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Exhibit 10.2    
    



	Form 3400-12

(November 1998)	 	UNITED STATES

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT	 	FORM APPROVED

OMB NO. 1004-0073

Expires: October 31,2000
	

 	
 	

 	
 	

Serial Number
	

 	
 	
COAL LEASE	
 	

WYW141435





PART
I. LEASE RIGHTS GRANTED 


This
lease, entered into by and between the UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. hereinafter called lessor, through the Bureau of Land Management, and (Name and
Address)













Antelope
Coal Company

P.O. Box 3008

Gillette, WY 82717-3008 














hereinafter
called lessee, is effective (date) 12/1/2000, for a period of 20 years and for so long thereafter as coal is produced in commercial
quantities from the leased lands, subject to readjustment of lease terms at the end of the 20th lease year and each 10-year period thereafter. 


Sec.
1. This lease is issued pursuant and subject to the terms and provisions of the: 


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Mineral Lands Leasing Act of 1920, Act of February 25, 1920, as amended, 41 Stat. 437, 30 U.S.C. 181-287, hereinafter referred to as
the Act; 


o Mineral Leasing Act for Acquired Lands, Act of August 7, 1947, 61 Stat. 913, 30 U.S.C. 351-359; 


and to the regulations and formal orders of the Secretary of the Interior which are now or hereafter in force, when not inconsistent with the express and specific provisions
herein. 


Sec.
2. Lessor, in consideration of any bonuses, rents, and royalties to be paid, and the conditions and covenants to be observed as herein set forth, hereby grants and leases to lessee the exclusive
right and privilege to drill for, mine, extract, remove, or otherwise process and dispose of the coal deposits in, upon, or under the following described lands: 



	T. 41 N., R. 71 W., 6th P.M., Wyoming	 	 
	 	Sec. 14: Lots 5, 6, 7 (W2), 10-15;

Sec. 15: Lots 6-11, 14-16;

Sec. 22: Lots 1, 3-6, 9-13;

Sec. 23: Lots 2-7, 10-16;

Sec. 25: Lots 11, 12 (S2);

Sec. 26: Lots 1-8, 12, 13;

Sec. 27: Lots 1-3, 5, 12-14, 16;

Sec. 34: Lots 1, 7-10, 16;

Sec. 35: Lots 8-10.	 	DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT

00 NOV - 1 AM 9:00

RECEIVED

CHEYENNE, WYOMING






containing
2,818.695 acres, more or less, together with the right to construct such works, buildings, plants, structures, equipment and appliances and the right to use such on-lease
rights-of-way which may be necessary and convenient in the exercise of the rights and privileges granted, subject to the conditions herein provided. 


PART
II. TERMS AND CONDITIONS 


Sec.
1. (a) RENTAL RATE - Lessee shall pay lessor rental annually and in advance for each acre or fraction thereof during the continuance of the lease at the rate of $3.00 for each lease year. 







 

(b)  RENTAL
CREDITS - Rental shall not be credited against either production or advance royalties for any year. 


Sec.
2. (a) PRODUCTION ROYALTIES - The royalty shall be 12.5 per-cent of the value of the coal as set forth in the regulations. Royalties are due to lessor the final day of the
month succeeding the calendar month in which the royalty obligation accrues. 


(b)  ADVANCE
ROYALTIES - Upon request by the lessee, the authorized officer may accept, for a total of not more than 10 years, the payment of advance royalties in lieu of continued
operation, consistent with the regulations. The advance royalty shall be based on a percent of the value of a minimum number of tons determined in the manner established by the advance royalty
regulations in effect at the time the lessee requests approval to pay advance royalties in lieu of continued operation. 


Sec.
3. BONDS - Lessee shall maintain in the proper office a lease bond in the amount of $9,000. The authorized officer may require an increase in this amount when additional coverage is determined
appropriate. 


Sec.
4. DILIGENCE - This lease is subject to the conditions of diligent development and continued operation, except that these conditions are excused when operations under the lease are interrupted by
strikes, the elements, or casualties not attributable to the lessee. The lessor, in the public interest, may suspend the condition of continued operation upon payment of advance royalties in
accordance with the regulations in existence at the time of the suspension. Lessee's failure to produce coal in commercial quantities at the end of 10 years shall terminate the lease. Lessee
shall submit an operation and reclamation plan pursuant to Section 7 of the Act not later than 3 years after lease issuance. 


