Latest from The Spokesman-Review

• 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 …

• Tribes aiming to stop mine under Cabinets

  March 26, 2012 in City, Idaho on Page A1 PABLO, Mont. – Members of the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes are trying to prevent an underground copper and silver mine beneath the Cabinet Mountains Wilderness in northwestern Montana by … 11

• Sea explorers find shipwreck full of silver in Atlantic

  October 10, 2011 in Nation/World A sea exploration company said today it has discovered a ship filled with silver 8,000 feet beneath the surface of the North Atlantic Ocean.

• Sunshine’s new board inspects mine

  August 27, 2011 in Idaho on Page A8 BIG CREEK, Idaho – Sunshine Silver Mines Corp.’s new board of directors paid an inaugural visit to their namesake property this week to assess the state of the once-prolific silver …

• 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

• Judge delays Sterling Mining auction

  February 2, 2010 in Business A federal bankruptcy judge has given Sterling Mining Co. another four months before the company, which controls the lease of the historic Sunshine Mine near Kellogg, is auctioned off.

• 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