**                                        Exhibit      4(c)**

**FIFTEENTH      AMENDMENT TO LOAN AGREEMENT**

***Amendment***
***Effective      Date***
***Service      Transport Company***
***Exploration***
***Buckley      Mining***
***CJC***
***Classic      Coal***
***Ada      Mining***
***Ada      Resources***
***Bayou      City***
***Borrower***
***Borrowers***
***Lender***

**RECITALS**

***Loan      Agreement***

**Amendments      to Loan Agreement**
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***Section      1.3(a)***

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***Section      1.3(b)***

**Conditions**
**.      This Amendment shall be effective as of the Effective Date, once each of the      following have been delivered to Lender:**

**Representations      and Warranties**
**.      Each Borrower represents and warrants to Lender that (a) it possesses all      requisite power and authority to execute, deliver and comply with the terms      of      this Amendment, (b) this Amendment has been duly authorized and approved by      all      requisite corporate action on the part of such Borrower, (c) no other consent      of      any Person (other than Lender) is required for this Amendment to be effective,      (d) the execution and delivery of this Amendment does not violate its      organizational documents, (e) the representations and warranties in the Loan      Agreement and in each other document executed by it as security for Indebtedness      (including, without limitation, the Security Instruments) are true and correct      in all material respects on and as of the date of this Amendment as though      made      on the date of this Amendment (**
***except***
**      to the extent that such representations and warranties speak to a specific      date), (f) it is in full compliance with all covenants and agreements contained      in the Loan Agreement and in each other document executed by it as security      for      Indebtedness (including, without limitation, the Security Instruments), and      (g)      no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing. The      representations and warranties made in this Amendment shall survive the      execution and delivery of this Amendment. No investigation by Lender is required      for Lender to rely on the representations and warranties in this      Amendment.**

**Scope      of Amendment; Reaffirmation; Release**
**.      All references to the Loan Agreement shall refer to the Loan Agreement as      amended by this Amendment. Except as affected by this Amendment, the Loan      Agreement and Security Instruments (collectively, the “**
*Loan      Documents*
**”)      are unchanged and continue in full force and effect. However, in the event      of      any inconsistency between the terms of the Loan Agreement (as amended by this      Amendment) and any other Loan Document, the terms of the Loan Agreement shall      control and such other document shall be deemed to be amended to conform to      the      terms of the Loan Agreement. Each Borrower hereby reaffirms its obligations      under the Loan Documents to which it is a party and agrees that all Loan      Documents to which it is a party remain in full force and effect and continue      to      be legal, valid, and binding obligations enforceable in accordance with their      terms (as the same are affected by this Amendment). Each Borrower hereby      releases Lender from any liability for actions or omissions in connection with      the Loan Agreement and the other Loan Documents prior to the date of this      Amendment.**

**Miscellaneous**
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*provided      that *

**The      Loan Agreement and the other Loan Documents (as amended hereby) Represent the      Final Agreement Among Borrowers and Lender and May Not Be Contradicted by      Evidence of Prior, Contemporaneous, or Subsequent Oral Agreements by the      Parties. There Are No Unwritten Oral Agreements among the      Parties.**

***[Signatures      appear on the next page.]***

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| **BORROWERS:**                                                                                                                                            |                                                                                                                                                                     |
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| SERVICE                TRANSPORT COMPANY  By:                /s/                R. B. AbshireR.                B. AbshireTreasurer              | CLASSIC                COAL CORPORATION  By:                /s/                R. B. AbshireR.                B. AbshirePresident                and Treasurer |
| ADAMS                RESOURCES EXPLORATIONCORPORATION  By:                /s/                R. B. AbshireR.                B. AbshireTreasurer | ADA                MINING CORPORATION   By:                /s/ R. B. AbshireR.                B. AbshirePresident                and Treasurer            |
| BUCKLEY                MINING CORPORATION   By:                /s/ R. B. AbshireR.                B. AbshireTreasurer                           | ADA                RESOURCES INC.   By:                /s/ R. B. AbshireR.                B. AbshireTreasurer                                                  |
| CJC                LEASING, INC.  By:                :                /s/ R. B. Abshire R.                B. AbshireTreasurer              | BAYOU                CITY PIPELINES, INC.   By:                /s/ R. B. AbshireR.                B. AbshireTreasurer                                          |

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**LENDER:**

**GUARANTOR’S      CONSENT AND AGREEMENT**

**GUARANTOR:**