White Oaks Billy the Kid Rustler Loot — Lincoln County

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White Oaks Billy the Kid Rustler Loot — Lincoln County

Lost Treasure NM • Lincoln County County
Description
White Oaks legend of Billy the Kid gang rustler loot buried near the Jicarilla Range gold camp — where outlaws targeted cattle after the Lincoln County War.
Historical Notes
White Oaks boomed after an 1879 gold discovery in the Baxter Mountain country and became one of Lincoln County's liveliest mining towns. Billy the Kid, Dave Rudabaugh, and Billy Wilson flaunted themselves in White Oaks saloons after the Lincoln County War, provoking citizen posses. The Homestake and Old Abe mines yielded roughly $20 million in gold before the railroad bypassed the town for Carrizozo. Outlaw cache tales overlap the documented gold camp but describe separate buried strongboxes from rustling and saloon-row commerce. Related entry: White Oaks placer district appears separately in the database as a documented gold_site. Coordinates mark White Oaks northeast of Carrizozo in Lincoln County.
Status / Verification legend — Legendary or approximate

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