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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001193125-16-675302
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	CORRESP
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
FILED AS OF DATE:		20160808

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	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

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		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
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">August&nbsp;8, 2016</P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
<P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>VIA EDGAR</B></P>
<P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">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:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Washington, D.C. 20549</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">J. Craig Walker</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">craig.walker@klgates.com</P>
<P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">T +1 312 807 4321</P>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><B>Re:</B></TD>
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<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 June&nbsp;29, 2016 </B></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<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 ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><B>Filed August&nbsp;1, 2016 </B></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><B>Amendment No.&nbsp;2 to Registration Statement on Form S-4 </B></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><B>Filed August&nbsp;8, 2016 </B></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><B>File No.&nbsp;333-212313 </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 responses of Hecla Mining Company (the &#147;<U>Registrant</U>&#148;) to the comments of the staff of the Division of Corporation
Finance (the &#147;<U>Staff</U>&#148;) of the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#147;<U>Commission</U>&#148;) set forth in its letter dated August&nbsp;4, 2016, which pertain to Amendment No.&nbsp;1, submitted to the Commission
on August&nbsp;1, 2016, to the above referenced the Registration Statement on Form S-4, originally filed by the Registrant with the Commission on June&nbsp;29, 2016 (as amended, the &#147;<U>Registration Statement</U>&#148;). </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Through EDGAR, the Registrant is concurrently filing Amendment No.&nbsp;2 to the Registration Statement (&#147;<U>Amendment No.&nbsp;2</U>&#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;2. </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 Registrant&#146;s response. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B><U>Board of Directors and Management of Mines Management Following the Merger, Page 62 </U></B></P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><B><I>We note your response to comment 4. Specifically, please disclose who the &#147;certain directors and executive officers of Hecla&#148; are that will become the directors and executive officers of Mines
Management. </I></B></TD></TR></TABLE>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The disclosure under this heading on page 62 has been revised to read in its entirety as follows: </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">At the effective time, the following officers of Hecla will become all of the directors and executive officers of Mines Management: Luther J.
Russell, Vice President&#151;External Affairs of Hecla, will serve as President and a director of Mines Management; Robert D. Brown, Vice President&#151;Corporate Development of Hecla, will serve as Vice President and a director of Mines Management;
Lawrence P. Radford, Senior Vice President&#151;Operations of Hecla, will serve as a director of Mines Management; Carolyn S. Turner, Treasurer of Hecla, will serve as Treasurer of Mines Management; and Tami D. Whitman, Assistant Corporate Secretary
of Hecla, will serve as Secretary of Mines Management. At the effective time, the current directors and executive officers of Mines Management will resign. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B><U>Litigation Relating to the Merger, page 66 </U></B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><B><I>We note your revised disclosure stating that a complaint was filed in federal court in a class action lawsuit related to the merger. Please supplementally provide us with a copy of the complaint.
</I></B></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">We delivered separately to the Staff on August&nbsp;5, 2016, on a supplemental basis, a hard copy of the complaint that was filed
in federal court in a putative class action lawsuit related to the merger. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Registrant acknowledges that the Registrant, its 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 of 1933, as amended (the
&#147;<U>Securities Act</U>&#148;), and all applicable Securities Act rules require. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">In addition, the Registrant acknowledges in connection with any
request for the acceleration of the effective date of the Registration Statement that: </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">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; </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">the action of the Commission or the Staff, acting pursuant to delegated authority, in declaring the filing effective, does not relieve the
Registrant from its full responsibility for the adequacy and accuracy of the disclosure in the filing; and </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">the Registrant 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. </P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Please direct your questions or comments regarding the Registrant&#146;s responses or Amendment No.&nbsp;2 to the
undersigned at (312)&nbsp;807-4321 or craig.walker@klgates.com. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Regards, </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Ronald E. Alper, United States Securities and Exchange Commission </TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Michael Killoy, United States Securities and Exchange Commission </TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">David Link, United States Securities and Exchange Commission </TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">David C. Sienko, Hecla Mining Company </TD></TR></TABLE>
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