<SEC-DOCUMENT>0001209191-11-051073.txt : 20111006
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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001209191-11-051073
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	3
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20111001
FILED AS OF DATE:		20111006
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20111006

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Hanagarne Frank L. Jr.
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001532130

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		3
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-08641
		FILM NUMBER:		111130538

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		COEUR D'ALENE MINES CORPORATION
		STREET 2:		505 FRONT AVE., P.O. BOX I
		CITY:			COEUR D'ALENE
		STATE:			ID
		ZIP:			83816

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			COEUR D ALENE MINES CORP
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000215466
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	GOLD & SILVER ORES [1040]
		IRS NUMBER:				820109423
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			ID
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		400 COEUR D ALENE MINES BLDG
		STREET 2:		505 FRONT AVE
		CITY:			COEUR D ALENE
		STATE:			ID
		ZIP:			83814
		BUSINESS PHONE:		2086673511

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		400 COEUR D ALENE MINES BLDG
		STREET 2:		505 FRONT AVE
		CITY:			COEUR D
		STATE:			ID
		ZIP:			83814
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    <periodOfReport>2011-10-01</periodOfReport>

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        <issuerName>COEUR D ALENE MINES CORP</issuerName>
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            <rptOwnerName>Hanagarne Frank L. Jr.</rptOwnerName>
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            <rptOwnerZipCode>83816</rptOwnerZipCode>
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    <remarks>Exhibit List: Exhibit 24 - Power of Attorney</remarks>

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        <signatureName>/s/ Larry A. Nelson, Attorney-in-Fact</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2011-10-06</signatureDate>
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<P style="font-size: 10pt" align="center"><B>POWER OF ATTORNEY</B>

<P style="font-size: 10pt" align="center"><B>October&nbsp;1, 2011</B>

<P style="text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt" align="left">Know all by these
presents, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints each of Kelli
Kast, Elizabeth Druffel, Larry Nelson and John Lawrence, or any one of them
signing singly, and with full power of substitution, the undersigned&#8217;s
true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:

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  <TD>prepare, execute in the undersigned&#8217;s name and on the
undersigned&#8217;s behalf, and submit to the U.S. Securities and Exchange
Commission (the &#8220;SEC&#8221;) a Form&nbsp;ID, including amendments
thereto, and any other documents necessary or appropriate to obtain codes,
passwords and passphrases enabling the undersigned to make electronic filings
with the SEC of reports required by the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or any
rule or regulation of the SEC;</TD>
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  <TD>execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned&#8217;s
capacity as a beneficial owner and an officer or director of Coeur
d&#8217;Alene Mines Corporation, an Idaho corporation (the
&#8220;Company&#8221;), Forms&nbsp;3, 4, and 5 in accordance with
Section&nbsp;16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules
thereunder and Schedules 13D and 13G in accordance with Section&nbsp;13 of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules thereunder;</TD>
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  <TD>do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned
which may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such
Form&nbsp;3, 4, or 5 or Schedules 13D or 13G, complete and execute any
amendment or amendments thereto, and timely file such form with the SEC and any
securities exchange or similar authority; and</TD>
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  <TD>take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the
foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to,
in the best interest of, or legally required by, the undersigned, it being
understood that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of
the undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and
shall contain such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in
such attorney-in-fact&#8217;s discretion.</TD>
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<P style="text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt" align="left">The undersigned hereby
grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power and authority to do and perform
any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary, or proper to be
done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers herein granted, as fully
to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do if personally
present, with full power of substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and
confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or such attorney-in-fact&#8217;s
substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of
this power of attorney and the rights and powers herein granted. The
undersigned also ratifies hereby any action previously taken by any such
attorney-in-fact that would have been authorized by this power of attorney if
it has been in effect at the time such action was taken. The undersigned
acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity
at the request of the undersigned, are not assuming, nor is the Company
assuming, any of the undersigned&#8217;s responsibilities to comply with
Sections&nbsp;13 and 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

<P style="text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt" align="left">This Power of Attorney
shall remain in full force and effect until the undersigned is no longer
required to file Forms&nbsp;3, 4, and 5 and Schedules 13D and 13G with respect
to the undersigned&#8217;s holdings of and transactions in securities issued by
the Company, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing
delivered to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.

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<P style="text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt" align="left">IN WITNESS WHEREOF,
the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be executed as of the day
first written above.

<P style="margin-left: 27%; font-size: 10pt" align="left"><U>/s/ Frank L.
Hanagarne Jr.</U><BR> Frank L. Hanagarne Jr.

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