# U.S. Securities and
Exchange Commission

# Washington, D.C. 20549

# Form 10-QSB

(Mark One)

[ X ]           
                  
QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THESECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the quarterly period ended September 30, 2004

[    ]        
       TRANSITION REPORT UNDER SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THESECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 [No Fee Required]

For the transition
period from _______ to _______

Commission file number
333-44130

Atlas America Public
#9 Ltd.
(Name of small business issuer in its charter)

Pennsylvania    
                 
                  
                 
                 
                 
                 
                
                  
 25-1867510
(State or other jurisdiction of            
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                (I.R.S. Employer
incorporation or organization)            
                 
                 
                  
                 
                 
          Identification No.)

311 Rouser Road
Moon Township, PA   
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                15108
(Address of principal executive offices)          
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
          (Zip code)

Issuer's telephone number, including area
code: (412) 262-2830

Check
whether the issuer (1) filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of
the Exchange Act during the past 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant
was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements
for the past 90 days. YesX     No

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# ATLAS AMERICA PUBLIC #9 LTD. (A Pennsylvania Limited Partnership)INDEX TO QUARTERLY REPORTON FORM 10QSB

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# PART I

# ITEM 1. FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS

# ATLAS AMERICA PUBLIC
#9 LTD.(A Pennsylvania
Limited Partnership)

# BALANCE SHEETS

|                                            | September 30, | December 31,
|------------------------------------------- | ------------- | ------------
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|                                            |               |             
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|ASSETS                                      |               |             
|Current Assets:                             |               |             
|Cash                                        |               |             
|Accounts receivable - affiliate             |               |             
|                                            |               |             
|                                            |               |             
|Total current assets                        |               |             
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|Oil and gas properties (successful efforts) |               |             
|Less accumulated depletion and depreciation |               |             
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|LIABILITIES AND PARTNERS CAPITAL           |               |             
|Current liabilities:                        |               |             
|Accrued liabilities                         |               |             
|                                            |               |             
|Total current liabilities                   |               |             
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|Asset retirement obligation                 |               |             
|Partners' capital:                          |               |             
|Managing general partner                    |               |             
|Limited partners (1,500 units)              |               |             
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The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements

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# ATLAS AMERICA PUBLIC #9 LTD.(A Pennsylvania Limited Partnership)

# STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS(Unaudited)

|                                                           | Three Months Ended | Nine Months Ended
|---------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------ | -----------------
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|                                                           |                    |                  
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|                                                           |                    |                  
|REVENUES:                                                  |                    |                  
|Natural gas and oil sales                                  |                    |                  
|Interest income                                            |                    |                  
|                                                           |                    |                  
|Total revenues                                             |                    |                  
|                                                          
|COSTS AND EXPENSES:                                        |                    |                  
|Production expenses                                        |                    |                  
|Depletion and depreciation of oil and gas properties       |                    |                  
|Accretion of asset retirement obligation                   |                    |                  
|General and administrative expenses                        |                    |                  
|                                                           |                    |                  
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|Total expenses                                             |                    |                  
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|                                                           |                    |                  
|Net income before cumulative effect of change in           |                    |                  
|accounting principle                                       |                    |                  
|Cumulative effect of change in accounting principle        |                    |                  
|                                                           |                    |                  
|                                                           |                    |                  
|Net Income                                                 |                    |                  
|                                                           |                    |                  
|                                                           |                    |                  
|Allocation of net income:                                  |                    |                  
|Managing general partner                                   |                    |                  
|Limited partners                                           |                    |                  
|                                                          
|Net income per limited partnership unit:                   |                    |                  
|Before cumulative effect of change in accounting principle |                    |                  
|Cumulative effect of change in accounting principle        |                    |                  
|                                                           |                    |                  
|                                                           |                    |                  
|Net income per limited partnership unit                    |                    |                  
|                                                           |                    |                  

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements

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# ATLAS AMERICA PUBLIC
#9 LTD.(A Pennsylvania
Limited Partnership)

# STATEMENT OF PARTNERS' CAPITAL ACCOUNTSFOR NINE MONTHS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2004(Unaudited)

