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<p>SHAWN GUST/Press Phil Baker, president and chief executive officer of Hecla Mining Co., describes the status of the company's Lucky Friday mine Wednesday during a press conference in Coeur d'Alene. Federal regulators have ordered the close of the main shaft of the mine.</p>

<p>SHAWN GUST/Press Phil Baker, president and chief executive officer of Hecla Mining Co., describes the status of the company's Lucky Friday mine Wednesday during a press conference in Coeur d'Alene. Federal regulators have ordered the close of the main shaft of the mine.</p>

January 12, 2012

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Cleanup closes mine
January 12, 2012 8:15 p.m.

Cleanup closes mine

Yearlong closure at Lucky Friday could mean almost 300 lost jobs

COEUR d'ALENE - Hecla Mining Co. said Wednesday that 185 of its workers, possibly more, are out of work after the primary access shaft in and out of the Lucky Friday mine was ordered closed.