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• Lucky Friday Mine to start rehiring in July

  May 24, 2012 in Business, Idaho The closed Lucky Friday Mine in North Idaho will start rehiring workers in July and should have a full workforce by the end of the year. 1

• Ambitious investors may mine asteroids

  April 24, 2012 in Nation/World WASHINGTON — A group of high-tech tycoons wants to mine nearby asteroids, hoping to turn science fiction into real profits. The mega-million dollar-plan is to use commercially built robotic ships … 6

• Rockefeller: Congress must act on mine safety

  March 7, 2012 in Nation/World MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — In light of a report on a deadly coal mine blast, some Democratic members of West Virginia’s congressional delegation say it’s time for Congress to stop delaying … 2

• Lucky Friday workers face year-long mine closure

  January 11, 2012 in Business, Idaho Hecla Mining Company said this morning that it would close the Lucky Friday silver mine for a year to clean its main shaft as required by federal regulators, a move … 7

• Mining deaths second-lowest in a century

  January 6, 2012 in Business, Region The number of U.S. mining deaths last year was the second-lowest reported since statistics were first recorded in 1910, the U.S. Department of Labor says.

• Lucky Friday miner dies from his injuries

  November 20, 2011 in City, Idaho on Page A1 For the second time this year, a miner has died after sustaining injuries while working at Hecla Mining Co.’s Lucky Friday Mine. Brandon Lloyd Gray, 26, was critically injured Thursday … 1

• 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

• Hecla agrees to Superfund settlement

    June 13, 2011 The largest mining company in Idaho’s Silver Valley will pay $263.4 million plus interest to settle one of the nation’s largest Superfund lawsuits — one of the top 10 such … 5

• Colville Tribes call Teck smelter study ‘deficient’

  May 15, 2011 in City on Page B3 Five years after a Canadian mining smelter agreed in a historic settlement to assess the impact of its pollution on U.S. waters, an American Indian tribe is calling the effort … 1

• Work resumes today at Lucky Friday Mine

  April 29, 2011 in News, Idaho The Lucky Friday Mine is back in operation, Hecla Mining Co. officials said today.

• 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 …

• 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 …

• Mining firm’s stock jumps 14% on earnings report

  February 28, 2011 Coeur d’Alene Mines Corp. is having a strong day on the stock market, with share prices up 14 percent after the precious metals miner reported higher-than-expected earnings. 1

• Mining firm pays $6.8 million for N. Idaho pollution

  February 15, 2011 in Idaho A big mining company whose activities polluted North Idaho’s Silver Valley must pay federal, state and tribal governments nearly $6.8 million in a settlement over natural resource damages. 9

• Caldwell: China wants to keep coal trains running on time

  January 16, 2011 in Business on Page E1 Spokane is halfway to the millennium. That may not be a good thing. 12

• 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 fear cleanup will hinder Silver Valley economy

  August 10, 2010 in City on Page A1 KELLOGG – 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 … 10

• 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 …

• Early report says boulder killed Idaho miner

  June 21, 2010 in Idaho SILVERTON, Idaho – The falling slab of rock that fatally injured a worker at the Galena Mine Friday was 4 ½ feet long by 2 ½ feet wide and 2 …

• Obama administration extends roadless moratorium

  May 28, 2010 in Nation/World The Obama administration is extending for another year the moratorium on most logging and mining in millions of acres of remote and rugged sections of national forests.

• Appeals hobbled safety enforcement

  April 28, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A3 WASHINGTON – The company that operated the West Virginia coal mine where an explosion killed 29 miners this month was able to “game the system” by using a lengthy appeals …

• Rescuers hold ‘sliver of hope’

  April 8, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A3 MONTCOAL, W.Va. – Emergency teams stepped up a desperate rescue effort Wednesday despite fading hopes of finding any survivors two days after a devastating explosion killed at least 25 coal …

• West Virginia mine violated safety rules

  April 7, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A3 JULIAN, W.Va. – The coal mine rocked by an explosion that killed at least 25 workers in the nation’s deadliest mining disaster since 1984 had been cited for 600 violations …

• Blast in coal mine kills 25

  April 6, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A1 MONTCOAL, W.Va. – An explosion at a remote coal mine with a history of safety problems killed 25 workers, and at least four others were still missing early today more … 2

• Judge blocks Montana mining plan

  March 31, 2010 in City on Page A7 BILLINGS – A federal judge on Monday blocked a proposal to dig a major new mine beneath a remote Montana wilderness area that boasts grizzly bears, rare trout – and …

• Study denounces mining technique

  January 8, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A3 WASHINGTON – A scientific study released Thursday says mountaintop-removal coal mining – the practice of blowing up mountain peaks to get access to coal seams below – should be halted …

• Mining company claims settled

  December 23, 2009 in Business on Page A12 A small North Idaho mining company and a former executive have settled a series of stock fraud allegations brought by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Federal investigators accused penny …

• CdA Mines reports record revenue despite deeper losses

  November 5, 2009 in Business Coeur d’Alene Mines Corp. Thursday reported record quarterly revenue from its highest silver production ever, and a tripling of gold production during the third quarter. But net income tumbled.

• With profits up, Hecla ponders mine expansion

  November 3, 2009 in Business, Idaho Hecla Mining Co., which Tuesday announced what one analyst called “stellar results,” could decide next spring whether to proceed with a $150 million to $200 million expansion of its Lucky … 1

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