A manager walks past Kensington Gold Mine’s Elmira deposit on Oct. 15, 2019. It’s one of the areas Coeur Alaska is currently exploring. (Photo by Jacob Resneck/CoastAlaska)

Kensington Mine recently cut pay by 20% for all of its hourly employees hired before 2016, according to a memo obtained by KTOO.

The gold mine is owned by Coeur Alaska and is about 45 miles northwest of Juneau, near Berners Bay. It’s only accessible by air or…