The
lessor reserves the power to assent to or order the suspension of the terms and conditions of this lease in accordance with, inter alia, Section 39 of the Mineral Leasing Act, 30 U.S.C.
209. 


Sec.
5. LOGICAL MINING UNIT (LMU) - Either upon approval by the lessor of the lessee's application or at the direction of the lessor, this lease shall become an LMU or part of an LMU, subject to the
provisions set forth in the regulations. 


The
stipulations established in an LMU approval in effect at the time of LMU approval will supersede the relevant inconsistent terms of this lease so long as the lease remains committed to the LMU. If
the LMU of which this lease is a part is dissolved, the lease shall then be subject to the lease terms which would have been applied if the lease had not been included in an LMU. 


Sec.
6. DOCUMENTS, EVIDENCE AND INSPECTION - At such times and in such form as lessor may prescribe, lessee shall furnish detailed statements showing the amounts and quality of all products removed
and sold from the lease, the proceeds therefrom, and the amount used for production purposes or unavoidably lost. 



Lessee
shall keep open at all reasonable times for the inspection of any duly authorized officer of lessor, the leased premises and all surface and underground improvements, works, machinery, ore
stockpiles, equipment, and all books, accounts, maps, and records relative to operations, surveys, or investigations on or under the leased lands. 


Lessee
shall allow lessor access to and copying of documents reasonably necessary to verify lessee compliance with terms and conditions of the lease. 


While
this lease remains in effect, information obtained under this section shall be closed to inspection by the public in accordance with the Freedom of Information Act (5 U.S.C. 552). 



Sec.
7. DAMAGES TO PROPERTY AND CONDUCT OF OPERATIONS - Lessee shall comply at its own expense with all reasonable orders of the Secretary, respecting diligent operations, prevention of waste, and
protection of other resources. 


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Lessee
shall not conduct exploration operations, other than casual use, without an approved exploration plan. All exploration plans prior to the commencement of mining operations within an approved
mining permit area shall be submitted to the authorized officer. 


Lessee
shall carry on all operations in accordance with approved methods and practices as provided in the operating regulations, having due regard for the prevention of injury to life, health, or
property, and prevention of waste, damage or degradation to any land, air, water, cultural, biological, visual, and other resources, including mineral deposits and formations of mineral deposits not
leased hereunder,
and to other land uses or users. Lessee shall take measures deemed necessary by lessor to accomplish the intent of this lease term. Such measures may include, but are not limited to, modification to
proposed siting or design of facilities, timing of operations, and specification of interim and final reclamation procedures. Lessor reserves to itself the right to lease, sell, or otherwise dispose
of the surface or other mineral deposits in the lands and the right to continue existing uses and to authorize future uses upon or in the leased lands, including issuing leases for mineral deposits
not covered hereunder and approving easements or rights-of-way. Lessor shall condition such uses to prevent unnecessary or unreasonable interference with rights of lessee as
may be consistent with concepts of multiple use and multiple mineral development. 


Sec.
8. PROTECTION OF DIVERSE INTERESTS, AND EQUAL OPPORTUNITY - Lessee shall: pay when due all taxes legally assessed and levied under the laws of the State or the United States; accord all employees
complete freedom of purchase; pay all wages at least twice each month in lawful money of the United States; maintain a safe working environment in accordance with standard industry practices; restrict
the workday to not more than 8 hours in any one day for underground workers, except in emergencies; and take measures necessary to protect the health and safety of the public. No person under
the age of 16 years shall be employed in any mine below the surface. To the extent that laws of the State in which the lands are situated are more restrictive than the provisions in this
paragraph, then the State laws apply. 


Lessee
will comply with all provisions of Executive Order No. 11246 of September 24, 1965, as amended, and the rules, regulations, and relevant orders of the Secretary of Labor. Neither
lessee nor lessee's subcontractors shall maintain segregated facilities. 



Sec.
9. (a) TRANSFERS - 


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	This
lease may be transferred in whole or in part to any person, association or corporation qualified to hold such lease interest.



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	This
lease may be transferred in whole or in part to another public body or to a person who will mine the coal on behalf of, and for the
use of, the public body or to a person who for the limited purpose of creating a security interest in favor of a lender agrees to be obligated to mine the coal on behalf of the public body.



