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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001193125-13-448175
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	CORRESP
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
FILED AS OF DATE:		20131120

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Hecla Alaska LLC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001581090
		IRS NUMBER:				203432198
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		CORRESP

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		6500 N MINERAL DR
		STREET 2:		SUITE 200
		CITY:			COEUR D ALENE
		STATE:			ID
		ZIP:			83815
		BUSINESS PHONE:		2087694100

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		6500 N MINERAL DR
		STREET 2:		SUITE 200
		CITY:			COEUR D ALENE
		STATE:			ID
		ZIP:			83815

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Hecla Admiralty Co
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001581155
		IRS NUMBER:				261939060
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		CORRESP

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		6500 N MINERAL DR
		STREET 2:		SUITE 200
		CITY:			COEUR D ALENE
		STATE:			ID
		ZIP:			83815
		BUSINESS PHONE:		2087694100

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		6500 N MINERAL DR
		STREET 2:		SUITE 200
		CITY:			COEUR D ALENE
		STATE:			ID
		ZIP:			83815

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Hecla Juneau Mining Co
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001581159
		IRS NUMBER:				521728103
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		CORRESP

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		6500 N MINERAL DR
		STREET 2:		SUITE 200
		CITY:			COEUR D ALENE
		STATE:			ID
		ZIP:			83815
		BUSINESS PHONE:		2087694100

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		6500 N MINERAL DR
		STREET 2:		SUITE 200
		CITY:			COEUR D ALENE
		STATE:			ID
		ZIP:			83815

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Hecla Ltd
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001581160
		IRS NUMBER:				820126240
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		CORRESP

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		6500 N MINERAL DR
		STREET 2:		SUITE 200
		CITY:			COEUR D ALENE
		STATE:			ID
		ZIP:			83815
		BUSINESS PHONE:		2087694100

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		6500 N MINERAL DR
		STREET 2:		SUITE 200
		CITY:			COEUR D ALENE
		STATE:			ID
		ZIP:			83815

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Silver Hunter Mining Co
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001581171
		IRS NUMBER:				262311170
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		CORRESP

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		6500 N. MINERAL DR
		STREET 2:		SUITE 200
		CITY:			COEUR D ALENE
		STATE:			ID
		ZIP:			83815
		BUSINESS PHONE:		2087694100

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		6500 N. MINERAL DR
		STREET 2:		SUITE 200
		CITY:			COEUR D ALENE
		STATE:			ID
		ZIP:			83815

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Hecla Silver Valley Inc
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001581208
		IRS NUMBER:				208525633
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		CORRESP

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		6500 N MINERAL DR
		STREET 2:		SUITE 200
		CITY:			COEUR D ALENE
		STATE:			ID
		ZIP:			83815
		BUSINESS PHONE:		2087694100

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		6500 N MINERAL DR
		STREET 2:		SUITE 200
		CITY:			COEUR D ALENE
		STATE:			ID
		ZIP:			83815

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Hecla MC Subsidiary LLC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001581210
		IRS NUMBER:				300738758
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		CORRESP

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		6500 N MINERAL DR
		STREET 2:		SUITE 200
		CITY:			COEUR D ALENE
		STATE:			ID
		ZIP:			83815
		BUSINESS PHONE:		2087694100

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		6500 N MINERAL DR
		STREET 2:		SUITE 200
		CITY:			COEUR D ALENE
		STATE:			ID
		ZIP:			83815

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			RHL Holdings Inc
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001581170
		IRS NUMBER:				450709033
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		CORRESP

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		6500 N MINERAL DR
		STREET 2:		SUITE 200
		CITY:			COEUR D ALENE
		STATE:			ID
		ZIP:			83815
		BUSINESS PHONE:		2087694100

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		6500 N MINERAL DR
		STREET 2:		SUITE 200
		CITY:			COEUR D ALENE
		STATE:			ID
		ZIP:			83815

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Burke Trading Inc
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001581149
		IRS NUMBER:				201713481
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		CORRESP

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		6500 N MINERAL DR
		STREET 2:		SUITE 200
		CITY:			COEUR D ALENE
		STATE:			ID
		ZIP:			83815
		BUSINESS PHONE:		208-769-4100

