EXHIBIT 99.1
 THIS DOCUMENT IS IMPORTANT AND REQUIRES YOUR IMMEDIATE ATTENTION. If you are in any
doubt as to the action to be taken, you should immediately consult your broker, bank manager,
lawyer, accountant, investment advisor or other professional adviser.
 LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL
 To Tender
 $150,000,000 10.75% Senior Secured Notes due 2018
Which Have Been Registered Under the Securities Act of 1933
For Any and All Outstanding Unregistered
10.75% Senior Secured Notes due 2018
of
 WESTMORELAND COAL COMPANY
WESTMORELAND PARTNERS
  THE EXCHANGE OFFER WILL EXPIRE AT 5:00 P.M., NEW YORK CITY TIME, ON , 2011, UNLESS EXTENDED BY THE COMPANY (SUCH DATE AND TIME, AS THEY MAY
BE EXTENDED, THE EXPIRATION DATE). TENDERED OLD NOTES MAY BE WITHDRAWN AT
ANY TIME PRIOR TO THE EXPIRATION OF THE EXCHANGE OFFER.




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The Information Agent for the Exchange Offer is:
    
    The Exchange Agent for the Exchange Offer is:Wells Fargo Bank, National Association
    
    Wells Fargo Bank, National AssociationCorporate Trust OperationsMAC N9303-121
    
    By Registered & Certified Mail:Sixth & Marquette Avenue
    
    Corporate Trust OperationsMinneapolis, MN 55479
    
    MAC N9303-121Telephone: (800) 344-5128
    
    PO Box 1517 
Minneapolis, MN 55480By Regular Mail or Overnight Courier:Corporate Trust OperationsMAC N9303-121Sixth & Marquette AvenueMinneapolis, MN 55479In Person By Hand Only:12th Floor  Northstar East BuildingCorporate Trust Operations608 Second Avenue SouthMinneapolis, MN 55402
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    DTC has received your instructions to tender your Old Notes; and
    
    You agree to be bound by the terms of this Letter of Transmittal (including your
agreement that the Company may rely on your indication of status as a broker-dealer
as set forth below).




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Please read the accompanying instructions carefully.
    Exxon Capital Holdings Corporation Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated Shearman & Sterling
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    irrevocably sell, assign and transfer to or upon the order of the Company or its nominee
all right, title and interest in and to, and any and all claims in respect of or arising or
having arisen as a result of the undersigneds status as a holder of, all Old Notes
tendered hereby, such that thereafter it shall have no contractual or other rights or
claims in law or equity against the Company or any fiduciary, trustee, fiscal agent or
other person connected with the Old Notes arising under, from or in connection with such
Old Notes;
    
    waive any and all rights with respect to the Old Notes tendered hereby, including,
without limitation, any existing or past defaults and their consequences in respect of such
Old Notes; and




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    release and discharge the Company, the Co-Issuer, the Guarantors and Wells Fargo Bank,
National Association, as the trustee for the Old Notes from any and all claims the
undersigned may have, now or in the future, arising out of or related to the Old Notes
tendered hereby, including, without limitation, any claims that the undersigned is entitled
to receive additional principal or interest payments with respect to the Old Notes tendered
hereby, other than as expressly provided in the Prospectus and in this Letter of
Transmittal, or to participate in any redemption or defeasance of the Old Notes tendered
hereby.
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    it is the beneficial owner (as defined below) of, or a duly authorized representative of
one or more beneficial owners of, the Old Notes tendered hereby, and it has full power and
authority to execute this Letter of Transmittal;
    
    the Old Notes being tendered hereby were owned as of the date of tender, free and clear
of any liens, charges, claims, encumbrances, interests and restrictions of any kind, and
the Company will acquire good, indefeasible and unencumbered title to such Old Notes, free
and clear of all liens, charges, claims, encumbrances, interests and restrictions of any
kind, when the Company accepts the same;
    
    it will not sell, pledge, hypothecate or otherwise encumber or transfer any Old Notes
tendered hereby from the date of this Letter of Transmittal, and any purported sale,
pledge, hypothecation or other encumbrance or transfer will be void and of no effect;
    
    in evaluating the Exchange Offer and in making its decision whether to participate in
the Exchange Offer by tendering its Old Notes, the undersigned has made its own independent
appraisal of the matters referred to in the Prospectus and this Letter of Transmittal and
in any related communications and it is not relying on any statement, representation or
warranty, express or implied, made to such holder by the Company, the Information Agent or
the Exchange Agent, other than those contained in the Prospectus, as amended or
supplemented through the Expiration Date;
    