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	This
lease may only be transferred in whole or in part to another small business qualified under 13 CFR 121. 



Transfers
of record title, working or royalty interest must be approved in accordance with the regulations. 




(b)  RELINQUISHMENT
- The lessee may relinquish in writing at any time all rights under this lease or any portion thereof as provided in the regulations. Upon lessor's acceptance of the
relinquishment, lessee shall be relieved of all future obligations under the lease or the relinquished portion thereof, whichever is applicable. 



Sec.
10. DELIVERY OF PREMISES, REMOVAL OF MACHINERY, EQUIPMENT, ETC. - At such time as all portions of this lease are returned to lessor, lessee shall deliver up to lessor the land leased, underground
timbering, and such other supports and structures necessary for the preservation of the 


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mine
workings on the leased premises or deposits and place all workings in condition for suspension or abandonment. Within 180 days thereof, lessee shall remove from the premises all other
structures, machinery, equipment, tools, and materials that it elects to or as required by the authorized officer. Any such structures, machinery, equipment, tools, and materials remaining on the
leased lands beyond 180 days, or approved extension thereof, shall become the property of the lessor, but lessee shall either remove any or all such property or shall continue to be liable for
the cost of removal and disposal in the amount actually incurred by the lessor. If the surface is owned by third parties, lessor shall waive the requirement for removal, provided the third parties do
not object to such waiver. Lessee shall, prior to the termination of bond liability or at any other time when required and in accordance with all applicable laws and regulations, reclaim all lands the
surface of which has been disturbed, dispose of all debris or solid waste, repair the offsite and onsite damage caused by lessee's activity or activities incidental thereto, and reclaim access roads
or trails. 


Sec.
11. PROCEEDINGS JN CASE OF DEFAULT - If lessee fails to comply with applicable laws, existing regulations, or the terms, conditions and stipulations of this lease, and the noncompliance continues
for 30 days after written notice thereof, this lease shall be subject to cancellation by the lessor only by judicial proceedings. This provision shall not be construed to prevent the exercise
by lessor of any other legal and equitable remedy, including waiver of the default. Any such remedy or waiver shall not prevent later cancellation for the same default occurring at any other time. 


Sec.
12. HEIRS AND SUCCESSORS-IN-INTEREST - Each obligation of this lease shall extend to and be binding upon, and every benefit hereof shall inure to, the heirs, executors,
administrators, successors, or assigns of the respective parties hereto. 


Sec.
13. INDEMNIFICATION - Lessee shall indemnify and hold harmless the United States from any and all claims arising out of the lessee's activities and operations under this lease. 


Sec.
14. SPECIAL STATUTES - This lease is subject to the Clean Water Act (33 U.S.C. 1252 et. seq.), the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 4274 et. Seq.), and to all other applicable laws pertaining to
exploration activities, mining operations and reclamation, including the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (30 U.S.C. 1201 et. seq.). 


Sec.
15. SPECIAL STIPULATIONS - See Pages 5 - 7 



	 	 	DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT

00 NOV - 1 AM 9:00

RECEIVED

CHEYENNE, WYOMING






The
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501, et seq.) requires us to inform you that: 


This
information is being collected to authorize and evaluate proposed exploration and mining operations on public lands. 


Response
to the provisions of this lease form is mandatory for the types of activities specified. 


BLM
would like you to know that you do not have to respond to this or any other Federal agency-sponsored information collection unless it displays a currently valid OMB control number. 


BURDEN
HOURS STATEMENT 


Public
reporting burden for this form is one hour. This Includes reading the instructions and provisions, completing and signing the lease form to BLM. Direct comments regarding the burden estimate or
any other aspect of this form to: U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management, Information Clearance Officer (WO-630), Mail Stop 401 LS, Washington, D.C. 20240, and the
Office of 


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Management
and Budget, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Interior Desk Officer (1004-0073), Washington, D.C. 20503. 


THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA            



	Antelope Coal Company
 Company or Lessee Name	 	By    /s/ Alan R. Pierson

	

Kent Goates
 (Signature of Lessee)	
 	

Alan R. Pierson
 (Signing Officer)
	

Vice President & Chief Financial Officer
 (Title)	
 	

Wyoming State Director
 (Title)
	

October 30, 2000
 (Date)	
 	

November 6, 2000
 (Date)





Title
18 U.S.C. Section 1001, makes it a crime for any person knowingly and willfully to make to any department or agency of the United States any false, fictitious or fraudulent statements or
representations as to any matter within its jurisdiction. 


SEC.
15.    SPECIAL STIPULATIONS -    


In
addition to observing the general obligations and standards of performance set out in the current regulations, the lessee shall comply with and be bound by the following special stipulations. 



These
stipulations are also imposed upon the lessee's agents and employees. The failure or refusal of any of these persons to comply with these stipulations shall be deemed a failure of the lessee to
comply with the terms of the lease. The lessee shall require his agents, contractors and subcontractors involved in activities concerning this lease to include these stipulations in the contracts
between and among them. These stipulations may be revised or amended, in writing, by the mutual consent of the lessor and the lessee at any time to adjust to changed conditions or to correct an
oversight. 


	(a)
	CULTURAL RESOURCES -



(1)  Before
undertaking any activities that may disturb the surface of the leased lands, the lessee shall conduct a cultural resource intensive field inventory in a manner specified by the
Authorized Officer of the BLM or of the surface managing agency, if different, on portions of the mine plan area and adjacent areas, or exploration plan area, that may be adversely affected by
lease-related activities and which were not previously inventoried at such a level of intensity. The inventory shall be conducted by a qualified professional cultural resource specialist
(i.e., archeologist, historian, historical architect, as appropriate), approved by the Authorized Officer of the surface managing agency (BLM, if the surface is privately owned), and a report
of the inventory and recommendations for protecting any cultural resources identified shall be submitted to the Assistant Director of the Western Support Center of the Office of Surface Mining, the
Authorized Officer of the BLM, if activities are associated with coal exploration outside an approved mining permit area (hereinafter called Authorized Officer), and the
Authorized Officer of the surface managing agency, if different. The lessee shall undertake measures, in accordance with instructions from the Assistant Director, or Authorized Officer, to protect
cultural resources on the leased lands. The lessee shall not commence the surface disturbing activities until permission to proceed is given by the Assistant Director or Authorized Officer. 



(2)  The
lessee shall protect all cultural resource properties within the lease area from lease-related activities until the cultural resource mitigation measures can be implemented as
part of an approved mining and reclamation or exploration plan. 



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(3)  The
cost of conducting the inventory, preparing reports, and carrying out mitigation measures shall be borne by the lessee. 


(4)  If
cultural resources are discovered during operations under this lease, the lessee shall immediately bring them to the attention of the Assistant Director or Authorized Officer, or
the Authorized Officer of the surface managing agency, if the Assistant Director is not available. The lessee shall not disturb such resources except as may be subsequently authorized by the Assistant
Director or Authorized Officer. 


Within
two (2) working days of notification, the Assistant Director or Authorized Officer will evaluate or have evaluated any cultural resources discovered and will determine if any action may
be required to protect or preserve such discoveries. The cost of data recovery for cultural resources discovered during lease operations shall be borne by the surface managing agency unless otherwise
specified by the Authorized Officer of the BLM or of the surface managing agency, if different. 


(5)  All
cultural resources shall remain under the jurisdiction of the United States until ownership is determined under applicable law. 




(b)  PALEONTOLOGICAL RESOURCES - If paleontological resources, either large and conspicuous, and/or of significant scientific value are
discovered during construction, the find will be reported to the Authorized Officer immediately. Construction will be suspended within 250 feet of said find. An evaluation of the paleontological
discovery will be made by a BLM approved professional paleontologist within five (5) working days, weather permitting, to determine the appropriate action(s) to prevent the potential loss of
any significant paleontological value. Operations within 250 feet of such discovery will not be resumed until written authorization to proceed is issued by the Authorized Officer. The lessee will bear
the cost of any required paleontological appraisals, surface collection of
fossils, or salvage of any large conspicuous fossils of significant scientific interest discovered during the operations. 