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		6500 N MINERAL DR
		STREET 2:		SUITE 200
		CITY:			COEUR D ALENE
		STATE:			ID
		ZIP:			83815

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Rio Grande Silver Inc
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001581161
		IRS NUMBER:				260715650
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		CORRESP

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		6500 N MINERAL DR
		STREET 2:		SUITE 200
		CITY:			COEUR D ALENE
		STATE:			ID
		ZIP:			83815
		BUSINESS PHONE:		2087694100

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		6500 N MINERAL DR
		STREET 2:		SUITE 200
		CITY:			COEUR D ALENE
		STATE:			ID
		ZIP:			83815

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			HECLA MINING CO/DE/
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000719413
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	MINING, QUARRYING OF NONMETALLIC MINERALS (NO FUELS) [1400]
		IRS NUMBER:				770664171
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		CORRESP

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		6500 N MINERAL DRIVE SUITE 200
		STREET 2:		NONE
		CITY:			COEUR D'ALENE
		STATE:			ID
		ZIP:			83815-9408
		BUSINESS PHONE:		2087694100

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		6500 N MINERAL DRIVE SUITE 200
		STREET 2:		NONE
		CITY:			COEUR D'ALENE
		STATE:			ID
		ZIP:			83815-9408

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Hecla Greens Creek Mining Co
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001581176
		IRS NUMBER:				841026255
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		CORRESP

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		6500 N MINERAL DR
		STREET 2:		SUITE 200
		CITY:			COEUR D ALENE
		STATE:			ID
		ZIP:			83815
		BUSINESS PHONE:		2087694100

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		6500 N MINERAL DR
		STREET 2:		SUITE 200
		CITY:			COEUR D ALENE
		STATE:			ID
		ZIP:			83815
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:13%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Arial Narrow"><B>K&amp;L GATES LLP </B></P>
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<P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">November&nbsp;20, 2013 </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">VIA EDGAR AND OVERNIGHT DELIVERY </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Mr.&nbsp;John Reynolds </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Assistant Director </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Division of Corporation Finance </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">United States Securities and Exchange Commission </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">100 F Street NE
</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Washington, D.C. 20549 </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><B>Re:</B></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><B>Hecla Mining Company </B></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><B>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</B></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><B>Registration Statement on Form S-4 </B></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><B>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</B></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><B>Filed October&nbsp;28, 2013 </B></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><B>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</B></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><B>Amendment No.&nbsp;1 to Registration Statement on Form S-4 </B></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><B>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</B></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><B>Filed November&nbsp;20, 2013 </B></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><B>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</B></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><B>File Nos. 333-191935 and 333-191935-01 to 333-191935-11 </B></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Dear Mr.&nbsp;Reynolds: </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">This letter sets forth the response of Hecla Mining Company (the &#147;<B><I>Company</I></B>&#148;) and its guarantor subsidiaries (each an additional
registrant and, collectively with the Company, the &#147;<B><I>Registrants</I></B>&#148;), to the comments by the staff (the &#147;<B><I>Staff</I></B>&#148;) of the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the
&#147;<B><I>Commission</I></B>&#148;), in its letter dated November&nbsp;14, 2013, which pertain to the Registration Statement on Form S-4 filed by Registrants with the Commission on October&nbsp;28, 2013 (as amended, the &#147;<B><I>Registration
Statement</I></B>&#148;). </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Through EDGAR, the Registrants are concurrently filing Amendment No.&nbsp;1 to the Registration Statement
(&#147;<B><I>Amendment No.&nbsp;1</I></B>&#148;). For the Staff&#146;s convenience, we are enclosing with this response letter a marked copy of the Registration Statement as amended by Amendment No.&nbsp;1. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">In this letter, we have recited the Staff&#146;s comments in italicized, bold type and have followed each comment with the Registrants&#146; response. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B><U>General </U></B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><B><I>1.</I></B></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><B><I>We note that you are registering the exchange notes in reliance on our position enunciated in Exxon Capital Holdings Corp., SEC No-Action Letter (April 13, 1988). See also Morgan Stanley&nbsp;&amp; Co. Inc., SEC
No-Action Letter (June 5, 1991) and Shearman&nbsp;&amp; Sterling, SEC No-Action Letter (July 2, 1993). Accordingly, with the next amendment, please provide us with a supplemental letter stating that you are registering the exchange offer in reliance
on our position contained in these letters and include the representations contained in the Morgan Stanley and Shearman&nbsp;&amp; Sterling no-action letters. </I></B></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">In response to the Staff&#146;s comment, the Registrants are providing the Staff with a supplemental letter stating that they are registering
the exchange offer in reliance on the Staff&#146;s position enunciated in Exxon Capital Holdings Corp., SEC No-Action Letter (April 13, 1988), Morgan Stanley&nbsp;&amp; Co., Inc., SEC No-Action Letter (June 5, 1991) and Shearman&nbsp;&amp; Sterling,
SEC No-Action Letter (July 12, 1993). The Registrants are filing the requested supplemental letter as correspondence concurrently with the filing of Amendment No.&nbsp;1, which is being filed on the date hereof. </P>

