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2014

There Goes the Warranty

About 6,000 below the surface at the Lucky Friday mine, Jim Swoboda of ILF Media (on the left ) and + more

Hanging Cranes

When we moved into our new office building earlier this year, we gave over a portion of the lobby space + more

“Danger” Is His Middle Name

On a recent trip to Hecla Mining Company’s Lucky Friday mine in Mullan, Idaho, photographer Jim Van Gundy takes a breather before + more

French Flyers

On a recent trip to Casa Barardi – Hecla Mining Company’s gold property in western Quebec, we enlisted the help of + more

How Do You Say “Latrine” in French?

It’s dark, hot, musty, and noisy. Other than that, working at an underground mine site is a piece of cake. + more

Quick Recommendation

I prefer not to categorize books. Like music, they’re either good or bad, and discussions about genres and sub-genres tend + more

Fear not! We know grammar!

Experts in West Africa are predicting as many as 1.4 million new cases of Ebola by January. The CDC is “doubling down” on + more

Musical Interlude

I was in Seattle Monday and Tuesday, in town to see the final show of the King Crimson Elements tour. Tickets went on sale + more

Let me show you some letterheads

Letterheads, we make them all the time here at helveticka. However, I think if you asked a random 20-something (i.e. + more

Procrastinators of the World, Unite! (Tomorrow)

Anna Della Subin asks the tough questions: “[I]f procrastination is so clearly a society-wide, public condition, why is it always + more

A Higher Calling

Though we originally ran this post back in July, it seemed appropriate, given the content of our latest news release, + more

Writers under the Microscope

“The trouble with writing,” concludes Michelle Huneven, “is writing.” Truer words were never spoken. But wait—there’s more: “Writing is difficult + more

It’s the Most Wonderful Time…

Happy National Punctuation Day, everyone. What…you didn’t get me anything? Not to worry: you can make up for it by + more

Tuesday Miscellany

From Mad no. 154 (October 1972): “The Mad Guide to Political Types.” The terrifying tale of The Hound of Mons has + more

Philanthropic Experience

A recent visit to the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation in Seattle proved to be a treat. A series of + more

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