(c)  THREATENED, ENDANGERED, CANDIDATE, or OTHER SPECIAL STATUS PLANT and ANIMAL SPECIES - The lease area may contain habitat for the
following threatened, endangered, candidate, or other special status plant and animal species: black-footed ferret, swift fox, bald eagle, mountain plover, and black-tailed prairie dog. If surveys
performed during the mining plan approval process or future mining plan revisions indicate that any threatened, endangered, candidate, or other special status plant/animal species will be affected by
coal mining operations located on this lease and the potential impacts to that species cannot be satisfactorily resolved, the coal mining operations that will affect that species will be restricted or
constrained (Endangered Species Act of 1973 as amended, Sections 2 and 7.) 


(d)  MULTIPLE MINERAL DEVELOPMENT - Operations will not be approved which, in the opinion of the Authorized Officer, would unreasonably
interfere with the orderly development and/or production from a valid existing mineral lease issued prior to this one for the same lands. 



(e)  OIL AND GAS/COAL RESOURCES - The BLM realizes that coal mining operations conducted on Federal coal leases issued within producing oil
and gas fields may interfere with the economic recovery of oil and gas; just as Federal oil and gas leases issued in a Federal coal lease area may inhibit coal recovery. BLM retains the authority to
alter and/or modify the resource recovery and protection plans for coal operations and/or oil and gas operations on those lands covered by Federal mineral leases so as to obtain maximum resource
recovery. 


(f)  RESOURCE RECOVERY AND PROTECTION - Notwithstanding the approval of a resource recovery and protection plan (R2P2) by the BLM, lessor
reserves the right to seek damages against the operator/lessee in the event (i) the operator/lessee fails to achieve maximum economic recovery (MER) (as defined at 43 CFR
3480.0-5(21)) of the recoverable coal reserves or (ii) the operator/lessee is 


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determined
to have caused a wasting of recoverable coal reserves. Damages shall be measured on the basis of the royalty that would have been payable on the wasted or unrecovered coal. 


The
parties recognize that under an approved R2P2, conditions may require a modification by the operator/lessee of that plan. In the event a coal bed or portion thereof is not to be mined or is
rendered unmineable by the operation, the operator/lessee shall submit appropriate justification to obtain approval by the Authorized Officer to leave such reserves unmined. Upon approval by the
Authorized Officer, such coal beds or portions thereof shall not be subject to damages as described above. Further, nothing in this section shall prevent the operator/lessee from exercising its right
to relinquish all or portion of the lease as authorized by statute and regulation. 


In
the event the Authorized Officer determines that the R2P2, as approved, will not attain MER as the result of changed conditions, the Authorized Officer will give proper notice to the
operator/lessee as required under applicable regulations. The Authorized Officer will order a modification if necessary, identifying additional reserves to be mined in order to attain MER. Upon a
final administrative or judicial ruling upholding such an ordered modification, any reserves left unmined (wasted) under that plan will be subject to damages as described in the first paragraph under
this section. 


Subject
to the right to appeal hereinafter set forth, payment of the value of the royalty on such unmined recoverable coal reserves shall become due and payable upon determination by the Authorized
Officer that the coal reserves have been rendered unmineable or at such time that the operator/lessee has demonstrated an unwillingness to extract the coal. 


The
BLM may enforce this provision either by issuing a written decision requiring payment of the MMS demand for such royalties, or by issuing a notice of non-compliance. A decision or
notice of non-compliance issued by the lessor that payment is due under this stipulation is appealable as allowed by law. 



(g)  PUBLIC LAND SURVEY PROTECTION - The lessee will protect all survey monuments, witness corners, reference monuments, and bearing trees
against destruction, obliteration, or damage during operations on the lease areas. If any monuments, corners or accessories are destroyed, obliterated, or damaged by this operation, the lessee will
hire an appropriate county surveyor or registered land surveyor to reestablish or restore the monuments, corners, or accessories at the same location, using surveying procedures in accordance with the
"Manual of Surveying Instructions for the Survey of the Public Lands of the United States." 


The
survey will be recorded in the appropriate county records, with a copy sent to the Authorized Officer. 


(h)  RAILROAD RIGHT-OF-WAY - No mining activity of any kind may be conducted within the Burlington Northern/Chicago
and Northwestern railroad right-of-way. The lessee shall recover all legally and economically recoverable coal from all leased lands not within the foregoing
right-of-way. Lessee shall pay all royalties on any legally and economically recoverable coal which it fails to mine without the written permission of the Authorized Officer. 


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