For the second time this year, a miner has died after sustaining injuries while working at Hecla’s Lucky Friday mine. Brandon Lloyd Gray, 26, was critically injured Thursday while working at the Mullan, Idaho mine. He died early this morning. A second miner injured in the accident was treated at a hospital and released. Thursday’s accident comes seven months after Mullan mourned the loss of another Lucky Friday miner. In April, Larry “Pete” Marek was killed when his work area caved in and he was buried under a large rock pile/Spokesman-Review. More here.

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