Mullan

The old mining town isn’t alone. It’s a problem across rural Idaho.

U.S. Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis is promising a thorough investigation into the death of an Idaho silver miner whose body was found in the Lucky Friday Mine near Mullan. Larry Marek's body was recovered Sunday, and it appears he died during the initial cave-in of the mine tunnel's roof on April 15th...

A town in north Idaho had its worst fears confirmed Sunday. The Hecla Mining Company announced  they recovered the body of trapped miner, 53 year old Larry Marek.