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Updated: May 10, 2025
They are common even in cases where there has been no shift, and occur equally in non-metalliferous fissures. They are called by miners "slicken- sides," from the German schlichten, to plane, and seite, side. It is supposed that the lines of the striae indicate the direction in which the rocks were moved.
She is therefore for a term of twelve moons not permitted to wear any finery, neither is she permitted to slicken up and comb her head; this to avoid attracting attention. Once in a while a female relative of deceased, commiserating with her grief and sorrow, will visit her and voluntarily proceed to comb out the long-neglected and matted hair.
Ordinary metalliferous Veins or Lodes. Their frequent Coincidence with Faults. Proofs that they originated in Fissures in solid Rock. Veins shifting other Veins. Polishing of their Walls or "Slicken sides." Shells and Pebbles in Lodes. Evidence of the successive Enlargement and Reopening of veins. Examples in Cornwall and in Auvergne. Dimensions of Veins.
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