(above) Dan Schaefer, an intern in Hecla’s Coeur d’Alene office.  A third-generation Hecla employee, Schaefer’s grandfather was a  geologist, his mother an accountant, his father a miner. Hecla’s  internship program employed 15 people in 2012, from the Mullan  core shed all the way to the Idaho state capitol. (left) Since the Foundation’s inception in 2008, over $21,000 has  been contributed to community projects in Creede, Colorado. (below) Ceramics class at Kellogg High School, Kellogg, Idaho. Funds  from the Hecla Charitable Foundation were used to purchase a kiln  for the program. [HL] 15