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| Alpha      Natural Resources, Inc                            |   |
|  Computation      of Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges |   |
|  (Amounts      in thousands except ratio)               |   |
|                                                         |   |                         |   |   |                        |   |   |   |   |   |    |   |
|                                                         |   | Three Months Ended |   |   | Nine Months Ended |   |
|                                                         |   | September 30,           |   |   | September 30,          |   |
|                                                         |   | 2008                         |   |   | 2007                        |   |   | 2008   |   |   | 2007    |   |
| Earnings:                                                    |   |                         |   |   |                        |   |   |   |   |   |    |   |
| Income      from continuing operations before income taxes   |   | $                            | 70,761 |   |                        | $      | 11,917 |   |   | $      | 189,414 |   |   | $ | 30,438 |   |
| Adjustments:                                                 |   |                         |   |   |                        |   |   |   |   |   |    |   |   |   |   |   |
| Fixed      charges                                           |   |                         | 7,750  |   |                        |   | 10,844 |   |   |   | 50,113  |   |   |   | 33,139 |   |
| Loss      from equity investees                              |   |                         | 35     |   |                        |   | 71     |   |   |   | 539     |   |   |   | 108 |   |
| Amortization      of capitalized interest                    |   |                         | 48     |   |                        |   | 21     |   |   |   | 140     |   |   |   | 50 |   |
| Capitalized      interest                                    |   |                         | (271   | )      |                        |   | (168   | )      |   |   | (537    | )      |   |   | (920 | ) |
|                                                         |   | $                            | 78,323 |   |                        | $      | 22,685 |   |   | $      | 239,669 |   |   | $ | 62,815 |   |
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| Fixed      Charges:                                          |   |                         |   |   |                        |   |   |   |   |   |    |   |   |   |   |   |
| Interest      expense                                        |   | $                            | 6,995  |   |                        | $      | 10,170 |   |   | $      | 33,594  |   |   | $ | 30,214 |   |
| Loss      on early extinguishment of debt                    |   |                         | 33     |   |                        |   | -      |   |   |   | 14,702  |   |   |   | - |   |
| Portion      of rental expense representative of interest    |   |                         | 451    |   |                        |   | 506    |   |   |   | 1,280   |   |   |   | 2,005 |   |
| Capitalized      interest                                    |   |                         | 271    |   |                        |   | 168    |   |   |   | 537     |   |   |   | 920 |   |
|                                                         |   | $                            | 7,750  |   |                        | $      | 10,844 |   |   | $      | 50,113  |   |   | $ | 33,139 |   |
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| Ratio      of earnings to fixed charges                      |   |                         | 10.11  |   |                        |   | 2.09   |   |   |   | 4.78    |   |   |   | 1.90 |   |
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