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to 1890, the decline Tvas but slight compared with that which 

 took j^lace in the first group. This table and explanation, thern, 

 leads irresistibly to the conclusion that it was the decline in the 

 lead industry that caused the decline in poj)ulation in Jo 

 Daviess County, and the figures in the table show at a glance 

 the measure of this decline. 



Having examined the relative movements of population in 

 the various parts of Jo Daviess County, and having compared 

 them with the state at large, let us now examine the relative 

 movement of the property valuations in the same way, in order 

 to obtain some idea of the wealth of the region. This we may 

 do by examining the valuations as made by the various assessors. 



Table II. — Yaluation per capita. 



The figures in the table include both real and personal property and exclude all rail- 

 way property. The figures for the state are taken from the printed reports of the state 

 auditors. The figures for the groups of Jo Daviess County are compiled from the 

 original collector's book in the vault of the County Clerk's office at Galena. Tha record 

 of each township is kept in a separate book for each year. 



State 



State, except Cook County 



Jo Daviess County 



Group I 



Group II 



Group III 



1380. 



$239.50 

 250.00 

 170.68 

 120.66 

 194.50 

 214.13 



1890. 



$189.00 

 204 00 

 157.71 

 102.24 

 184.10 

 195.77 



The striking fact shown by the above table is the decline of 

 the valuations in the lead region. Starting at a point above the 

 middle area, they fall rapidly from 1860 to 1870, although for 

 the other two portions of the county they rose during the same 

 period. In common with the rest of the state, the valuations in 

 the lead region rise from 1870 to 1880 on account of the 

 higher assessments of the latter year, but the rise is by no 

 m.eans as ^-reat. And, finallv, v\'e notice that the decline from 

 1880 to 1890 is greater in the lead area than in the other 

 two. It should be noticed that the figures for the lead group 

 vary but little. So we find that in valuations, also, the lead 

 region of Jo Daviess County is an area peculiar and distinct 

 from the areas Uiat surround it. 



