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                                                                 Exhibit 10.1(c)

                                SECOND AMENDMENT
                                     TO THE
                      AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT

     SECOND AMENDMENT, dated as of June 29, 2001 (this "Amendment"), to the
Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of August 23, 2000 (as so
amended or otherwise modified from time to time, the "Credit Agreement"), among
Belden & Blake Corporation (the "Borrower"), the several financial institutions
and other entities from time to time parties thereto (the "Lenders"), Ableco
Finance LLC, as the administrative agent and collateral agent (in such capacity,
the "Administrative Agent"), and Foothill Capital Corporation, as the funding
agent (in such capacity, the "Funding Agent").

     The Borrower and the Lenders wish to amend the Credit Agreement to (a)
extend the Final Maturity Date, (b) provide for a prepayment premium, (c)
increase the L/C Subfacility, (d) require the maintenance of certain Hedging
Agreements and (e) amend the financial covenants. Accordingly, the Borrower, the
Guarantors and the Lenders hereby agree as follows:

     1.   DEFINITIONS. All terms used herein which are defined in the Credit
Agreement and not otherwise defined herein are used herein as defined therein.

     2.   CHANGES TO EXISTING DEFINITION. (a) The definitions of "Consolidated
Interest Expense", "Consolidated Net Income", "EBITDA", "Final Maturity Date"
and "L/C Subfacility" contained in Section 1.1 of the Credit Agreement are
hereby amended and restated in their entirety to read as follows:

          " 'CONSOLIDATED INTEREST EXPENSE': with respect to the Borrower and
     its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis for any period, the sum of (i)
     gross interest expense (including all cash and accrued interest expense) of
     the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for such period on a consolidated basis,
     including to the extent included in interest expense in accordance with
     GAAP (x) the amortization of debt discounts and (y) the portion of any
     payments or accruals with respect to Capital Leases allocable to interest
     expense and (ii) capitalized interest of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries
     on a consolidated basis, excluding, however, any interest expense related
     to any income or loss resulting from the application of FASB 133."

          " 'CONSOLIDATED NET INCOME': for any period, net income of the
     Borrower and its Subsidiaries determined on a consolidated basis in
     accordance with GAAP, excluding, however, (i) any extraordinary or
     nonrecurring gain (but not loss), together with any related provision for
     taxes on such extraordinary or nonrecurring gain (but not loss) and (ii)
     any income (but not loss) resulting from the application of FASB 133,
     together with any related provision for taxes thereon."



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          " 'EBITDA': with respect to the Borrower, for any period, Consolidated
     Net Income for that period, PLUS, each of the following determined in
     accordance with GAAP and without duplication and to the extent deducted
     from revenues in determining Consolidated Net Income for that period, (a)
     the aggregate amount of Consolidated Interest Expense for that period, (b)
     the aggregate amount of letter of credit fees paid during that period, (c)
     the aggregate amount of income tax expense for that period, (d) all amounts
     attributable to depreciation, depletion and amortization for that period,
     (e) the aggregate amount of exploration expenses for that period, (f) the
     aggregate amount of any extraordinary or nonrecurring loss (but not gain),
     together with any related provision for taxes for such loss (but not gain)
     for that period, (g) any expense (but not income) resulting from the
     application of FASB 133, together with any related provision for taxes
     thereon and (h) all non-cash or extraordinary expenses during that period,
     and MINUS, each of the following determined in accordance with GAAP,
     without duplication and to the extent added to revenues in determining
     Consolidated Net Income for that period, (x) all non-cash or extraordinary
     income and (y) all income (but not expense) resulting from the application
     of FASB 133, together with any related provision for taxes thereon during
     that period."

          " 'FINAL MATURITY DATE': April 22, 2004, or such earlier date on which
     any Loan shall become due and payable, in whole or in part, in accordance
     with the terms of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents."

          " 'L/C SUBFACILITY': that portion of the Total Revolving Credit
     Commitment equal to $30,000,000."

     3.   NEW DEFINITION. The following definition of the term "FASB 133" is
hereby added to Section 1.1 of the Credit Agreement:

          "FASB 133": Statement No. 133 of the Financial Accounting Standards
     Board as it applies to Hedging Agreements."

     4.   REDUCTION OF COMMITMENT; PREPAYMENT OF LOANS.

          (a) The second sentence of clause (i) of Section 2.5(a) is amended by
deleting in its entirety the phrase ", without premium or penalty,".

          (b) Clause (i) of Section 2.5(b) is hereby amended in its entirety to
read as follows:

               "(i) REVOLVING CREDIT LOANS. Subject to Section 2.5(f), the
          Borrower may prepay the principal of any Revolving Credit Loan, in
          whole or in part, at any time or from time to time."

          (c) Clause (ii) of Section 2.5(b) is hereby amended in its entirety to
read as follows:





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               "(ii) TERM LOAN. Subject to Section 2.5(f), the Borrower may upon
          at least three (3) Business Days' prior written notice to the Funding
          Agent prepay the principal amount of the Term Loan, in whole or in
          part on any Business Day. Each prepayment made pursuant to this clause
          (b)(ii) shall be accompanied by the payment of accrued interest to the
          date of such payment on the amount prepaid."

          (d) The following new paragraph (f) is hereby added to Section 2.5 of
the Credit Agreement:

          "(f) EARLY TERMINATION BY THE BORROWER. The Borrower may, at any time
upon five (5) days prior written notice to the Agents (which notice shall be
irrevocable), terminate this Agreement by paying to the Funding Agent, for the
benefit of the Lenders, in cash, an amount equal to the full amount of the
Obligations (including either (x) providing cash collateral to be held by the
Funding Agent for the benefit of the Lenders in an amount equal to 110% of the
maximum amount of the Lenders' obligations under the outstanding Letters of
Credit or (y) causing the original Letters of Credit to be returned to the
Funding Agent), plus an amount equal to either (i) 0.25% of the Total Revolving
Commitment if the termination of this Agreement pursuant to this Section 2.5(f)
occurs on or before May 31, 2002 or (ii) 0.125% of the Total Revolving
Commitment if the termination of this Agreement pursuant to this Section 2.5(f)
occurs after May 31, 2002 and on or before May 31, 2003 (the amount determined
pursuant to clause (i) or (ii) referred to herein as the "PREPAYMENT PENALTY").
If the Borrower delivers a notice of termination pursuant to the provisions of
this Section 2.5(f), then the Total Commitment shall, if not earlier terminated
in accordance with this Agreement, terminate, and the Borrower shall be
obligated to repay the Obligations (including, without limitation, the
Prepayment Penalty), in full, on the date set forth as the date of termination
of this Agreement in such notice."

     5. HEDGING AGREEMENTS. (a) Section 7.2 is hereby amended by (i) deleting
the word "and" after the semicolon at the end of clause (g); (ii) changing the
reference from clause (h) to clause (i); and (iii) adding after clause (g) and
before the newly renumbered clause (i) the following new clause (h):

          "(h) promptly and in any event within five (5) Business Days, notify
     the Agents upon becoming aware that its production of Hydrocarbons could
     reasonably be expected to be insufficient to meet its obligations under any
     Hedging Agreement; and"

     (b) The Credit Agreement is hereby amended by adding the following new
Section 7.19:

          "Section 7.19 HEDGING AGREEMENTS. Maintain in effect one or more
     Hedging Agreements with respect to its Hydrocarbon production (including,
     without limitation, gas sales contracts with customers of the Borrower or
     its






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     Subsidiaries) with one or more counterparties reasonably acceptable to the
     Administrative Agent. The aggregate notional volumes of Hydrocarbons
     covered by such Hedging Agreements shall constitute not less than 20% and
     not more than 80% of the Borrower's estimated Hydrocarbon production
     volumes on an mcf equivalent basis (where one barrel of oil is equal to six
     mcf of gas) for the succeeding twelve calendar months on a rolling twelve
     calendar month basis for such period from Oil and Gas Properties classified
     as Proved Developed Producing Reserves as of the date of the most recent
     Reserve Report delivered pursuant to Section 7.1(f) hereof plus the
     estimated production from anticipated drilling by the Borrower or its
     Subsidiaries during such succeeding twelve months. The Borrower shall use
     such Hedging Agreements solely as a part of its normal business operations
     as a risk management strategy and/or hedge against changes resulting from
     market conditions related to the Borrower's and its Subsidiaries' oil and
     gas operations and not as a means to speculate for investment purposes on
     trends and shifts in financial or commodities markets."

     6.   FINANCIAL COVENANT CONDITIONS. (a) The following fiscal quarters and
ratios shall be added to the Senior Debt Interest Coverage Ratio set forth in
clause (a) of Section 8.1 of the Credit Agreement:

                           September 30, 2002                 3.2:1
                           December 31 2002                   3.2:1
                           March 31, 2003                     3.2:1
                           June 30, 2003                      3.2:1
                           September 30, 2003                 3.2:1
                           December 31, 2003                  3.2:1
                           March 31, 2004                     3.2:1

     (b)   The following fiscal quarters and ratios shall be added to the Senior
Debt Leverage Ratio set forth in clause (b) of Section 8.1 of the Credit
Agreement:

                           September 30, 2002                 2.7:1
                           December 31 2002                   2.7:1
                           March 31, 2003                     2.7:1
                           June 30, 2003                      2.7:1
                           September 30, 2003                 2.7:1
                           December 31, 2003                  2.7:1
                           March 31, 2004                     2.7:1

     (c)   Clause (c) of Section 8.1 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended
in its entirety to read as follows:

          "(c) CURRENT RATIO. Permit, the ratio of current assets (which shall
     include an amount equal to the principal amount of Loans available under
     this Agreement but shall exclude an amount equal to any increase (but not
     decrease) resulting from the application of FASB 133) to current
     liabilities (excluding (i) all






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     Indebtedness and accrued interest expense otherwise included as current
     liabilities and (ii) an amount equal to any increase (but not decrease) in
     current liabilities resulting from the application of FASB 133) to be less
     than 1.0 to 1.0 at the end of any fiscal quarter of the Borrower."

