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Hecla to pay $102,000 after 2006 spill in N. Idaho
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Hecla Mining Co., a north Idaho-based silver mining company, must pay an $85,000 penalty and buy $17,000 in emergency equipment for a local fire department after 22,500 gallons of hazardous mine tailings spilled from its lead and zinc complex near Mullan.