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Joel Murphy, president of U.S. operations and general manager of Jipangu International’s Florida Canyon and Standard mines in Pershing County, talks about current operations.
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Josh Gratwohl works at the atomic absorption machine in the wet laboratory at the Florida Canyon Mine near Imlay. He was in training at the lab in February.
Jipangu ... Continued from page 57 “There was a lot of turnover last year. People go to different mines. They go for a lollipop or a pair of boots,” he joked. Pay is competitive, and a smaller mine such as Jipangu’s has to compete with the bigger operations for workers. “Newmont and Barrick have got a lot of money. It’s hard to compete in the pay
arena,” Murphy said. The Florida Canyon-Standard operations produced 42,136 ounces of gold in 2011 and 49,179 ounces of silver. Florida Canyon may be small but it has been in operation 25 years, and the company commissioned a gold and silver coin See JIPANGU, 60
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