2011 Map of White Oaks South

About this map

White Oaks and its surrounding mining landscape are the focal point of this New Mexico quadrangle, where the White Oaks Historic District preserves the memory of a former boomtown. The hills are dense with evidence of late 19th and early 20th-century extraction, including the Old Abe Mines, the Lincoln Light and Power Company Mine, and smaller operations like the Martin Mine and Emeline Mine. Beyond the shafts, the topography transitions from the high peaks of Carrizo Mountain and Patos Mountain into deep drainage systems like Coal Dump Canyon and Johnnie Canyon. A network of water sources, from the Section Twenty-six Tank to Madden Spring, supported the ranching life that succeeded the mining era, visible in family-named locations such as Goodloe Ranch and Robinson Ranch. Near the townsite, the Cedarvale Cemetery stands as a final record of the early residents of this high-desert community.