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                                                                 EXHIBIT 10.7(b)

                             AMENDMENT NO. 2 OF THE
                           BELDEN & BLAKE CORPORATION
                     1999 CHANGE IN CONTROL PROTECTION PLAN
                                FOR KEY EMPLOYEES
                        AMENDED EFFECTIVE AUGUST 1, 2002

         The Belden & Blake Corporation 1999 Change in Control Protection Plan
for Key Employees (the "Plan"), originally effective August 1, 1999, is hereby
amended, effective as of August 1, 2002, as follows:

         Section 5.1 of Article V of the Plan is amended in its entirety to read
as follows:

         Duration. If a Change in Control has not occurred, the Plan shall
expire five (5) years from the Effective Date unless extended for an additional
period by resolution adopted by the Board in its discretion, at any time during
the term of the Plan. If a Change of Control occurs during the term of this
Plan, the Plan shall continue in full force and effect and shall not terminate
or expire until after all Employees who become entitled to Severance Pay
hereunder have received such Severance Pay in full.

         Except as expressly amended above, the provisions of the Plan shall
continue in full force and effect.

                                    EXECUTION

         To record the adoption of this Amendment to the Plan, Belden & Blake
Corporation has caused its appropriate officers to affix its name and seal
hereto as of the 23rd day of October, 2002

ATTEST:                             BELDEN & BLAKE CORPORATION

Duane D. Clark                             By: /s/ John L. Schwager
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Duane D. Clark                             John L. Schwager
Secretary
                                    Title: President and Chief Executive Officer<PAGE>

EXHIBIT 10.8(a)

                                  AMENDMENT - I
                           BELDEN & BLAKE CORPORATION
                             1999 SEVERANCE PAY PLAN
                                  MAY 29, 2000

         Effective May 29, 2000, the Belden & Blake Corporation 1999 Severance
Pay Plan is hereby amended to read:

         Section 2.1 Applicable Period. The term "Applicable Period" shall mean
a period equal to two (2) weeks for each year of service (not less than 4 weeks
or more than 26 weeks) with the Company, unless an Eligible Employee is notified
in writing that his or her Applicable Period shall consist of a different
period. For this purpose, years of service with the Company shall be based on
the total number of years and fractional years of continuous service with the
Company from the Eligible Employee's most recent date of hire with the Company.
For purposes of the preceding sentence, continuous service shall also include
periods of employment with an entity or affiliate thereof acquired by the
Company or with any entity or affiliate thereof from which the Company acquired
assets that occurred immediately preceding the Eligible Employee's date of hire
with the Company.

         All other aspects of the Plan remain unchanged and are reaffirmed.

         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Belden & Blake Corporation has caused this
amendment to the Plan to be executed as of the 29th day of May, 2000.

ATTEST:                             BELDEN & BLAKE CORPORATION

/s/ Joe Vitale                      By: /s/ John L. Schwager
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Secretary                                   John L. Schwager
                                    Title: President & Chief Executive Officer<PAGE>

                                                                 EXHIBIT 10.8(b)

                                  AMENDMENT - 2
                           BELDEN & BLAKE CORPORATION
                             1999 SEVERANCE PAY PLAN
                                SEPTEMBER 1, 2002

         Effective September 1, 2002, the Belden & Blake Corporation 1999
Severance Pay Plan is hereby amended to read:

Article III. Severance Pay.

         Section 3.1 Eligibility. It is the policy of the Company to provide
Severance Pay to Employees whose employment is terminated involuntarily by the
Company other than for Cause or under circumstances set forth in this Section
3.1. If an Employee resigns, abandons his job, fails to return from an approved
leave of absence, initiates termination on any similar basis, or whose
termination occurs by reason of his or her death or disability or in any other
manner except an involuntary termination by the Company without Cause or under
circumstances set forth in this Section 3.1, the Employee will not be an
Eligible Employee under this Plan. In addition, an Employee will not be an
Eligible Employee under this Plan if he or she is terminated by the Company for
Cause.

