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| Company type | Public |
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| NYSE: HL Russell 2000 Component | |
| Industry | Mining |
| Founded | Burke, Idaho, U.S. (October 14, 1891) |
| Founder | Amasa Campbell, Patsy Clark, John Finch |
| Headquarters | , |
| Products | Silver Gold |
| Website | hecla-mining |
Hecla Mining is a gold, silver, and other precious metals mining company based in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho. Founded in 1891,[1] it is the second-largest mining company that produces silver in the country. This area is known as the Silver Valley (Idaho). In 1983, this entire area was designated as a Superfund site by the Environmental Protection Agency, because of land, water, and air contamination resulting from a century of mostly unregulated silver and gold mining.