Cracks or fissures containing ore. They vary in course, shape and size, are generally coated with a hard crystalization; the width of a lode is known by the distance between these crystalizations.

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[Source: "Glossary of Miners'&Mineral Terms" in St. John, John R. A True Description of the Lake Superior Country ... (New York, W. H. Graham, 1846).]