8-K

UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of report (Date of earliest event reported): August 6, 2010

Coeur d’Alene Mines Corporation

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

IDAHO
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation or organization)
1-8641
(Commission File Number)
82-0109423
(IRS Employer Identification No.)
505 Front Ave., P.O. Box “I”
Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, 83816
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

(208) 667-3511

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

N/A
(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instructions A.2 below):

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

EX-10.1

Item 5.02. Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

     Effective August 6, 2010, Coeur d’Alene Mines Corporation (the “Company”) entered into an amendment to the Company’s employment agreement with Dennis E. Wheeler, Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company, to extend his employment agreement through December 31, 2011. The employment agreement previously provided for a term of employment through December 31, 2010. The amendment confirms a current base salary of $646,000. A copy of the amendment is filed as an exhibit to this Form 8-K.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits:

Exhibit
Number	Description of Exhibit
10.1	First Amendment to Second Amended and Restated Employment Agreement, effective August 6, 2010, between the Company and Dennis E. Wheeler.

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SIGNATURE

     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

	Coeur d’Alene Mines Corporation
Date: August 9, 2010		By:	/s/ Mitchell J. Krebs
			Name:	Mitchell J. Krebs
			Title:	Chief Financial Officer

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EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit
Number	Description of Exhibit
10.1	First Amendment to Second Amended and Restated Employment Agreement, effective August 6, 2010, between the Company and Dennis E. Wheeler.

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EX-10.1

EXHIBIT 10.1

First Amendment to Second Amended
and Restated Employment Agreement

     This First Amendment to Second Amended and Restated Employment Agreement is made effective on the 6^th day of August 2010, between Coeur d’Alene Mines Corporation (“Company”) and Dennis E. Wheeler (“Wheeler”).

     Whereas, the parties executed an Employment Agreement dated September 17, 2002 (the “Employment Agreement”), and

     Whereas the Employment Agreement was further amended and then subsequently restated effective December 31, 2008 (“Second Amended and Restated Employment Agreement”), and

          Whereas the parties desire to further extend the term of the Second Amended and Restated Employment Agreement and update Wheeler’s compensation as contemplated by the Second Amended and Restated Employment Agreement and as set forth below;

NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual promises and covenants herein contained to be kept and performed by the parties hereto, the parties agree as follows:

1. Term Of Employment. The Second Amended and Restated Employment Agreement shall be amended in Section 2 to read that the term of employment shall be extended to the 31^st day of December 2011, unless sooner terminated as provided in the Second Amended and Restated Employment Agreement with no automatic extensions or renewals thereto.

2. Compensation. The Second Amended and Restated Employment Agreement shall be amended in Section 3 (a) to read that Wheeler shall receive a base salary of $646,000 annually.

All other provisions in the Second Amended and Restated Employment Agreement remain unchanged and all defined terms are hereby incorporated by reference.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this First Amendment to Second Amended and Restated Employment Agreement as of the day and year first written above.

Coeur d’Alene Mines Corporation

By	/s/ Dennis E. Wheeler
Dennis E. Wheeler, President and CEO
By	/s/ Robert E. Mellor
Robert E. Mellor, Director
/s/ Dennis E. Wheeler
Dennis E. Wheeler

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this First Amendment to Second Amended and Restated Employment Agreement as of the day and year first written above.

Coeur d’Alene Mines Corporation

By

John H. Robinson, Chairman

Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors

Dennis E. Wheeler