    the execution and delivery of this Letter of Transmittal shall constitute an undertaking
to execute any further documents and give any further assurances that may be required in
connection with any of the foregoing, in each case on and subject to the terms and
conditions described or referred to in the Prospectus;
    
    the agreement to the terms of this Letter of Transmittal pursuant to an agents message
shall, subject to the terms and conditions of the Exchange Offer, constitute the
irrevocable appointment of the Exchange Agent as its attorney and agent and an irrevocable
instruction to such attorney and agent to complete and execute all or any forms of transfer
and other documents at the discretion of that attorney and agent in relation to the Old
Notes tendered hereby in favor of the Company or any other person or persons as the Company
may direct and to deliver such forms of transfer and other documents in the attorneys and
agents discretion and the certificates and other documents of title relating to the
registration of such Old Notes and to execute all other documents and to do all other acts
and things as may be in the opinion of that attorney or agent necessary or expedient for
the purpose of, or in connection with, the acceptance of the Exchange Offer, and to vest in
the Company or its nominees such Old Notes;
    
    the terms and conditions of the Exchange Offer shall be deemed to be incorporated in,
and form a part of, this Letter of Transmittal, which shall be read and construed
accordingly;
    
    it is acquiring the New Notes in the ordinary course of its business;
    
    it is not participating in, and does not intend to participate in, a distribution of the
New Notes within the meaning of the Securities Act and has no arrangement or understanding
with any person to participate in a distribution of the New Notes within the meaning of the
Securities Act;
    
    it is not a broker-dealer who acquired the Old Notes directly from the Company; and




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    it is not an affiliate of the Company, within the meaning of Rule 405 of the
Securities Act.
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    CHECK HERE IF YOU ARE A BROKER-DEALER WHO ACQUIRED THE OLD NOTES FOR YOUR OWN
ACCOUNT AS A RESULT OF MARKET MAKING OR OTHER TRADING ACTIVITIES. IF SO, YOU WILL
RECEIVE 10 ADDITIONAL COPIES OF THE PROSPECTUS AND 10 COPIES OF ANY AMENDMENTS OR
SUPPLEMENTS THERETO. IN ADDITION, IF YOU ARE A BROKER-DEALER YOU MUST DELIVER A COPY
OF THIS LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL TO THE EXCHANGE AGENT.
      ATTENTION BROKER-DEALERS: IMPORTANT NOTICE
CONCERNING YOUR ABILITY TO RESELL THE NEW NOTES
 IF THE EXCHANGE AGENT DOES NOT RECEIVE ANY LETTERS OF TRANSMITTAL FROM BROKER-DEALERS
REQUESTING ADDITIONAL COPIES OF THE PROSPECTUS FOR USE IN CONNECTION WITH RESALES OF THE NEW NOTES,
THE COMPANY INTENDS TO TERMINATE THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT AS SOON AS
PRACTICABLE AFTER THE CONSUMMATION OR TERMINATION OF THE EXCHANGE OFFER. IF THE EFFECTIVENESS OF
THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT IS TERMINATED, YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO USE THE PROSPECTUS IN CONNECTION
WITH RESALES OF NEW NOTES AFTER




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SUCH TIME. SEE SECTION ENTITLED ''THE EXCHANGE OFFERTERMS OF THE EXCHANGE OFFER CONTAINED
IN THE PROSPECTUS FOR MORE INFORMATION. BY EXECUTION HEREOF, THE UNDERSIGNED AGREES THAT THE
COMPANY MAY RELY ON THE UNDERSIGNEDS INDICATION OF ITS STATUS AS BROKER-DEALER AS SET FORTH ABOVE.




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INSTRUCTIONS FORMING PART OF
THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THE EXCHANGE OFFER
 1. Book-Entry Confirmations
  2. Validity of Tenders
  3. Waiver of Conditions
  4. No Conditional Tender
  5. Request for Assistance or Additional Copies
  6. Withdrawal




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7. Transfer Taxes
  IMPORTANT: BY USING THE ATOP PROCEDURES TO TENDER THE OLD NOTES, YOU WILL NOT BE REQUIRED TO
DELIVER THIS LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL TO THE EXCHANGE AGENT UNLESS YOU ARE A BROKER-DEALER. HOWEVER,
YOU WILL BE BOUND BY ITS TERMS, AND YOU WILL BE DEEMED TO HAVE MADE THE ACKNOWLEDGMENTS AND THE
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES IT CONTAINS, JUST AS IF YOU HAD SIGNED IT.