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|Balance at January 1, 2004                        |          |  | $
|                                                 
|Participation in revenues and costs and expenses: |          | 
|Net production revenues                           |          |  |  
|Interest income                                   |          |  |  
|Depletion and depreciation                        |          |  |  
|Accretion of asset retirement obligations:        |          |  |  
|General and administrative                        |          |  |  
|                                                  |          |  |  
|Net income                                        |          |  |  
|                                                 
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|Distributions                                     |          |  |  
|                                                  |          |  |  
|                                                 
|Balance at September 30, 2004                     |          |  | $
|                                                  |          |  |  

The accompanying notes are an integral part of this financial statement

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# ATLAS AMERICA PUBLIC
#9 LTD.(A Pennsylvania
Limited Partnership)

# STATEMENTS OF CASH
FLOWS(Unaudited)

|                                                                                  | Nine Months Ended
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | -----------------
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|Cash flows from operating activities:                                             |                  
|Net income                                                                        |                  
|Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities: |                  
|Depletion and depreciation                                                        |                  
|Accretion of asset retirement obligations                                         |                  
|Cumulative effect of change in accounting principle                               |                  
|Decrease in accounts receivable - affiliate                                       |                  
|Increase in accrued liabilities                                                   |                  
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|Net cash provided by operating activities                                         |                  
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|Cash flows from investing activities:                                             |                  
|Proceeds from asset sales                                                         |                  
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|Net cash provided by investing activities                                         |                  
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|Cash flows from financing activities:                                             |                  
|Distributions to partners                                                         |                  
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|Net cash used in financing activities                                             |                  
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|Net increase in cash                                                              |                  
|Cash at beginning of period                                                       |                  
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|Cash at end of period                                                             |                  
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The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements

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# ATLAS AMERICA PUBLIC
#9 LTD.(A Pennsylvania
Limited Partnership)

# NOTES TO FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS

September 30, 2004

(Unaudited)

# NOTE 1  BASIS OF PRESENTATION

The
financial statements of Atlas America Public #9 Ltd. (the Partnership) as of September 30,
2004 and for the three months and nine months ended September 30, 2004 and 2003 are
unaudited. Certain information and footnote disclosures normally included in financial
statements prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the
United States of America have been condensed or omitted in this Form 10-QSB pursuant to
the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission. However, in the
opinion of management, these interim financial statements include all the necessary
adjustments to fairly present the results of the interim periods presented. The unaudited
interim financial statements should be read in conjunction with the audited financial
statements included in the Partnerships Form 10-KSB for the year ended December 31,
2003. The results of operations for the nine months ended September 30, 2004 may not
necessarily be indicative of the results of operations for the year ending December 31,
2004.

Certain
reclassifications have been made to the financial statements for the three months and nine
months ended September 30, 2003 to conform to the three months and nine months ended
September 30, 2004 presentation.

# NOTE 2  SUMMARY OF
SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

# Fair Value of Financial
Instruments

For
cash, receivables and payables, the carrying amounts approximate fair value because of the
short maturity of these instruments.

# Asset Retirement
Obligations

The  Partnership  accounts
for the estimated plugging and abandonment costs of the oil and gas  properties  in  accordance  with
Statement of Financial Accounting Standards ("SFAS") No. 143, "Accounting for Asset Retirement Obligations."  The adoption of SFAS
143 in 2003 was accounted for as a change in accounting principle.

A reconciliation
of the Partnerships liability for plugging and abandonment costs for the nine months
ending September 30, 2004, is as follows:

|                                                   | 
|-------------------------------------------------- | 
|Asset retirement obligations at December 31, 2003  | 
|Change in estimate on asset retirement obligation  | 
|Accretion expense                                  | 
|                                                   | 
|Asset retirement obligations at September 30, 2004 | 
|                                                   | 

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# ATLAS AMERICA PUBLIC
#9 LTD.(A Pennsylvania
Limited Partnership)

# NOTES TO FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)

September 30, 2004

# NOTE 2  SUMMARY OF
SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (Continued)

# Supplemental Cash Flow
Information

The
Partnership considers temporary investments with a maturity at the date of acquisition of
90 days or less to be cash equivalents. No cash was paid by the Partnership for interest
or income taxes for the nine months ended September 30, 2004 and 2003.