     7.   EVENT OF DEFAULT. (a) Clauses (i) and (ii) of Section 9(d) of the
Credit Agreement is hereby amended in its entirety to read as follows:

     "(i) five (5) consecutive days in respect of subsections 7.2(h), 7.7(a) or
     7.7(e), (ii) ten (10) consecutive days in respect of the agreements
     contained in clauses (a) through (g) of subsection 7.2 or subsections 7.10,
     7.11, 7.16(ii), 7.16(iii), 7.18 or 7.19"

     (b)   Clause (iii) of Section 9(d) of the Credit Agreement is hereby
amended by deleting the reference to subsection "7.2(h)" and substituting in
lieu thereof "7.2(i)".

     8.   CONDITIONS. This Amendment shall become effective only upon
satisfaction in full of the following conditions precedent (the first date upon
which all such conditions have been satisfied being herein called the "Amendment
Effective Date"):

          (a) The representations and warranties contained in this Amendment and
in Section 5 of the Credit Agreement and each other Loan Document shall be
correct in all material respects on and as of the Amendment Effective Date as
though made on and as of such date (except where such representations and
warranties relate to an earlier date in which case such representations and
warranties shall be true and correct as of such earlier date).

          (b) No Event of Default or, event which with the giving of notice or
elapse of time or both would constitute an Event of Default, shall have occurred
and be continuing on the Amendment Effective Date or result from this Amendment
becoming effective in accordance with its terms.

          (c) The Administrative Agent shall have received counterparts of this
Amendment which bear the signatures of the Borrower and the Guarantors.

          (d) The Administrative Agent shall have received, for the ratable
benefit of the Lenders, a non-refundable amendment fee in an amount equal to
$175,000, which fee is earned in full by the Lenders.

          (e) All legal matters incident to this Amendment shall be satisfactory
to the Administrative Agent and its counsel.

     9.   CONTINUED EFFECTIVENESS OF CREDIT AGREEMENT. The Borrower and each
Guarantor hereby (a) acknowledges and consents to this Amendment, (b) confirms
and agrees that each Loan Document to which it is a party is, and shall continue
to be, in full force and effect and is hereby ratified and confirmed in all
respects except that on and after the date hereof all references in any such
Loan Document to "the Credit Agreement", "thereto", "thereof",






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"thereunder" or words of like import referring to the Credit Agreement shall
mean the Credit Agreement as amended by this Amendment, and (c) confirms and
agrees that to the extent that any such Loan Document purports to assign or
pledge to the Lenders, or to grant a security interest in or lien on, any
collateral as security for the obligations of the Borrower from time to time
existing in respect of the Credit Agreement, such pledge, assignment or grant of
the security interest or lien is hereby ratified and confirmed in all respects.

     10.   MISCELLANEOUS.

          (a) This Amendment may be executed in any number of counterparts and
by different parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which shall be
deemed to be an original, but all of which taken together shall constitute one
and the same agreement.

          (b) Section and paragraph headings herein are included for convenience
of reference only and shall not constitute a part of this Amendment for any
other purpose.

          (c) This Amendment shall be governed by, and construed in accordance
with, the laws of the State of New York.















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        IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Amendment to be
executed by their respective officers or agents thereunto duly authorized as of
the day and year first above written.


                                 ABLECO FINANCE LLC, as Lender


                                 By: /s/ Kevin P. Genda
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                                     Title: SVP & Chief Credit Officer



                                 FOOTHILL CAPITAL CORPORATION, as Lender



                                 By: /s/ Greg L. Gentry
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                                     Title: Vice President


                                 FOOTHILL INCOME TRUST, L.P., as Lender,



                                 By:   FIT GP, LLC,
                                       its general partner


                                       By: /s/ John Nickoll
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                                           Title:  Managing Member


                                 BELDEN & BLAKE CORPORATION, as Borrower



                                 By: /s/ Robert W. Peshek
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                                     Title: Vice President, Finance
                                            and Chief Financial Officer


                                 THE CANTON OIL AND GAS COMPANY, as Guarantor



                                 By: /s/ Robert W. Peshek
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                                     Title: Vice President, Finance
                                            and Chief Financial Officer






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                                  WARD LAKE DRILLING, INC., as Guarantor



                                  By: /s/ James L. Goist
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                                      Title: Treasurer



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