FORM 3UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
HARDY K. LEON

(Last)(First)(Middle)
505 FRONT AVENUE

(Street)
COEUR D'ALENEID83814

(City)(State)(Zip)
2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year)
07/08/2008
3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
COEUR D ALENE MINES CORP [CDE]
4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
Director10% Owner
XOfficer (give title below)Other (specify below)
Sr. VP No. Am. Op.
5. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)
6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)
XForm filed by One Reporting Person
Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 4) 2. Amount of Securities Owned (Instr. 4) 3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5) 4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
Common Stock 22,688 (1)
D
 
Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 4) 2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year) 3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 4)4. Conversion or Excercise Price of Derivative Security 5. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5) 6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
Date ExercisableExpiration DateTitleAmount or Number of Shares
Incentive Stock Options 03/20/2008(2)03/20/2017 Common Stock 8,894 $ 3.99 D  
Incentive Stock Options 01/10/2009(2)01/10/2018 Common Stock 9,466 $ 4.85 D  
Incentive Stock Options 07/08/2009(2)07/08/2018 Common Stock 24,271 $ 2.42 D  
Explanation of Responses:
1. Includes 21,233 shares of unvested restricted common stock.
2. The stock options become exercisable to the extent of one-third on the above date and are cumulatively exercisable to the extent of one-third each year thereafter.
/s/ Christian P. Fonss, Attorney-in-Fact07/18/2008
** Signature of Reporting PersonDate
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POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS that the person whose signature appears below hereby constitutes and appoints Jay W. Freedman, Arthur H. Bill, Thomas L. James, Christian P. Fonss, Timothy C. Maples, Teri L. Champ, Matthew B. Bronson and Mariel I. Estigarribia, or any one of them, such person’s true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and revocation, for such person and in such person’s name, place and stead, to sign any Report on Form 3, Form 4 or Form 5, in any such case with respect to such person’s beneficial ownership of shares of Coeur d’Alene Mines Corporation common stock, $1.00 per share par value (“Common Stock”), and to file the same with the Securities and Exchange Commission and any exchange or similar system for trading on which the Common Stock is or hereafter becomes listed or qualified for trading or quoting.

Dated: July 18, 2008

  /s/ K. Leon Hardy
(Signature)

  K. Leon Hardy
(Printed Name)




 
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