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                      SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
  
                            Washington D. C.  20549
  
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                                   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):                    June 5, 1995
  
  
  
                             Hecla Mining Company
  
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            (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
  
  
  
                                   Delaware
  
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                (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)
  
  
             1-8491                                  82-0126240
  
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  (Commission File Number)         (IRS Employer Identification No.)
  
  
  
  6500 Mineral Drive
  Coeur d'Alene, Idaho                               83814-8788
  
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  (Address of principal executive offices)           (Zip Code)
  
  
  
                                (208) 769-4100
  
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                        (Registrant's Telephone Number)
  
  
  
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  Item 5.    OTHER EVENTS.
  
             As of May 31, 1995, the Registrant acquired from J. M.
  Huber Corporation substantially all its airfloat kaolin processing
  facilities and mines near Langley, South Carolina, for
  approximately eight million three hundred thousand dollars
  ($8,300,000).  These assets were transferred to and will be managed
  by Registrant's wholly-owned subsidiary, Kentucky-Tennessee Clay
  Company.  On June 5, 1995, the Registrant issued the press release
  attached hereto as Exhibit A, which is incorporated herein by this
  reference.
  
  Item 7.    FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, PROFORMA FINANCIAL INFORMATION AND
             EXHIBITS.
  
             Exhibit A - Press Release dated June 5, 1995.
  
  
                                   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/  Nathaniel K. Adams
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                                      Name:   Nathaniel K. Adams
                                      Title:  Corporate Counsel and
                                                 Assistant Secretary
  
  
  Dated:  June 5, 1995
  
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                                 EXHIBIT INDEX
  
  
       Exhibit 99.A - Press Release dated June 5, 1995
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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):                    June 5, 1995
  
                             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                               83814-8788
  
  - ------------------------------------------------------------------
  (Address of principal executive offices)           (Zip Code)
  
                                (208) 769-4100
  
  - ------------------------------------------------------------------
                        (Registrant's Telephone Number)
  
                               Page 1 of 2 Pages
  2
  
  Item 5.    OTHER EVENTS.
  
             As of May 31, 1995, the Registrant acquired from J. M.
  Huber Corporation substantially all its airfloat kaolin processing
  facilities and mines near Langley, South Carolina, for
  approximately eight million three hundred thousand dollars
  ($8,300,000).  These assets were transferred to and will be managed
  by Registrant's wholly-owned subsidiary, Kentucky-Tennessee Clay
  Company.  On June 5, 1995, the Registrant issued the press release
  attached hereto as Exhibit A, which is incorporated herein by this
  reference.
  
  Item 7.    FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, PROFORMA FINANCIAL INFORMATION AND
             EXHIBITS.
  
             Exhibit A - Press Release dated June 5, 1995.
  
                                   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/  Nathaniel K. Adams
                                      ----------------------------------
                                      Name:   Nathaniel K. Adams
                                      Title:  Corporate Counsel and
                                                 Assistant Secretary
  
  Dated:  June 5, 1995
  
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                                 EXHIBIT INDEX
  
       Exhibit 99.A - Press Release dated June 5, 1995