# Comprehensive Income

The
Partnership is subject to the provisions of SFAS 130, Reporting Comprehensive
Income, which requires disclosure of comprehensive income and its components.
Comprehensive income includes net income and all other changes in equity of a business
during a period from non-owner sources. These changes, other than net income, are referred
to as other comprehensive income. The Partnership has no material elements of
comprehensive income, other than net income, to report.

# NOTE 3 
TRANSACTIONS WITH ATLAS RESOURCES, INC. AND ITS AFFILIATES

The
Partnership has entered into the following significant transactions with Atlas Resources,
Inc. (Atlas), the Managing General Partner, and its affiliates as provided under the
Partnership agreement:

| |  |  |  |  |  | Administrative costs which is included in general and administrative costs in the Statement of Operations
are payable to Atlas at $75 per well per month. Administrative costs
incurred for the three months ended September 30, 2004 and 2003 were $17,500 and $17,600,
respectively; and $52,500 and $52,600 for the nine months ended September 30, 2004 and 2003, respectively.
| |  |  |  | - |  | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

| |  |  |  |  |  | Monthly well supervision fees which is included in production expenses in the Statement of Operations
are payable to Atlas at $275 per well per month for
operating and maintaining the wells. Well supervision fees incurred for the three months
ended September 30, 2004 and 2003 were $62,000 and $58,200, respectively; and $177,800 and
$174,200 for the nine months ended September 30, 2004 and 2003, respectively.
| |  |  |  | - |  | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

| |  |  |  |  |  | Transportation fees which is included in production expenses in the Statement of Operations are payable to Atlas at $.35 per mcf.
Transportation costs incurred for the
three months ended September 30, 2004 and 2003 were $29,600 and $41,000, respectively, and
$91,500 and $122,500 for the nine months ended September 30, 2004 and 2003, respectively.
| |  |  |  | - |  | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

| |  |  |  |  |  | As managing general partner, Atlas performs all administrative and management functions
for the Partnership including billing revenues and paying expenses. Accounts receivable
 affiliate on the balance sheet represents the net production revenues due from
Atlas.
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ITEM 2.  MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS (UNAUDITED)

# Forward-Looking
Statements

WHEN
USED IN THIS FORM 10-QSB, THE WORDS BELIEVES ANTICIPATES
EXPECTS AND SIMILAR EXPRESSIONS ARE INTENDED TO IDENTIFY FORWARD-LOOKING
STATEMENTS. SUCH STATEMENTS ARE SUBJECT TO CERTAIN RISKS AND UNCERTAINTIES MORE
PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED IN ITEM 1 OF OUR ANNUAL REPORT ON FORM 10-KSB. THESE RISKS AND
UNCERTAINTIES COULD CAUSE ACTUAL RESULTS TO DIFFER MATERIALLY. READERS ARE CAUTIONED NOT
TO PLACE UNDUE RELIANCE ON THESE FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS, WHICH SPEAK ONLY AS OF THE
DATE HEREOF. WE UNDERTAKE NO OBLIGATION TO PUBLICLY RELEASE THE RESULTS OF ANY REVISIONS
TO FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS WHICH WE MAY MAKE TO REFLECT EVENTS OR CIRCUMSTANCES AFTER
THE DATE OF THIS FORM 10-QSB OR TO REFLECT THE OCCURRENCE OF UNANTICIPATED EVENTS.

Managements
Discussion and Analysis should be read in conjunction with our Financial Statements and
the Notes to our Financial Statements.