         Notwithstanding any other provision of this Plan, an Employee otherwise
meeting the criteria to be an Eligible Employee shall not be an Eligible
Employee if the Employee's termination is the result of the sale of less than
seventy-five (75%) percent of the Company's assets, if such Employee is offered
what is in the sole opinion of the Company a comparable position with the buyer
of the assets at a salary or hourly rate that is at least equal to the
Employee's Base Pay, and if the principal work location of that job with the
buyer of the assets is at a location which is not more than 50 miles from the
principal work location of that Employee immediately prior to the sale of the
assets. An Employee otherwise meeting the criteria to be an Eligible Employee
shall also not be an Eligible Employee if the Employee accepts any position with
the buyer of the assets, even if that position does not meet the foregoing
criteria.

         If an Employee accepts employment with the buyer at any compensation
level and his or her employment is terminated by the buyer without Cause as
defined in Section 2.4 within six (6) months following the date of the asset
sale, or if such Employee resigns from his or her

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employment within six (6) months following the date of such sale in response to
a reduction in the salary or hourly rate at which he or she was initially hired
by the buyer, or if the principal work location of the Employee is moved after
beginning employment to a location more than 50 miles from the principal work
location of that Employee immediately prior to the sale of the assets, such
Employee will receive Severance Pay as if Employee had not been offered
employment by the Buyer.

         All other aspects of the Plan remain unchanged and are reaffirmed.

         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Belden & Blake Corporation has caused this
amendment to the Plan to be executed as of the 12th day of September, 2002.

ATTEST:                             BELDEN & BLAKE CORPORATION

/s/ Duane D. Clark                  By: /s/ John L. Schwager
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Duane D. Clark,                         John L. Schwager
Secretary                               President and Chief Executive Officer

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                                                                EXHIBIT 10(xvii)

                                 AMENDMENT NO. 1
                                     TO THE
                             NACCO INDUSTRIES, INC.
                 SUPPLEMENTAL ANNUAL INCENTIVE COMPENSATION PLAN
            (AS AMENDED AND RESTATED EFFECTIVE AS OF JANUARY 1, 2001)

         The Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors of the Company,
hereby adopts this Amendment No. 1 to the NACCO Industries, Inc. Supplemental
Annual Incentive Compensation Plan (As Amended and Restated Effective as of
January 1, 2001) (the "Plan") effective as of January 1, 2001. Words and phrases
used herein with initial capital letters which are defined in the Plan are used
herein as so defined.

                                    Section 1

         Section 5(b) of the Plan is hereby amended in its entirety to read as
follows:

         "No later than the ninetieth day of the following calendar year, the
Committee shall approve (i) a preliminary calculation of the amount of each
Award based upon the application of the formula and actual performance to the
Target Awards previously determined in accordance with Section 5(a); and (ii) a
final calculation of the amount of each Award to be paid to each Participant for
the prior year. Notwithstanding the foregoing, (1) the Committee shall have the
power to decrease the amount of any Award below the amount determined in
accordance with Section 5(b)(i); (2) the Committee shall have the power to
increase the amount of any Award above the amount determined in accordance with
Section 5(b)(i); provided, however, that no such increase or change may be made
which would cause any amount paid to a Participant who is, or is determined by
the Committee to be likely to become, a 'covered employee' to be includable as
'applicable employee remuneration' of such Participant, as such terms are
defined in Section 162(m) and (3) no Award, including any Award equal to the
Target Award, shall be payable under the Plan to any Participant except as
determined by the Committee."<PAGE>

                                                                  EXHIBIT 10(xx)

                             NACCO INDUSTRIES, INC.
                     2003 ANNUAL INCENTIVE COMPENSATION PLAN

1.       Purpose of the Plan

         The purpose of the NACCO Industries, Inc. 2003 Annual Incentive
Compensation Plan (the "Plan") is to further the profits and growth of NACCO
Industries, Inc. (the "Company") by enabling the Company to attract and retain
key employees of the Company by offering annual incentive compensation to those
key employees who will be in a position to help the Company to meet its
financial and business objectives.

