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• Hecla gets a pass on tougher oversight

  March 21, 2013 in Business on Page A7 Federal mine safety officials will not impose tighter enforcement on the Lucky Friday Mine in Shoshone County after Hecla Mining Co. demonstrated it has made safety improvements there. The Mine …

• Lucky Friday Mine to be tightly controlled

  November 29, 2012 in City on Page A8 When it resumes operations early next year, the Lucky Friday Mine in Shoshone County will be under tighter health and safety controls imposed by the federal government. The Mine Safety …

• Feds say mine not inspected as ordered

  March 13, 2012 in Idaho on Page A1 After a violent rock burst at the Lucky Friday Mine on Nov. 16, federal inspectors ordered mine managers to conduct twice-daily monitoring to check if stress was building up in … 3

• 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 …

• Lucky Friday shaft repairs to start soon

  February 21, 2012 in News Repairing and upgrading the Lucky Friday Mine’s main shaft will cost about $30 million, Hecla Mining Co. said today. Company officials said they expect to start repairs within a few …

• Questions erupt over Lucky Friday

  January 24, 2012 in Idaho on Page A5 WALLACE – Idaho Gov. Butch Otter will ask federal regulators to hold a public meeting in the Silver Valley to explain their decision to shut down the Lucky Friday Mine’s … 6

• Otter asks feds to explain mine shaft closure

  January 23, 2012 Idaho Gov. Butch Otter will ask federal regulators to hold a public meeting in the Silver Valley to explain their decision to shut down the Lucky Friday Mine’s shaft for … 3

• Lucky Friday Mine families explore ways to wait out closure

  January 20, 2012 in Idaho on Page A1 WALLACE – Mark Miller’s baby girl is just learning how to crawl. She has three rambunctious older brothers, ages 2, 7 and 9. Miller hopes he can find a job …

• Mine’s troubles called similar to Nevada site

  January 13, 2012 in Idaho on Page A1 Conditions in the Lucky Friday Mine’s main shaft have parallels to problems at a Nevada gold mine where a 2010 shaft accident claimed the lives of two workers, a top … 1

• Mine shutdown means lost jobs, economic uncertainty

  January 12, 2012 in Idaho on Page A1 Federal regulators’ decision to shut down the Lucky Friday Mine’s main shaft was greeted with confusion and concern Wednesday in Idaho’s Silver Valley. Officials at Hecla Mining Co., which operates … 3

• Lucky Friday to build new access tunnel

  December 22, 2011 in Idaho on Page A5 Officials at Hecla Mining Co. say they will tunnel a 750-foot bypass at the Lucky Friday Mine to route workers away from a portion of the mile-long corridor where a …

• 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. …

• 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 …

• 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 …

• Rescuers continue to probe mine

  April 20, 2011 in Idaho Hecla Mining Co. said rescue crews have started drilling a third bore hole into an open area behind tons of collapsed rock and debris in the Lucky Friday Mine. They …

• Camera shows mine void

    April 20, 2011 in Idaho on Page A1 Rescue workers completed two bore holes into the rubble of Lucky Friday Mine on Tuesday in their effort to rescue a miner trapped since Friday. A camera fed through a …

• Rescue crews dig for trapped miner at Lucky Friday Mine

  April 17, 2011 in City, Idaho on Page A1 MULLAN, Idaho – Hecla Mining crews were still digging Saturday evening for a miner trapped more than a mile underground at the Lucky Friday Mine. Company officials Saturday continued to …

• Feds describe rock that killed miner

  June 22, 2010 in City, Idaho on Page A5 The falling slab of rock that fatally injured a worker at the Galena Mine on Friday was 4 1/2-feet long by 2 1/2-feet wide and 2 feet thick, federal investigators …