# Results of Operations

The
following table sets forth information relating to revenues recognized and costs and
expenses incurred, daily production volumes, average sales prices and production cost per
equivalent unit during the periods indicated:

|                                          | Three Months Ended | Nine Months Ended
|----------------------------------------- | ------------------ | -----------------
|
|                                          |                    |                  
|
|                                          |                    |                  
|Production revenues (in thousands):       |                    |                  
|Gas                                       |                    |                  
|Oil                                       |                    |                  
|Production volumes:                       |                    |                  
|Gas (thousands of cubic feet ("mcf")/day) |                    |                  
|Oil (barrels ("bbls")/day)                |                    |                  
|Average sales prices:                     |                    |                  
|Gas (per mcf)(1)                          |                    |                  
|Oil (per bbl)                             |                    |                  
|Average production costs:                 |                    |                  
|As a percent of sales                     |                    |                  
|(per mcf equivalent unit)                 |                    |                  
|                                         
|                                         
|                                         

|(1) |  | Our average sales price before the effects of hedging was $5.63 and $5.22 for
               the three and nine months ended September 30, 2003. There were no hedging
               contracts in place during the nine months ended September 30, 2004.
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ITEM 2.  MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS (UNAUDITED) - (Continued)

# Results of Operations
 (Continued)

Revenues.Our natural gas revenues were $699,800 and $733,500 for the three months ended September 30, 2004 and 2003, respectively and
$2,056,200 and $2,232,600 for the nine months ended September 30, 2004 and 2003, respectively, resulting in a decrease of $33,700 (5%) and
$176,400 (8%) from the three and nine months ended September 30, 2003, respectively.  These decreases were due to decreases in
production volumes to 1,208 mcf per day for the three months ended, September 30, 2004 from 1,525 mcf per day for the three months
ended September 30, 2003, a decrease of 317 mcf per day (21%) and 1,264 mcf per day for the nine months ended September 30, 2004 from
1,711 mcf per day for the nine months ended September 30, 2003, a decrease of 447 mcf per day (26%), offset by an increase in the
average sales price we received for our natural gas to $6.30 per mcf for the three months ended September 30, 2004 as compared to
$5.23 per mcf for the three months ended September 30, 2003, an increase of $1.07 per mcf (20%), and $5.94 per mcf for the nine
months ended September 30, 2004 as compared to $4.78 per mcf for the nine months ended September 30, 2003, an increase of $1.16 per
mcf (24%). The $33,700 decrease in gas revenue for the three months ended September 30, 2004 as compared to the prior year similar
period, was attributable to a $152,700 decrease in production volumes, partially offset by a $119,000 increase in natural gas sale
prices.  The $176,400 decrease in gas revenue for the nine months ended September 30, 2004 as compared to the prior year similar
period, was attributable to a $576,300 decrease in production volumes, partially offset by a $399,900 increase in natural gas sale
prices.  Our revenues from our natural gas sales will be affected by changes in natural gas prices, which are driven by market
conditions.  The overall decrease in gas production volumes results primarily from the normal decline inherent in the life of a well.

Costs
and Expenses.Production expenses were $124,700 and $155,500 in the three months ended
September 30, 2004 and 2003, respectively, a decrease of $30,800 (20%) and $371,000 and
$428,100 for the nine months ended September 30, 2004 and 2003, respectively, a decrease
of $57,100 (13%). This decrease is primarily attributable to a decrease in variable
expenses due to lower production volumes.

Depletion
and depreciation of oil and gas properties as a percentage of oil and gas revenues was 29%
and 49% in the three months ended September 30, 2004 and 2003, and 35% and 46% for the
nine months ended September 30, 2004 and 2003, respectively. These percentage changes are
directly attributable to changes in our oil and gas reserve quantities, product prices, production volumes
and reductions in the depletable cost basis of oil and gas properties.

General
and administrative expenses for the three months ended September 30, 2004 and 2003 were
$27,400 and $24,300, respectively. For the nine months ended September 30, 2004 and 2003
these charges were $81,000 and $71,400, respectively. These expenses include legal and
audit fees, as well as the monthly administrative fee charged by the managing general
partner. These increases are primarily due to higher audit fees as compared to prior year similar periods.

Liquidity
and Capital Resources.Cash provided by operating activities decreased $274,200 in the
nine months ended September 30, 2004 to $1,709,800 compared to $1,984,000 for the nine
months ended September 30, 2003. The decrease was primarily due to a decrease in
net income from operations before depletion and depreciation and changes in operating assets and
liabilities.

