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understandably had been developed in close proximity to that first mine. With the success of <br />the Acme Mine, John Connell developed the Acme Place subdivision in 1893, and this action <br />extended Louisville's boundaries farther to the south and west. <br />Many of those who worked at the Acme Mine in its earliest years were of English heritage. <br />Some had even been coal miners in England, and brought with them their knowledge of coal <br />mining practices (and strong pro -labor views). <br />Tonnage Removed and Depth of Mine: According to Carolyn Conarroe's Coal Mining in <br />Colorado's Northern Field, the Acme produced 1,729,282 tons of coal and its shaft was 186 feet <br />in depth. According to a few sources, a second vein started to be worked at a new level starting <br />in about 1894. According to a 1975 oral history interview with Henry "Rico" Zarini (1889- 1982), <br />the mine was worked first at 90 feet and then at 185 feet in depth. <br />Maps of Acme Mine Buildings: The following maps show the mine buildings and their relation <br />to one another. This map is from the 1908 Sanborn fire insurance map for Louisville. <br />it.pc t&4,3li/Pr kp ?�D. <br />Naortieprr Coat ^ COKE CO. <br />R qE.M/ <br />XOPefl %Vx <br />tr• Y. Yv.] :per wen. ..r, <br />2 <br />