Exhibit 31.2

Certification Pursuant to Rule  13a-14(a)/15(d)-14(a) of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934, as amended

I, John P. Ryan, certify that:

      1.    I have reviewed this report on Form 10-QSB for Trend Mining Company;

      2.    Based on my  knowledge,  this  report  does not  contain  any untrue
            statement  of a  material  fact  or omit to  state a  material  fact
            necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances
            under which such  statements  were made, not misleading with respect
            to the period covered by this report;

      3.    Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial
            information included in this report,  fairly present in all material
            respects the financial  condition,  results of  operations  and cash
            flows of the small  business  issuer  as of,  and for,  the  periods
            presented in this report;

      4.    The small business  issuer's other  certifying  officer(s) and I are
            responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and
            procedures   (as  defined  in  Exchange  Act  Rules   13a-15(e)  and
            15d-15(e)) for the small business issuer and have:

                  a)    Designed such  disclosure  controls and  procedures,  or
                        caused such  disclosure  controls and  procedures  to be
                        designed under our supervision,  to ensure that material
                        information  relating  to  the  small  business  issuer,
                        including its consolidated  subsidiaries,  is made known
                        to us by  others  within  those  entities,  particularly
                        during  the  period  in  which  this   report  is  being
                        prepared;

                  b)    Evaluated  the   effectiveness  of  the  small  business
                        issuer's   disclosure   controls  and   procedures   and
                        presented  in this  report  our  conclusions  about  the
                        effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures,
                        as of the end of the period covered by this report based
                        on such evaluation; and

                  c)    Disclosed  in  this  report  any  change  in  the  small
                        business   issuer's   internal  control  over  financial
                        reporting  that  occurred   during  the  small  business
                        issuer's most recent fiscal  quarter (the small business
                        issuer's  fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual
                        report) that has materially  affected,  or is reasonably
                        likely to materially affect, the small business issuer's
                        internal control over financial reporting;

      5.    The small business  issuer's other certifying  officer(s) and I have
            disclosed,  based on our most recent  evaluation of internal control
            over financial  reporting,  to the small business  issuer's auditors
            and the audit  committee  of the small  business  issuer's  board of
            directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

            a)    All significant  deficiencies  and material  weaknesses in the
                  design  or  operation  of  internal   control  over  financial
                  reporting which are reasonably  likely to adversely affect the
                  small business issuer's ability to record, process,  summarize
                  and report financial information; and

            b)    Any fraud,  whether or not material,  that involves management
                  or other  employees who have a  significant  role in the small
                  business issuer's internal control over financial reporting.

Date: Feb 14, 2005                      /s/ John P. Ryan
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                                        John P. Ryan
                                        Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer