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 ADDENDA. Alive. When a mineral lode is rich in tin, copper, &c., it is said to be alive, in contra-distinction to deads. Q.v. Angelmaine. The Monk fish, squatina angelus. c. (Mevagissey.) AstuU. " An arch or ceiling of boards over the men's heads in a mine, to save them from the falling stones, rocks, or scales of the lode or its walls." Pryce. It is astel in Celtic Cornish, meaning, a board, a plank. See StulL Back of the lode. That part of it which is upper- most or nearest to the surface of the earth. Bottoms in fork. When the deepest parts of a mine are freed by a pumping engine from the accumu- lated water, miners say, " The bottoms are in fork, or, "She (the mine) is in fork." Pumping up the water is "forking" it. The engine is *^in fork (see Pryce) when it has done its pumping. Bunny. A sudden enlargement or bunch of ore in a lode. Pryce. Perhaps this word is from hen, Celtic Cornish for, butt end.