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xi 1 Icvl -� .,. nZ:. - - Mt <br />f . - - � T fit 11 7- <br />rTr <br />C <br />im.ITCHIrit4Oti JT►Yekt 0`,""'" i <br />�t' r <br />YAPIKviciY 3T. <br />1 WEll ji , '', l r_ X191 ! 1 <br />Other Facts: Many of those who worked at the Acme Mine in its earliest years were of English <br />heritage. Acme Mine was the site of several walkouts and strikes, particularly in the 1890s. In <br />addition, at least eleven mining deaths took place at this mine, typically in one - person <br />accidents. <br />Development of the Acme Place and Acme Terrace Subdivisions: Two subdivisions to Louisville <br />were connected with this mine. In 1893, John Connell, who had helped to establish the Acme <br />Mine, platted the subdivision of Acme Place, which can best be described as covering what are <br />now the 500 blocks of Lincoln, Grant, Jefferson, and La Farge Avenues. (Although the 500 and <br />600 blocks of these streets blend into one another with no cross streets, they were established <br />completely separately and by different developers.) The Acme Place subdivision was only the <br />fourth addition to Original Louisville and was likely developed due to the success of the Acme <br />Mine. The 1909 Drumm's Wall Map of Louisville shows that the 500 blocks of Lincoln and Grant <br />were well developed with houses by 1909, but the 500 blocks of Jefferson and La Farge, which <br />would have been located quite close to the mine and parts of which were within the fenced <br />enclosure, had few houses at that time. <br />In 1939, Domenico Staffieri platted the subdivision of the Acme Terrace Addition. He had <br />acquired the land the year before from the Rocky Mountain Fuel Co., the last owner and <br />operator of the Acme Mine. In rough terms, this became part of the 500 block of Main Street <br />and probably included areas that previously had been covered by the Acme mine dump. <br />2 <br />