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Fire halts operation at Lucky Friday

by JOSH McDONALD
Local Editor | August 14, 2023 12:26 PM

MULLAN –– Authorities with Hecla Mining Company are investigating an underground fire at the Lucky Friday mine that broke out sometime in the late hours of Sunday night.

Mike Satre, Hecla’s Director of Governmental Affairs, told the News-Press that on late Sunday evening, smoke was noticed emitting from the mine’s Number 2 Shaft...

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