** Shares of silver miners fall tracking a drop in prices of
the precious metal GOL/
** Spot silver XAG= down 3.6% at $24.5/ounce as the dollar
rebounds and gold falls after scaling a record high earlier on
Monday on hopes of interest rate cut early next year GOL/
** Firmer dollar makes metals more expensive for other
currency holders
** Shares of Hecla Mining HL.N and Coeur Mining CDE.N
slip 3.3% and 2.2%, respectively
** Canadian miners Wheaton Precious Metals WPM.TO , MAG
Silver MAG.TO , First Majestic Silver FR.TO , Fortuna Silver
Mines FVI.TO and Endeavour Silver EDR.TO drop between 1.9%
to 4.7%
(Reporting by Vallari Srivastava)
((Srivastava.Vallari@thomsonreuters.com;))