User:Nkaba224/Hecla Mining/Kuzey Gunesli Peer Review

General info

 * Whose work are you reviewing?

Nkaba224


 * Link to draft you're reviewing
 * Hecla Mining (reviewing the Revisions tab)


 * Link to the current version of the article (if it exists)
 * Hecla Mining

Evaluate the drafted changes
(Compose a detailed peer review here, considering each of the key aspects listed above if it is relevant. Consider the guiding questions, and check out the examples of what feedback looks like.)

Lead
The lead has been redone to provide more accurate information. However the sentence: "Founded in 1891, Therefere, the second-largest mining company that produces silver in the country is known as the Silver Valley (Idaho)" can be reworded better.

The lead includes an introductory sentence that concisely and clearly describes the article's topic. The lead also includes the major sections in the article except Ore Processing but I believe you put that section in later so I would recommend including a sentence about that in the lead section.

The lead section does not include information that is not present in the article and is concise and informative.

Content
The added content is relevant to the topic and up to date. There is not content that is missing or content that does not belong. The article does not deal with one of Wikipedia's equity gaps and does not address topics related to historically underrepresented populations or topics. I would suggest adding in the names of some deposits the company worked on.

"Hecla began a tailings mill at Osborn, where they processed over 4 million tonnes of canyons tailings for the next five years." I would recommend elaborating on the type of tailings.

Tone and Balance
The content added is fairly neutral but there are some exceptions.

"In 1967, Hecla decided to make the most significant move it has ever made in history and agreed to develop the lakeshore copper mine in Arizona, which was unsuccessful due to the low copper prices." It is unnecessary to say they made the most significant move they ever made in history as it is irrelevant in a Wikipedia article. It would suffice to say "In 1967, Hecla agreed to develop the lakeshore copper mine in Arizona, which was unsuccessful due to low copper prices"

There are no overrepresented or underrepresented viewpoints. The content does not attempt to persuade the reader in favour of one position or away from another.

Sources and References
New content seems to be backed up by data from the Hecla Mining company website but there are some references that refer back to the Hecla Mining Wikipedia page. I would suggest removing those and getting data from NI41-101 reports which are technical reports that mining companies such as Hecla get done prior to mining a certain deposit. Here are some I found for Hecla Mining. These are very thorough and peer-reviewed.

https://www.hecla-mining.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/2019-Greens-Creek-Technical-Report-43-101-31Mar19-Final.pdf

https://www.hecla-mining.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/2019-Casa-Berardi-Technical-Report-43-101-1Apr19-Final.pdf

And here is a Company Overview from December 2020 that I think would prove useful for you:

https://www.juniorminingnetwork.com/junior-miner-news/press-releases/1104-nyse/hl/52190-hecla-mining-files-ni-43-101-technical-report-on-fire-creek.html

Organization
The content is concise and easy to read. There are some grammatical errors such as missing letters or punctuation but they can be easily fixed with a read through. I would recommend making the overall language a bit more objective and with fewer essay elements. Some examples:

"Through insurance, they bounced back to business and rebuilt Hecla’s plant with concrete and steel." I would suggest "Through insurance, Hecla was able to rebuild their plant with concrete and steel."

"Growth was inevitable in the Hecla mining company." I would recommend removing this sentence completely as it does not add information to the article.

The content added is well-organized.

Images and Media
The image of the engineering and mining journal added does not seem to relate to Hecla Mining. I would recommend using some images from the sources I listed in the Sources and References section. Since the image is public domain, it adheres to Wikipedia's copyright regulations.

Overall Impressions
The content you have added is very good and very informative. I would recommend changing the language to a more objective style as it feels more like you're telling a story rather than listing facts. I would also recommend adding additional peer-reviewed resources and removing the Wikipedia citations.

-Kuzey Gunesli