El Paso—Lessees operating block 28 through the Standard tunnel report a strike of sylvanite ore carrying 2 to 10 oz. gold per ton.
The strike is in Little May ground, and about 650 ft. below the surface.

An ore shoot of great promise has been opened up by Wilkie and associates, lessees from the El Paso Consolidated Gold Mining Co., who are operating on block 28, on the south end of the estate, through the Standard tunnel.
The Standard tunnel, one of the first of this district, cuts through the El Paso Co.'s Little May claim at an approximate depth of 650 ft. Ore carrying sylvanite and returning values of from 2 to 10 ozs. gold to the ton was encountered.

The Standard tunnel is in Gold run, west of Beacon hill, and lies at an elevation of 9027 ft. Its objective point was simply the volcanic plug of Beacon hill. When this tunnel struck the shattered phonolite zone a flow of from 16,000 to 18,000 gal. per min. was maintained for a long time. The ultimate length of this tunnel was 2800 ft., and it was of great value in lowering the permanent water level of Cripple Creek mines.

In 1896 the Standard cut the El Paso vein, whence issued 250 gal. per minute. The water became abundant as the contact of granite and phonolite was reached, amounting to 1,000 gal. per minute. In 1899 it was 10,000 gal. per minute. By 1901 the tunnel was dry, lowering the levels in Beacon hill, Gold hill and Raven hill.
The Standard tunnel was directed towards the plug of phonolite of Beacon hill, which was connected by open fissures with the volcanic neck, and it lowered the water levels of the West Side mines, and it also drains Gold Hill at the Poverty Gulch mine.
The behavior of the water in five of the prominent mines shows they have a common water basin, any artificial change in one mine being felt and adjusted in the others.
The Elkton mine was one of those most troubled by water, and levels Nos. 5 and 6 got drained by the Standard tunnel.

Denver, Dec. 8—To satisfy a judgment of more than $17,000, obtained in Denver by Jacob Wallace, the sheriff of Teller county has sold the property of the Cripple Creek Tunnel, Transportation & Mining Co., on Beacon Hill.

Cripple Creek Drainage Tunnel.—A temporary injunction has been issued restraining this tunnel from crossing the Grace Arthur Extension lode claim. The suit was brought by the Cripple Creek Tunnel, Transportation and Mining Company, which owns the Standard Tunnel and the Grace Arthur Extension claim. It has a contract with El Paso Company, by which the latter company agrees to pay the Standard certain sums for drainage. Should the new tunnel be completed it will render the Standard Tunnel valueless, hence the injunction. The injunction has no present effect on the work, since the tunnel has not reached the claim in controversy.

Cripple Creek Tunnel, Transportation and Mining Company.—This company, owning the Standard Tunnel, which penetrates Beacon Hill, has brought suit against the El Paso Company for the sum of $85,000, which it alleges is due for drainage.

THERE ARE OTHERS.
The case of the Sullivan Machinery company against the Standard tunnel to recover the price of air drills purchased by a superintendent came up for decision before Judge Dixon yesterday and the judge ruled that the manager of a mine or tunnel only has the right to order such things as are consumed in the progress of his work and has no right to order machinery without special instructions. Inasmuch as no special instructions were obtained in this case the court ruled for the defendant. Henry Trowbridge represented the plaintiff.

FINE Jersey cow and young calf for sale. Standard tunnel. Beacon hill.

The Standard tunnel operated by Lyman White and owned by thirty men who aggregate as many million dollars, is making progress through Beacon.