1839 Colorado NOTHING
- Anderson age 32 b 1853 Sweden head NOTHING
- William age 56 b 1829 Kansas shown as head NOTHING
- No name age 32 b 1853 Illinois shown as head NOTHING
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No name age 22 b 1863 Texas head NOTHING
- William age 38 b 1847 England head NOTHING
- George R Young ,
- Kate E Young
- John A Woodland
- John Wood
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- George L Zelnick
- Hatty V
- William Nolan aka Henry Starr
- James Williams
- Sam Williams
- John Wilson
- Florence Wilson
- James Jorden Tucker
- John W Thornton
- Nazan Tailpon age 31 b 1854 Canada NOTHING
- William T Taggart
- Ann Sweeny
- William Stow
- Samuel Wells Sr
- Susanna Jane Wells
- David T head age 30 b 1855 Wisconsin not on find a grave or site NOTHING
- Jennie Taliaferro
- Levin Washington Stewart
- Michael Stapleton
- James Stephenson
- Fernando Spiko age 62 b 1823 Prussia NOTHING
- Josefa Sisneros
- Geo W Sergeant
- Francisca Serna
- James B Bergen
- J Bitton, WifeA Bitton, Son Frederick, Daughter Ida
- Arzeliel Biggs
- William F Spence
- Isaac D Smith
- Sophia Blanchard
- Lt James E Sligh, daughter Emily, Wife Mary Lou
- Sidney Johnson
- Sergio Sisneros
- Johnnie Ross
- Peter Ross
- John Reid
- William C Redding
- James Reed
- Peter Reed
- Rebecca Randolph LIMTED INFO
- William Rexford
- Arnold Ridgeway
- Peter Sefritson
- Lloyd Schell,and Wife Leonora M Schell
- Edward Schaffer son and Father Chris Schaeffer
- Osmund Bassett Scott
- August Schinzing
- Max Seymore
- George L Paxon
- Mariano Otero, WIfe Tomacita, Mariah, and Boniface, Filamento and VincentaNOTHING
- Richard Crosswell NOTHING
- Maria H Reed
- Preciliano Martinez
- F Quintero
- William Prior
- Juan Quintero
- Peter Mackel
- Joseph Otero
- Z H Baria
- John E Farr
- John Q Fair NOTHING
- Bary H Dye
The total population was 495
Miners: 42
Druggists: 2
Civil Engineer: 5
Dept Sheriff: 1
Hotel Keeper:1
Mine supervisor:1
Physician:2
Farmer:17
Bar keeper:4
Brick layer:1
Stage or freighter or teamster:10
Merchant:10
Carpenter: 1
Editor:1
Lawyer:2
Blacksmith:3
Sheep business:14
Cattle business:10
Servant:1
Mine Agent:1
Laundress:2
Labor:8
Surveyor:1
Stage agent:2
Shoe maker:1
Post master:1
Printer:1
Butcher:1
Teacher:2
Minister:1
Sawmill:7
Lumberman:1
Rail Road:1
Baker:1
Bookkeeper:1
Real estate/insurance:1
Clerk:2
Barber:1
Bull, Whiteman, Keppinger, Brothers, Littrell, Ridgeway, Paden ,Bonnell, Slack,Parker, Tailiaferro ,Ozanne, Kempton, Ulrick, Hewitt, Wells, Alexander, Collier, McPherson, Lacey, Anderson, Grumbles families were all there and were counted. The town had just been incorporated by President James Garfield , so it was utmost importance to count every single person. A responsible person was always selected as the counter. One who lived in town and knew who was there. Counts took over a month to complete. Interesting to note whom was not there. Ward, Cooper, Queen, Lee, Hoyle, Watson, John Brown, Ziegler, Mayer, McDonald Ah ue, and Weed. All major players later on. There was no precinct 7. Number 9 did not apply to the White Oaks area. There is no evidence of a “Hogtown” component.
42 miners and one superintendent does not indicate much mining activity. Considering they were driving vertical shafts to over 1,300 feet deep with many drift levels. This level of mining manpower, most likely would not fully man one full production shaft mine. Indications of placer, prospecting and perhaps one or two semi production shaft mines were actually being worked at the time of this census. 6 years after the original strike. Information here, is from the most legible version of this document we could find. We urge any researcher whom finds a more readable version to contact us with any corrections. Upon verification, we will promptly make corrections and post your contributor info.
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WHITE OAKS DISTRICT
The town of White Oaks began with the discovery of gold by Mexican sheepherders in the early 1850s. The sheepherders had been coming down into the White Oaks Valley for many years, when they discovered gold in the area. Soon a group of these men were making a living by panning the sands of what later became known “Baxter Gulch.” The placer mining continued for over a quarter of a century, the men working at White Oaks during the warm months of the year, then leaving to spend the winter in some larger New Mexico settlement. During this period, no permanent settlement or town was started at White Oaks; only a few cabins were built to house the men during their summer operations.
By the late 1870s many prospectors and miners had passed through the White Oaks country, yet lode gold was not discovered. It remained to be discovered only by accident, by a man who knew nothing of mining. The story of this discovery is as follows, In 1879, John Wilson escaped from a Texas jail, cut across the mountains to visit two friends, Jack Winters and Harry Baxter, who were placer mining in the White oaks country. The day after his arrival, Wilson started for the top of Baxter Mountain to obtain a view of the country through which he expected to travel. He took a pick with him and jokingly said that he was going to find a gold mine. Halfway to the summit he sat downs to rest and began to chip pieces from the rock.
Examining the chips, he found them speckled with yellow. When he returned to the cabin Winters asked Wilson if he had found his mine and Wilson passed over the chips. One glance at the rock sent Winters into the air with a yell, and Harry Baxter, awakened from a nap, became equally excited. It was now pitch dark but the three made a climb for the spot by lantern light.
the above was submitted by Donald M. Queen
Documented White Oaks Migration 1879
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