| Alpha      Natural Resources, Inc                                                     |                         |
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| Computation      of Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges                                |                         |
| (Amounts      in thousands except ratio)                                              |                         |
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|                                                                                  | Three Months Ended |   |
| March 31,                                                                        |                         |
| 2008                                                                                  |                         | 2007 |   |
| Earnings:                                                                             |                         |   |   |   |
| Income      from continuing operations before income taxes and minority      interest | $                            | 33,409 |   | $ | 10,935 |   |
| Adjustments:                                                                          |                         |   |   |   |   |   |
| Fixed      charges                                                                    |                         | 10,949 |   |   | 11,209 |   |
| Loss      from equity investees                                                       |                         | 35 |   |   | 37 |   |
| Amortization      of capitalized interest                                             |                         | 46 |   |   | 10 |   |
| Capitalized      interest                                                             |                         | (401 | ) |   | (374 | ) |
|                                                                                  | $                            | 44,038 |   | $ | 21,817 |   |
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| Fixed      Charges:                                                                   |                         |   |   |   |   |   |
| Interest      expense                                                                 | $                            | 10,087 |   | $ | 9,993 |   |
| Portion      of rental expense representative of interest                             |                         | 461 |   |   | 842 |   |
| Capitalized      interest                                                             |                         | 401 |   |   | 374 |   |
|                                                                                  | $                            | 10,949 |   | $ | 11,209 |   |
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| Ratio      of earnings to fixed charges                                               |                         | 4.02 |   |   | 1.95 |   |
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