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• Miners to return to Lucky Friday

  May 25, 2012 in Idaho on Page A1 WALLACE – The closed Lucky Friday Mine will begin rehiring workers in July and should return to a full workforce by the end of the year, said Phil Baker, Hecla …

• Hecla Mining Co.

  May 9, 2012 in Idaho on Page A10 For 05-09-2012

• Hecla reports first quarter earnings of $12.4M

  May 8, 2012 in Business, Idaho Hecla Mining Co. reported Tuesday a first-quarter net income of $12.4 million, or 4 cents per share, on revenues of $91.2 million. That’s down from a net income of $43.2 …

• Repairs to closed mine will cost $30 million

  February 22, 2012 in Idaho on Page A10 Repairing and upgrading the Lucky Friday Mine’s main shaft will cost about $30 million, Hecla Mining Co. said Tuesday. Company officials expect to start repairs within a few weeks, which …

• Hecla to bypass rock burst at Lucky Friday Mine

  December 21, 2011 in City, Idaho Hecla Mining Co. today announced that it is going to build a bypass at Lucky Friday Mine to take workers away from an area where a rock burst last week …

• Lucky Friday rock burst registers on seismographs

  December 15, 2011 in City, Idaho Three Lucky Friday miners remained in North Idaho hospitals this morning after a rock burst injured a total of seven miners on Wednesday night. The rock burst was strong enough … 8

• Two injured in Lucky Friday Mine

  November 19, 2011 in City on Page B1 Two miners were injured Thursday while working to expand the Lucky Friday Mine in Mullan, Idaho. One was hospitalized in critical condition, the Shoshone County Sheriff’s Office said Friday.

• Hecla Superfund settlement approved

  September 9, 2011 in Idaho on Page A6 A federal judge has approved a $263.4 million settlement with Hecla Mining Co. that resolves one of the nation’s largest Superfund lawsuits. The money paid by Hecla will be used …

• Two fires in weeks trigger probe at mine

  July 30, 2011 in Idaho on Page A5 Investigators are looking into the cause of a second fire in three weeks at the Lucky Friday Mine. The underground silver mine near Mullan, Idaho, was evacuated at 7 p.m. …

• Hecla Mining Co. settles Superfund cleanup lawsuit

  June 14, 2011 in Idaho on Page A1 The owner of Idaho’s oldest operating silver mine agreed to pay $263.4 million plus interest to clean up historic mine waste in the Coeur d’Alene Basin, resolving one of the … 1

• Workers recover miner’s remains

  April 25, 2011 in City, Idaho on Page A1 The body of Lucky Friday miner Larry “Pete” Marek was recovered Sunday afternoon, just hours after Hecla Mining Co. announced it had suspended rescue efforts because he likely had died …

• Miner’s body recovered from Lucky Friday mine

  April 24, 2011 in News The body of Lucky Friday miner Larry Marek was recovered this afternoon after he was killed in a mine collapse on April 15, Hecla Mining Co. announced today. 19

• Mine rescuers may drill second tunnel

  April 21, 2011 in Idaho Rescue workers are considering drilling a second tunnel as part of their efforts to reach a silver miner who has been trapped in the Lucky Friday Mine since a tunnel …

• Camera shows no sign of miner

  April 21, 2011 in City, Idaho on Page A1 Day six of rescue efforts at the Lucky Friday Mine passed without any word on the fate of a miner trapped by a rockfall. Rescue workers were able to insert …

• Bore holes complete, still no sign of miner

  April 19, 2011 in Idaho Federal mine safety officials ordered the current rescue operation under way at the Lucky Friday mine suspended due to unstable ground conditions. Instead, rescue operations for a miner trapped in …

• Mine efforts continue

  April 19, 2011 in City on Page A1 MULLAN, Idaho – Longtime Silver Valley miners said if Larry “Pete” Marek survived the Friday night rockfall that trapped him 6,150 feet underground, his hydraulic drill could supply him with …

• Rescuers still advancing at Lucky Friday mine

  April 18, 2011 in Idaho Rescuers advanced another 2 feet through rubble in a tunnel at the Lucky Friday Mine in Mullan, Idaho, according to the mine owner’s latest update.

• Silver Valley awaiting news of 53-year-old trapped by cave-in

  April 18, 2011 in City, Idaho on Page A1 By Sunday night, rescue teams had labored for more than two days to free a miner trapped by a cave-in at the Lucky Friday Mine. But they still hadn’t reached … 1

• Special digging machine arrives in Mullan to continue search for miner

  April 17, 2011 in News, Idaho Remote-controlled machine arrives at Lucky Friday mine to continue search for missing miner 2

• Efforts to rescue trapped miner continue

  April 17, 2011 in News Larry “Pete” Marek, 53, was trapped by debris when part of the mine’s ceiling collapsed in his work area at 5:30 p.m. Friday. Company officials have not been able to …

• Hecla in tentative deal to pay $263 million over mining waste

  February 26, 2011 in Idaho on Page A5 Hecla Mining Co. has reached a tentative settlement with the federal government, Coeur d’Alene Tribe and state of Idaho over its role in turning the Coeur d’Alene basin into a …

• Hecla says $263 million pollution settlement possible

  February 25, 2011 in Idaho, Region Hecla Mining Co. has reached a tentative settlement with the federal government, Coeur d’Alene Tribe and state of Idaho over its role in turning the Coeur d’Alene Basin into a … 1

• Local mining, bank stocks had solid gains in 2010

  January 13, 2011 in Business on Page A8 The composite market value of 15 Inland Northwest stocks reached a record Dec. 31, possibly foretelling more good things for 2011, Hart Capital Management President Craig Hart said Wednesday. The …

• Zanetti Brothers agrees to share of basin cleanup

  January 6, 2011 in Idaho on Page A6 One of the Silver Valley’s oldest family-run companies has reached a $200,000 settlement with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency over Superfund cleanup of historic mine waste. Zanetti Brothers Inc. will …

• High prices, booming silver industry bankroll mine’s expansion

  December 5, 2010 in Idaho on Page A1 MULLAN, Idaho – At the Lucky Friday Mine, a descent of nearly a mile takes only 2 1/2 minutes. You climb aboard the “cage” on the Silver Shaft, which operates … 6

• Residents, officials knock Silver Valley mine cleanup plan

  August 9, 2010 Too far-reaching, too costly. Another knock for the Silver Valley. That was the consensus of public testimony Monday evening at a town hall meeting on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s … 1

• Cleanup plan for CdA Basin shifts focus from soil to water

  August 5, 2010 in Idaho on Page A1 As water percolates through old mine workings in the headwaters of the Coeur d’Alene River, it picks up lead, arsenic, zinc and other heavy metals. The metals stunt fish populations … 2

• Hecla stakes its claim in Wallace with new office

  July 11, 2010 in Idaho Voices on Page I6 After an absence of 26 years, Hecla Mining Co. has moved an office back into Wallace. The 119-year-old company had an office in Wallace from about 1917 to 1984, when …

• Hecla Mining opens Silver Valley office

  July 7, 2010 in Business on Page A10 Hecla Mining Co. is opening an office in Idaho’s Silver Valley to keep local residents abreast of future expansions at the Lucky Friday Mine and the company’s role in environmental …

• In brief: Inspection finds damage in mine

  May 28, 2010 in Business on Page A14 The Lucky Friday Mine in North Idaho was evacuated Thursday morning when a routine inspection uncovered damage to the No. 2 shaft, which serves as a secondary escape route for …

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