>> corporate giants take advantage of their workers. it happens all too often. and it's horribly sad. it's horribly disheartening. >> reporter: the company that owned the mine since 2017, blackjewel, went bankrupt, leaving miners jobless, a pattern that has been repeated again and again. blackjewel and its ceo jeff hoops declined to comment for this report there. >> has been six coal mine bankruptcies in wyoming since 2015. so this is the sixth of those bankruptcies. unfortunately, it was also precipitated by severe financial mismanagement by the owner jeffrey hoops. >> reporter: how did jeff hoops become this villain on the tip of everyone's tongue? >> well, he didn't cause this. he took advantage of it. he came to a disabled industry, bought it up cheap. but it's basically the bankruptcy laws. and when markets change, the bankruptcy laws wiping out all the debts make it possible for these vulture capitalists.
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