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• Miner’s family sues Hecla for Lucky Friday Mine death

  April 16, 2013 in City on Page A5 The family of a miner killed in a tunnel collapse two years ago has sued Hecla Mining Co. Larry “Pete” Marek, 53, was crushed to death in a cave-in more … 2

• Hecla faulted for worker death

  July 20, 2012 in City on Page A5 Federal investigators are blaming the November death of a worker in the Lucky Friday Mine on company management. “The accident occurred due to management’s failure to provide the miners with …

• Lucky Friday Mine death blamed on safety lapse

  July 19, 2012 in Business, City, Idaho An underground worker killed by a November 17 accident at the Lucky Friday Mine was wearing the wrong type of safety harness, a federal report says. 5

• 2 miners injured in Lucky Friday Mine

  November 18, 2011 in Idaho 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 today in … 4

• Chile sees ’great day’ with escape shaft near done

  October 8, 2010 in Nation/World Excitement grew today outside the mine where 33 men have been trapped for more than two months, as a drill carving an escape shaft pushed through the final section of … 1