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$200. This is the more striking when we remember that White 

 Oak Springs, classed with the farming towns, had large mining 

 interests in an earlier period. We may thus see that although 

 mining as a factor in the industrial life of the county had 

 almost disappeared, its influence upon the economic life of the 

 towns considered is still marked. 



In comparing the percentages of increase and decrease be- 

 tween 1850 and 1870 of these same towns, in Table 3 we find 

 Wayne increasing 214 per cent, and from 9 to 29 per square 

 mile. White Oak Springs increases 19 per cent, and from 28 

 to 33 per square mile. The greatest increase in the first class is 

 in Shullsburg, with 61 per cent., and from 47 to 73 per square 

 per square mile. 



Table 4. — Percentage of principal occupations. 



The mining class was kept separate since the southwestern 

 part of the county is a mining district. Farmers, miners and 

 laborers have the largest percentage. Table 4 shows the rela- 



