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):      April 29, 1994
         
         
         
         
                                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)







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         Item 5.   Other Events.
         
                   On April 29, 1994, the Registrant issued a press release 

         in the form attached hereto as Exhibit 1, incorporated herein by 

         this reference.  Reference is made to the press release attached 

         hereto as Exhibit 1 for the full text of the announcement.

         

         Item 7.   Financial Statements and Exhibits.

                   (c)  Exhibits

                   1.   Press release dated April 29, 1994.




































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                                     SIGNATURE
         
         
                   Pursuant to the requirements 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.
         
         Dated:  April 29, 1994.
         
                                       HECLA MINING COMPANY
         
         
         
                                       By:  /s/ Michael B. White           
                                          Michael B. White
                                          Vice President - General Counsel
                                            & Secretary
         


































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