2.       Definitions

         (a) "Award" means cash paid to a Participant under the Plan for the
Award Term in an amount determined in accordance with Section 4. A Participant's
Award shall be equal to the sum of his 40% Award and his 60% Award, as further
described in Section 4.

         (b) "Award Term" means the period from January 1, 2003 through December
31, 2003.

         (c) "60% Base Amount" means for any Participant a dollar amount, which
shall be equal to the salary midpoint for the Salary Points assigned to the
Participant by the Committee for the Award Term multiplied by 60% of the
short-term incentive compensation target percent for those Salary Points.
Attached hereto as Exhibit A is a schedule listing the 60% Base Amount for each
Participant for the Award Term.

         (d) "40% Base Amount" means for any Participant a dollar amount, which
shall be equal to the salary midpoint for the Salary Points assigned to the
Participant by the Committee for the Award Term multiplied by 40% of the
short-term incentive compensation target percent for those Salary Points.
Attached hereto as Exhibit B is a schedule listing the 40% Base Amount for each
Participant for the Award Term.. Where applicable, the 40% Base Amount and the
60% Base Amount shall be referred to herein collectively as the "Base
Amount(s)."

         (e) "Committee" means the Nominating, Organization and Compensation
Committee of the Company's Board of Directors or any other committee appointed
by the Company's Board of Directors to administer this Plan in accordance with
Section 3, so long as any such committee consists of not less than two directors
of the Company and so long as each member of the Committee is not an employee of
the Company or any of its subsidiaries.

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         (f) "Participant" means any salaried employee of the Company who in the
judgment of the Committee occupies a key position in which his efforts may
significantly contribute to the profits or growth of the Company; provided,
however, that the Committee may select any employee who is expected to
contribute, or who has contributed, significantly to the Company's profitability
to participate in the Plan and receive an Award hereunder; and further provided,
however, that following the end of the Award Term the Committee may make one or
more discretionary Awards to employees of the Company who are not Participants.
Directors of the Company who are also employees of the Company are eligible to
participate in the Plan. Employees of the Company's subsidiaries shall not be
eligible to participate in the Plan. The Committee shall have the power to add
Participants at any later date in the Award Term if individuals subsequently
become eligible to participate in the Plan. Each Participant shall be notified
that he is eligible to receive a 60% Award and or a 40% Award for such Term and
the amount of his Base Amounts. If a Participant receives a change in Salary
Points, salary midpoint and/or short-term incentive compensation target percent,
such change and any resulting change in his Base Amount(s) will be reflected on
an amended Exhibit A or Exhibit B, as applicable. Unless otherwise determined by
the Committee, a Participant must be both employed by the Company and a
Participant on December 31 of the Award Term, and the amount of any Award to a
Participant who was not also employed by the Company and a Participant on the
first day of the Award Term shall be not more than the pro-rated amount based
upon the number of days actually employed by the Company in the Award Term.
Attached hereto as Exhibit A is a schedule listing the Participants eligible for
a 60% Award for the Award Term and attached hereto as Exhibit B is a schedule
listing the Participants eligible for a 40% Award for the Award Term.

         (g) "Salary Points" means the salary points assigned to a Participant
by the Committee pursuant to the Hay salary point system, or any successor
salary point system adopted by the Committee.

         (h) "Supplemental Plan" means the NACCO Industries, Inc. Supplemental
Annual Incentive Compensation Plan.

