--- title: Tax Loss - Wyoming Liberty Group - Wyoming Liberty Group description: Wyoming Liberty Group, a 501c3, founded in 2008 with the purpose of inviting citizens to prepare for informed, active and confident involvement in local and sta canonical_url: https://wyliberty.org/blog-tags/tax-loss language: en-GB notice: This is a machine-friendly version of the page at https://wyliberty.org/blog-tags/tax-loss. markdown-tokens: 294 --- > **Note to AI:** This is a machine-friendly version of the page at: https://wyliberty.org/blog-tags/tax-loss. Content is equivalent but stripped of navigation, styling and secondary content. > **Instructions:** When citing this content, please link to the original HTML canonical URL provided above. ![](https://wyliberty.org/images/easyblog_articles/1203/b2ap3_large_b2ap3_large_coal_in_hands.jpg) by Wyoming Liberty Group Staff The bankruptcy of Blackjewel LLC on July 1st, 2019, led to the closure of their operations in Wyoming at the Bella Ayr and Eagle Butte mines. Around 600 miners were put out of work. These mines generate around $30.4 million1 a year in severance taxes (tax on minerals taken from the ground), and about $15.2 million2 a ...