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                               POWER OF ATTORNEY


KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS that the undersigned does hereby constitute and
appoint Michael T. Dan, Austin F. Reed and Robert T. Ritter, and each of them
severally (with full power of substitution), his true and lawful attorney-in-
fact and agent to do any and all acts and things and to execute any and all
instruments which, with the advice of counsel, any of said attorneys and agents
may deem necessary or advisable to enable The Pittston Company, a Virginia
corporation (the "Company"), to comply with the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, and any rules, regulations and requirements of the Securities and
Exchange Commission in respect thereof, in connection with the preparation and
filing of the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-8 with respect to The
Pittston Company Non-Employee Directors' Stock Option Plan, including
specifically, but without limitation, power and authority to sign his name as an
officer and/or director of the Company, as the case may be, to the Registration
Statement on Form S-8 or any amendments or post-effective amendments thereto;
and the undersigned does hereby ratify and confirm that all said attorneys shall
do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.


          IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 27th day of
October, 2000.
                                          Roger G. Ackerman

                                          /s/ Roger G. Ackerman
                                          ---------------------
                                          Roger G. Ackerman
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                               POWER OF ATTORNEY


KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS that the undersigned does hereby constitute and
appoint Michael T. Dan, Austin F. Reed and Robert T. Ritter, and each of them
severally (with full power of substitution), his true and lawful attorney-in-
fact and agent to do any and all acts and things and to execute any and all
instruments which, with the advice of counsel, any of said attorneys and agents
may deem necessary or advisable to enable The Pittston Company, a Virginia
corporation (the "Company"), to comply with the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, and any rules, regulations and requirements of the Securities and
Exchange Commission in respect thereof, in connection with the preparation and
filing of the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-8 with respect to The
Pittston Company Non-Employee Directors' Stock Option Plan, including
specifically, but without limitation, power and authority to sign his name as an
officer and/or director of the Company, as the case may be, to the Registration
Statement on Form S-8 or any amendments or post-effective amendments thereto;
and the undersigned does hereby ratify and confirm that all said attorneys shall
do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.


          IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 3rd day of
November, 2000.
                                          Betty C. Alewine

                                          /s/ Betty C. Alewine
                                          --------------------
                                          Betty C. Alewine
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                               POWER OF ATTORNEY


KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS that the undersigned does hereby constitute and
appoint Michael T. Dan, Austin F. Reed and Robert T. Ritter, and each of them
severally (with full power of substitution), his true and lawful attorney-in-
fact and agent to do any and all acts and things and to execute any and all
instruments which, with the advice of counsel, any of said attorneys and agents
may deem necessary or advisable to enable The Pittston Company, a Virginia
corporation (the "Company"), to comply with the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, and any rules, regulations and requirements of the Securities and
Exchange Commission in respect thereof, in connection with the preparation and
filing of the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-8 with respect to The
Pittston Company Non-Employee Directors' Stock Option Plan, including
specifically, but without limitation, power and authority to sign his name as an
officer and/or director of the Company, as the case may be, to the Registration
Statement on Form S-8 or any amendments or post-effective amendments thereto;
and the undersigned does hereby ratify and confirm that all said attorneys shall
do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.


          IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 27th day of
October, 2000.
                                          James R. Barker

                                          /s/ James R. Barker
                                          -------------------
                                          James R. Barker
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                               POWER OF ATTORNEY


KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS that the undersigned does hereby constitute and
appoint Michael T. Dan, Austin F. Reed and Robert T. Ritter, and each of them
severally (with full power of substitution), his true and lawful attorney-in-
fact and agent to do any and all acts and things and to execute any and all
instruments which, with the advice of counsel, any of said attorneys and agents
may deem necessary or advisable to enable The Pittston Company, a Virginia
corporation (the "Company"), to comply with the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, and any rules, regulations and requirements of the Securities and
Exchange Commission in respect thereof, in connection with the preparation and
filing of the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-8 with respect to The
Pittston Company Non-Employee Directors' Stock Option Plan, including
specifically, but without limitation, power and authority to sign his name as an
officer and/or director of the Company, as the case may be, to the Registration
Statement on Form S-8 or any amendments or post-effective amendments thereto;
and the undersigned does hereby ratify and confirm that all said attorneys shall
do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.


          IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 27th day of
October, 2000.
                                          Marc C. Breslawsky

                                          /s/ Marc C. Breslawsky
                                          ----------------------
                                          Marc C. Breslawsky
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                               POWER OF ATTORNEY


KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS that the undersigned does hereby constitute and
appoint Michael T. Dan, Austin F. Reed and Robert T. Ritter, and each of them
severally (with full power of substitution), his true and lawful attorney-in-
fact and agent to do any and all acts and things and to execute any and all
instruments which, with the advice of counsel, any of said attorneys and agents
may deem necessary or advisable to enable The Pittston Company, a Virginia
corporation (the "Company"), to comply with the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, and any rules, regulations and requirements of the Securities and
Exchange Commission in respect thereof, in connection with the preparation and
filing of the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-8 with respect to The
Pittston Company Non-Employee Directors' Stock Option Plan, including
specifically, but without limitation, power and authority to sign his name as an
officer and/or director of the Company, as the case may be, to the Registration
Statement on Form S-8 or any amendments or post-effective amendments thereto;
and the undersigned does hereby ratify and confirm that all said attorneys shall
do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.


          IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 27th day of
October, 2000.
                                          James L. Broadhead

                                          /s/ James L. Broadhead
                                          ----------------------
                                          James L. Broadhead
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                               POWER OF ATTORNEY


KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS that the undersigned does hereby constitute and
appoint Michael T. Dan, Austin F. Reed and Robert T. Ritter, and each of them
severally (with full power of substitution), his true and lawful attorney-in-
fact and agent to do any and all acts and things and to execute any and all
instruments which, with the advice of counsel, any of said attorneys and agents
may deem necessary or advisable to enable The Pittston Company, a Virginia
corporation (the "Company"), to comply with the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, and any rules, regulations and requirements of the Securities and
Exchange Commission in respect thereof, in connection with the preparation and
filing of the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-8 with respect to The
Pittston Company Non-Employee Directors' Stock Option Plan, including
specifically, but without limitation, power and authority to sign his name as an
officer and/or director of the Company, as the case may be, to the Registration
Statement on Form S-8 or any amendments or post-effective amendments thereto;
and the undersigned does hereby ratify and confirm that all said attorneys shall
do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.


          IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 27th day of
October, 2000.
                                          Gerald Grinstein

                                          /s/ Gerald Grinstein
                                          --------------------
                                          Gerald Grinstein
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                               POWER OF ATTORNEY


KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS that the undersigned does hereby constitute and
appoint Michael T. Dan, Austin F. Reed and Robert T. Ritter, and each of them
severally (with full power of substitution), his true and lawful attorney-in-
fact and agent to do any and all acts and things and to execute any and all
instruments which, with the advice of counsel, any of said attorneys and agents
may deem necessary or advisable to enable The Pittston Company, a Virginia
corporation (the "Company"), to comply with the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, and any rules, regulations and requirements of the Securities and
Exchange Commission in respect thereof, in connection with the preparation and
filing of the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-8 with respect to The
Pittston Company Non-Employee Directors' Stock Option Plan, including
specifically, but without limitation, power and authority to sign his name as an
officer and/or director of the Company, as the case may be, to the Registration
Statement on Form S-8 or any amendments or post-effective amendments thereto;
and the undersigned does hereby ratify and confirm that all said attorneys shall
do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.


          IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 27th day of
October, 2000.
                                          William F. Craig

                                          /s/ William F. Craig
                                          --------------------
                                          William F. Craig
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                               POWER OF ATTORNEY


KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS that the undersigned does hereby constitute and
appoint Michael T. Dan, Austin F. Reed and Robert T. Ritter, and each of them
severally (with full power of substitution), his true and lawful attorney-in-
fact and agent to do any and all acts and things and to execute any and all
instruments which, with the advice of counsel, any of said attorneys and agents
may deem necessary or advisable to enable The Pittston Company, a Virginia
corporation (the "Company"), to comply with the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, and any rules, regulations and requirements of the Securities and
Exchange Commission in respect thereof, in connection with the preparation and
filing of the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-8 with respect to The
Pittston Company Non-Employee Directors' Stock Option Plan, including
specifically, but without limitation, power and authority to sign his name as an
officer and/or director of the Company, as the case may be, to the Registration
Statement on Form S-8 or any amendments or post-effective amendments thereto;
and the undersigned does hereby ratify and confirm that all said attorneys shall
do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.


          IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 27th day of
October, 2000.
                                          Ronald M. Gross

                                          /s/ Ronald M. Gross
                                          -------------------
                                          Ronald M. Gross
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                               POWER OF ATTORNEY


KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS that the undersigned does hereby constitute and
appoint Michael T. Dan, Austin F. Reed and Robert T. Ritter, and each of them
severally (with full power of substitution), his true and lawful attorney-in-
fact and agent to do any and all acts and things and to execute any and all
instruments which, with the advice of counsel, any of said attorneys and agents
may deem necessary or advisable to enable The Pittston Company, a Virginia
corporation (the "Company"), to comply with the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, and any rules, regulations and requirements of the Securities and
Exchange Commission in respect thereof, in connection with the preparation and
filing of the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-8 with respect to The
Pittston Company Non-Employee Directors' Stock Option Plan, including
specifically, but without limitation, power and authority to sign his name as an
officer and/or director of the Company, as the case may be, to the Registration
Statement on Form S-8 or any amendments or post-effective amendments thereto;
and the undersigned does hereby ratify and confirm that all said attorneys shall
do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.


          IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 27th day of
October, 2000.
                                          Carl S. Sloane

                                          /s/ Carl S. Sloane
                                          ------------------
                                          Carl S. Sloane

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