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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="right">November&nbsp;20, 2013 </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="right">Page 2 </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B><U>Prospectus Cover </U></B></P>
<P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><B><I>2.</I></B></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><B><I>Please confirm supplementally that the offer will be open for at least 20 full business days to ensure compliance with Rule 14e-1(a). Further, please confirm that the expiration date will be included in the final
prospectus disseminated to security holders and filed pursuant to the applicable provisions of Rule 424. Additionally, as currently represented, the offer could be open for less than 20 full business days due to the 5:00 p.m. expiration time instead
of an expiration time of midnight on what ultimately may be the twentieth business day following commencement. See Question and Answer Eight in Exchange Act Release No.&nbsp;16623 (March 5, 1980). Please confirm that the offer will be open at least
through midnight on the twentieth business day, and revise the disclosure as appropriate. See Rule 14d-1(g)(3). </I></B></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">In
response to the Staff&#146;s comment, the Registrants confirm that the offer will be open for at least 20 full business days to ensure compliance with Rule 14e-1(a), with the 5:00 p.m. expiration time falling on a day that is at least the
twenty-first business day from the date of commencement. The Registrants further confirm that the expiration date will be included in the final prospectus disseminated to security holders and filed pursuant to the appropriate provisions of Rule 424.
The Registrants further confirm, as indicated above, that the offer will be open at least through midnight on the twentieth business day from the date of commencement. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B><U>Forward Looking Statements, page ii </U></B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><B><I>3.</I></B></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><B><I>The safe harbor for forward-looking statements provided in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 does not apply to statements made in connection with a tender offer. See Section&nbsp;27A(b)(2)(C) of
the Securities Act and Section&nbsp;21E(b)(2)(C) of the Exchange Act. Therefore, please delete the reference to the safe harbor or state explicitly that the safe harbor protections it provides do not apply to statements made in connection with the
offer. </I></B></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Based upon the Staff&#146;s comment, the Registrants have revised the disclosure to state explicitly that
the safe harbor protections provided by the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 do not apply to statements made in connection with the offer. Please see page ii of Amendment No.&nbsp;1 to the Registration Statement. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B><U>Undertakings, page II-3 </U></B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><B><I>4.</I></B></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><B><I>Please provide the undertakings required by Items 512(a)(5)(ii) and (a)(6) of Regulation S-K. </I></B></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Registrants have added the undertakings required by Item&nbsp;512(a)(5)(ii) and (a)(6) of Regulation S-K in Part II of the Registration
Statement. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Registrants acknowledge that Registrants, their management and all other persons who are responsible for the filing
recognize that they are responsible for the accuracy and adequacy of the disclosures in the filing and for ensuring that the filing contains all information that the Securities Act and all applicable Securities Act rules require. </P>

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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="right">November&nbsp;20, 2013 </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="right">Page 3 </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">In addition, the
Registrants acknowledge in connection with any request for the acceleration of the effective date of the Registration Statement that: </P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD WIDTH="2%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">&#149;</TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" VALIGN="top">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">should the Commission or the staff, acting pursuant to delegated authority, declare the filing effective, it does not foreclose the Commission from taking any action with respect to the filing; </TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">the Company may not assert staff comments and the declaration of effectiveness as a defense in any proceeding initiated by the Commission or any person under the federal securities laws of the United States.
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<TD VALIGN="top" STYLE="BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000">/s/ J. Craig Walker</TD></TR>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Ron Alper, Securities and Exchange Commission </TD></TR></TABLE>
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