lode

lode
A term of mining law, brought to this country by miners from Cornwall as an alteration of the word "lead." A vein or two or more veins constituting a seam or fissure in the crust of the earth filled with quartz or other rock containing gold, silver, or other valuable mineral. 36 Am J1st Min & M § 69.

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