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                 SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
  
                       Washington D. C.  20549
  
                            _____________
  
                              FORM 8-K
  
               PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF THE
                   SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
  
  Date of Report
  (Date of earliest event reported):      November 10, 2000
  
  
                        Hecla Mining Company
  _____________________________________________________________
       (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
  
  
                              Delaware
  _____________________________________________________________
           (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)
  
  
            1-8491                             82-0126240
  _____________________________________________________________
  (Commission File Number)   (IRS Employer Identification No.)
  
  
  6500 Mineral Drive
  Coeur d'Alene, Idaho                              83815-8788
  _____________________________________________________________
  (Address of principal executive offices)          (Zip Code)
  
  
                           (208) 769-4100
  _____________________________________________________________
                   (Registrant's Telephone Number)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  Item 5.   OTHER EVENTS.
  
  
       Exhibit 99 - Press Release dated November 10, 2000
  
  
  
                              SIGNATURE
  
       Pursuant to the requirements of Section 12 of the Securities
  Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this  report
  to  be  signed  on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto  duly
  authorized.
  
  
  
                                HECLA MINING COMPANY
  
  
  
  
                                By  /s/ Michael B. White
                                  -----------------------------
                                  Name:   Michael B. White
                                  Title:  Vice President -
                                           General Counsel
  
  
  Dated:  November 13, 2000
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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                            EXHIBIT INDEX
  
  
  
  EXHIBIT NO.              TITLE
  
  
  99 -          Press Release dated November 10, 2000
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                 SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
  
                       Washington D. C.  20549
  
                            _____________
  
                              FORM 8-K
  
               PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF THE
                   SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
  
  Date of Report
  (Date of earliest event reported):      November 10, 2000
  
                        Hecla Mining Company
  _____________________________________________________________
       (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
  
                              Delaware
  _____________________________________________________________
           (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)
  
            1-8491                             82-0126240
  _____________________________________________________________
  (Commission File Number)   (IRS Employer Identification No.)
  
  6500 Mineral Drive
  Coeur d'Alene, Idaho                              83815-8788
  _____________________________________________________________
  (Address of principal executive offices)          (Zip Code)
  
                           (208) 769-4100
  _____________________________________________________________
                   (Registrant's Telephone Number)
  
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  Item 5.   OTHER EVENTS.
  
       Exhibit 99 - Press Release dated November 10, 2000
  
                              SIGNATURE
  
       Pursuant to the requirements of Section 12 of the Securities
  Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this  report
  to  be  signed  on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto  duly
  authorized.
  
                                HECLA MINING COMPANY
  
                                By  /s/ Michael B. White
                                  -----------------------------
                                  Name:   Michael B. White
                                  Title:  Vice President -
                                           General Counsel
  
  Dated:  November 13, 2000
  
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                            EXHIBIT INDEX
  
  EXHIBIT NO.              TITLE
  
  99 -          Press Release dated November 10, 2000