We
had no material commitments to make capital expenditures and we do not expect any in the
foreseeable future, except that our managing general partner may withhold funds for future
plugging and abandonment costs. Any additional funds, if required, will be obtained from
production revenues or borrowings from our managing general partner or its affiliates,
which are not contractually committed to make loans to us. The amount that may be borrowed
may not at any time exceed 5% of our total subscriptions, and no borrowings will be
obtained from third parties.

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ITEM 2.  MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS (UNAUDITED) - (Continued)

# Results of Operations
 (Continued)

Cash
used by financing activities decreased $101,800 during the nine months ended September 30,
2004 to $1,675,900 compared to $1,777,700 for the nine months ended September 30, 2003.
The decrease is directly related to lower distributions to partners as a result of lower net income before depreciation, depletion and
accretion.

# Critical Accounting
Policies

The
discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of operations are based
upon our financial statements, which have been prepared in accordance with accounting
principles generally accepted in the United States of America. The preparation of these
financial statements requires us to make estimates and judgments that affect the reported
amounts of our assets, liabilities, revenues and costs and expenses, and related
disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities. On an on-going basis, we evaluate our
estimates, including those related to our asset retirement
obligations, depletion and certain accrued liabilities. We base our estimates on historical
experience and on various other assumptions that we believe reasonable under the
circumstances, the results of which form the basis for making judgments about the carrying
values of assets and liabilities that are not readily apparent from other sources. Actual
results may differ from these estimates under different assumptions or conditions.

For
a detailed discussion on the application of policies critical to our business operations
and other accounting policies, see Note 2 of the Notes to Financial Statements
in our Annual Report on Form 10-KSB.

# ITEM 3. CONTROLS AND
PROCEDURES

# Evaluation of Disclosure
Controls and Procedures

Our
Managing General Partners Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer have
evaluated our disclosure controls and procedures, (as defined I Rules 13a-14 and
15d-14 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) as of September 30, 2004. Based upon
this evaluation, these officers believe that our disclosure controls and procedures are
effective in ensuring that all material information required to be filed in this quarterly report has been made
known to them in a timely fashion.  There have been no significant changes in internal controls, or in factors that
could significantly affect internal controls, subsequent to the date the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial
Officer completed their evaluation.

# PART II. OTHER
INFORMATION

# ITEM 6. Exhibits and
Reports on Form 8-K

We
have not filed any reports on Form 8-K during the period covered by
this report.

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# SIGNATURES

Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused
this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

Atlas America Public #9
Ltd.

By: (Signature and
Title):           Atlas Resources, Inc., Managing General Partner

By: (Signature and Title):      
    /s/ Freddie M. KotekFreddie M. Kotek,
Chairman of the Board of Directors,Chief Executive
Officer and President

Date:  November 15, 2004



In
accordance with the Exchange Act, this report has been signed by the following persons on
behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

By: (Signature and Title):      
    /s/ Freddie M. KotekFreddie M. Kotek,
Chairman of the Board of Directors,Chief Executive
Officer and President

Date:  November 15, 2004



By: (Signature and Title):      
    /s/ Nancy J. McGurkNancy J. McGurk,
Senior Vice-President,Chief Financial
Officer and Chief Accounting Officer

Date:  November 15, 2004

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# EXHIBIT INDEX

|     | Description                                               | Location                                   
|---- | --------------------------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------
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|4(a) | Certificate of
                   Limited Partnership for | Previously filed in the Form               
|     | Atlas America Public
                   #9 Ltd.           | 10-KSB for the period                      
|     |                                                           | ending December
                   31, 2000

|4(b) | Amended and Restated
                   Certificate and Agreement          | Previously filed in
                   the Form
|---- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------- | -----------------------------------------------
|     | of Limited Partnership
                   for Atlas America Public #9 Ltd. | 10-KSB for the period                          
|     |                                                                            | ending December
                   31, 2000    

|10(a) | Drilling and
                   Operating Agreement with exhibits | Previously filed in
                   the Form
|----- | ----------------------------------------------------------------- | -----------------------------------------------
|      |                                                                   | 10-KSB for the period                          
|      |                                                                   | ending December
                   31, 2000    



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