Wyoming coal miners have high hopes for Trump amid national turbulence
“Moeller is a career coal miner in the Powder River Basin of Wyoming. When she works day shifts, she gets up early to make lunch (her favorite: sliced vegetables and turkey), feed her part-dachshund, Rosie, and make it to the mine with enough time to spare so she can catch up with her work friends before her shift starts. ‘Because of the kind of work we do — it’s dangerous and it’s demanding — we have to take care of each other,’ Moeller said as she drove to one of her 12-hour shifts last month. ‘Because our lives depend on it, we become a family. And that’s what I love the most, is the kind of people that I’ve met.’ Residents said that’s just the kind of place that Gillette, Wyoming, is: It’s one of the largest cities in the heart of a coal-rich basin where people pride themselves on the work they do and the care they show their neighbors.”