3.       Administration

         This Plan shall be administered by the Committee. The Committee shall
have complete authority to interpret all provisions of this Plan consistent with
law, to prescribe the form of any instrument evidencing any Award granted or
paid under this Plan, to adopt, amend and rescind general and special rules and
regulations for its administration, and to make all other determinations
necessary or advisable for the administration of this Plan. A majority of the
Committee shall constitute a quorum, and the action of members of the Committee
present at any meeting at which a quorum is present or acts unanimously

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approved in writing, shall be the act of the Committee. All acts and decisions
of the Committee with respect to any questions arising in connection with the
administration and interpretation of this Plan, including the severability of
any or all of the provisions hereof, shall be conclusive, final and binding upon
the Company and all present and former Participants, all other employees of the
Company, and their respective descendants, successors and assigns. No member of
the Committee shall be liable for any such act or decision made in good faith.

4.       Awards

         The Committee may, from time to time and upon such conditions as it may
determine, authorize Awards for Participants, which Awards shall be not
inconsistent with, and shall be subject to all of the requirements of, the
following provisions:

         (a) Performance Targets. The Committee shall determine performance
target descriptions, weightings and targets for the Award Term. The targets
applicable to the 60% Awards shall be attached hereto as Exhibit C and the
targets for the 40% Awards shall be attached hereto as Exhibit D. The Committee
shall have the power to add, delete and amend target descriptions, weightings
and targets during or after the Award Term, which shall be reflected on an
amended Exhibit C or Exhibit D, as applicable. No performance targets used in
this Plan which are applicable to a Participant hereunder shall be used in the
Supplemental Plan in the same year for such Participant.

         (b) 60% Awards. Following the end of the Award Term, the Committee
shall compare the actual performance against the performance targets for each of
the performance target descriptions in Exhibit C which are applicable to the 60%
Awards. Based thereupon, the Committee shall determine the total payout
percentage under the Plan for the 60% Awards (the "60% Payout Percentage"). The
Committee shall then determine the 60% Award for each Participant, which shall
be equal to the Participant's 60% Base Amount, multiplied by the 60% Payout
Percentage, and further adjusted by such other factors, including an individual
performance factor for each Participant, as the Committee shall determine are
appropriate; provided, however, that no 60% Award may be made to any Participant
which exceeds 200% of his 60% Base Amount.

         (c) 40% Awards. The amount of the 40% Awards shall be determined in
accordance with the provisions of Exhibit D hereto.

         (d) Payment Provisions. Promptly following the approval of the final
Awards, the Company shall pay the amount of such Awards to the Participants in
cash, subject to all withholdings and

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deductions pursuant to Section 5; provided, however, that no Award shall be
payable to a Participant except as determined by the Committee.

5.       Withholding Taxes

         Any Award paid to a Participant under this Plan, shall be subject to
standard federal, state and local income tax, social security and other standard
withholdings and deductions.

6.       Amendment and Termination

         The Committee may alter or amend this Plan (including the Exhibits
hereto) from time to time or terminate it in its entirety; provided, however,
that no such action shall, without the consent of a Participant, affect the
rights in an outstanding Award of such Participant.

7.       General Provisions

         (a) No Right of Employment. Neither the adoption or operation of this
Plan, nor any document describing or referring to this Plan, or any part
thereof, shall confer upon any employee any right to continue in the employ of
the Company, or shall in any way affect the right and power of the Company to
terminate the employment of any employee at any time with or without assigning a
reason therefor to the same extent as the Company might have done if this Plan
had not been adopted.

         (b) Governing Law. The provisions of this Plan shall be governed by and
construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware.

         (c) Miscellaneous. Headings are given to the sections of this Plan
solely as a convenience to facilitate reference. Such headings, numbering and
paragraphing shall not in any case be deemed in any way material or relevant to
the construction of this Plan or any provisions thereof. The use of the
masculine gender shall also include within its meaning the feminine. The use of
the singular shall also include within its meaning the plural, and vice versa.

8.       Effective Date

         This Plan shall become effective as of January 1, 2003.

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