UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 144

NOTICE OF PROPOSED SALE OF SECURITIES
PURSUANT TO RULE 144 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

OMB APPROVAL

OMB Number:

3235-0101

Expires:

December 31, 2009

Estimated average burden

hours per response

2.00

SEC USE ONLY

DOCUMENT SEQUENCE NO.

ATTENTION:

Transmit for filing 3 copies of this form concurrently with either placing an order with a broker to execute sale or executing a sale directly with a market maker.

CUSIP NUMBER

1 (a) NAME OF ISSUER (Please type or print)

(b) IRS IDENT. NO.

(c) S.E.C. FILE NO.

WORK LOCATION

Hecla Mining Company

77-0664171

1-8491

1 (d) ADDRESS OF ISSUER 

STREET

CITY

STATE

ZIP CODE

(e) TELEPHONE NO.

6500 N. Mineral Dr., Suite 200                                  Coeur d’Alene                                        ID 83815-9408

AREA CODE

NUMBER

208

769-4100

2 (a)

NAME OF PERSON FOR WHOSE ACCOUNT THE SECURITIES ARE TO BE SOLD

(b)

RELATIONSHIP TO ISSUER

(c) ADDRESS STREET

CITY

STATE

ZIP CODE

Philip C. Wolf

Sr. V.P.

6500 N. Mineral Dr., Suite 200

Coeur d’Alene, ID 83815-9408

3 (a)

(b)

SEC USE ONLY

(c)

(d)

(e)

(f)

(g)

Title of the

Class of

Securities

To Be Sold

Name and Address of Each Broker Through Whom the

Securities are to be Offered or Each Market Maker

who is Acquiring the Securities

Broker-Dealer

File Number

Number of Shares

or Other Units

To Be Sold

(See instr. 3(c))

Aggregate

Market

Value

(See instr. 3(d))

Number of Shares

or Other Units

Outstanding

(See instr. 3(e))

Approximate

Date of Sale

(See instr. 3(f))

(MO. DAY  YR.)

Name of Each

Securities

Exchange

(See instr. 3(g))

Common

D.A. Davidson & Co.

608 NW Blvd., Suite 403

Coeur d’Alene, ID 83814

116,574

1,306,795

120,783,927

11/14/07

NYSE

1.

(a)

Name of issuer

3.

(a)

Title of the class of securities to be sold

(b)

Issuer’s I.R.S. Identification Number

(b)

Name and address of each broker through whom the securities are intended to be sold

(c)

Issuer’s S.E.C. file number, if any

(c)

Number of shares or other units to be sold (if debt securities, give the aggregate face amount)

(d)

Issuer’s address, including zip code

(d)

Aggregate market value of the securities to be sold as of a specified date within 10 days prior to the filing of this notice

(e)

Issuer’s telephone number, including area code

(e)

Number of shares or other units of the class outstanding, or if debt securities the face amount thereof outstanding, as shown by the most recent report or statement published by the issuer

2.

(a)

Name of person for whose account the securities are to be sold

(f)

Approximate date on which the securities are to be sold

(b)

Such person’s relationship to the issuer (e.g., officer, director, 10% stockholder, or member of immediate family of any of the foregoing)

(g)

Name of each securities exchange, if any, on which the securities are intended to be sold

(c)

Such person’s address, including zip code

Title of

the Class

Date you
Acquired

Nature of Acquisition Transaction

Name of Person from Whom Acquired

(If gift, also give date donor acquired)

Amount of
Securities Acquired

Date of
Payment

Nature of Payment

Common

Common

Common

Common

5/5/06

2/15/06

5/5/06

5/3/07

Restricted Stock

Stock Options

Stock Options

Stock Options

Hecla Mining Company

Hecla Mining Company

Hecla Mining Company

Hecla Mining Company

16,574

40,000

20,000

40,000

11/14/07

11/14/07

11/14/07

11/14/07

Cash

Cash

Cash

Cash

If the securities were purchased and full payment therefor was not made in cash at the time of purchase, explain in the table or in a note thereto the nature of the consideration given. If the consideration consisted of any note or other obligation, or if payment was made in installments describe the arrangement and state when the note or other obligation was discharged in full or the last installment paid.

Amount of

Securities Sold

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

INSTRUCTIONS:

See the definition of “person” in paragraph (a) of Rule 144. Information is to be given not only as to the person for whose account the securities are to be sold but also as to all other persons included in that definition. In addition, information shall be given as to sales by all persons whose sales are required by paragraph (e) of Rule 144 to be aggregated with sales for the account of the person filing this notice.

ATTENTION:

The person for whose account the securities to which this notice relates are to be sold hereby represents by signing this notice that he does not know any material adverse information in regard to the current and prospective operations of the Issuer of the securities to be sold which has not been publicly disclosed.

November 14, 2007

/s/ Philip C. Wolf

DATE OF NOTICE

(SIGNATURE)

ATTENTION:  Intentional misstatements or omission of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations (See 18 U.S.C. 1001)