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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000788965-07-000005
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	CORRESP
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
FILED AS OF DATE:		20070126

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			HALLADOR PETROLEUM CO
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000788965
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	CRUDE PETROLEUM & NATURAL GAS [1311]
		IRS NUMBER:				841014610
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			CO
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		CORRESP

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		1660 LINCOLN ST STE 2700
		CITY:			DENVER
		STATE:			CO
		ZIP:			80264
		BUSINESS PHONE:		3038395505

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		1660 LINCOLN STREET
		STREET 2:		SUITE 2700
		CITY:			DENVER
		STATE:			CO
		ZIP:			80264

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	KIMBARK OIL & GAS CO /CO/
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19900102

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	KIMBARK INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19860624
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      Karl
      Hiller</font></div>
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      Chief</font></div>
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      of
      Corporation Finance</font></div>
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      and
      Exchange Commission</font></div>
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      D. C.
      20549-7010</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Re:</font><font id="TAB2" style="COLOR: black; LETTER-SPACING: 18pt">&#160;</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Hallador
      Petroleum
      Company</font></div>
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      10-KSB for the
      year ended December 31, 2005</font></div>
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      10-QSB for the
      quarter ended June 30, 2006</font></div>
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      file No.
      0-14731</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Dear
      Mr.
      Hiller:</font></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><br></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">This
      letter is in
      response to your September 25, 2006 letter. The information below corresponds
      to
      the numbered comments in your letter.</font></div>
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            <td>
              <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Your
                comment
                No. 1 deals with the statements of changes in stockholders&#8217;
                equity.</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><strong><u>Our
      response:</u></strong></font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">We
      agree that Regulation S-B requires a separate of Stockholders&#8217; Equity. Please
      note Rule 3-04 of Regulation S-X where such information can be given in a note
      or a separate statement. For the last several years the only change we had
      in
      stockholders equity was net income. For the year ended December 31, 2005 we
      disclosed in Note 1 on page 22 a table of changes in stockholders' equity as
      we
      had activity other than net income. We feel that the disclosure is adequate.
      For
      future filings we will include a separate statement if there is material
      activity in the accounts.</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">We
      pride ourselves in keeping our disclosure brief, transparent and to the point
      and not to burden the readers of our filings with unnecessary
      disclosures.</font></div>
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            <td>
              <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Your
                comment
                No. 2 deals with the cash flow
                statement.</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 18pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><br></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><strong><u>Our
      response:</u></strong></font></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><br></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">The
      intent on
      repurchasing the limited partnership interests was to provide liquidity to
      the
      limited partners. Consistent with paragra</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">p</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">h
      20 of SFAS No.
      95, </font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">p</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">ayment
      of
      dividends, distributions and outlays to reacquire an enterprises equity
      instruments are considered cash outflows from financing activities. We believe
      the presentation of these amounts in our statement of cash flows is consistent
      with the guidance in SFAS No. 95 in addition to the intent and purpose of these
      payments by the Company.</font></div><br>
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            <td>
              <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Your
                comment
                No. 3 deals with the entitlement method for our oil and gas
                sales.</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><strong><u>Our
      response</u></strong></font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">:</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">We
      are the operator of the San Juan field which accounts for over 66% of our gas
      sales. There are twenty-eight producing gas wells in the field. During the
      past
      several years we have never been in any material over/under produced situation.
      In future filings we will address any material over/under produced
      situation.</font></div>
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            <td>
              <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Your
                comment
                No. 4 deals with our purchase of outstanding stock
                options.</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><strong><u>Our
      response:</u></strong></font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">We
      will revise our statement</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">&#160;</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">of
      cash
      flow</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">s</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">
      to reflect these
</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">two
      </font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">items
      </font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">in
      operati</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">ng
      activities.</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">
      We will make these
      changes in our Form 10-KSB for the year ended December 31, 2006.</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">We
      have accounted for stock options in accordance with APB 25 as disclosed in
      our
      accounting policy footnote. When we sold the Cuyama oil and gas field in August
      2004 we concluded to reward our employees by giving them cash bonuses and also
      by buying out their stock options. Because our stock is (i) on the OTC Bulletin
      Board, (ii) is thinly traded, and (iii) over 85% is controlled by board members
      and their affiliates there is not a true market for our stock. We concluded
      our
      employees would not receive a fair price if they exercised their options and
      then sold the stock. We consider the 2004 sale of the Cuyama field to be a
      monumental event in the life of our company. We had owned the field since
      1990.</font></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><br></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">We
      arrived at the $2.80 based on a determination by our board of directors that
      such amount represented a fair price.</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">&#160;</font></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><br></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">In
      January 2001, we purchased for $300,000 options from our employees. The trigger
      events for this action were: (i) none of our employee options have been
      exercised since 1990, and (ii) in January 2001 we were experiencing high prices
      for oil and gas sales. We wanted to share with our employees the results of
      the
      high prices.</font></div><br>
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            <td>
              <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Your
                comment
                No. 5 deals with our oil and gas reserve
                estimates.</font></div>
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      response:</u></strong></font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Edwin
      James is the
      consulting engineer. He lives in Seattle, Washington.</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">His
      address is 1612
      37th Ave, Seattle, WA 98122 and his phone number is (206) 328-6458. We take
      no
      exception disclosing this in our next Form 10-KSB but would like to understand
      the purpose of the request. We are not aware of any SEC requirements to include
      such information in a 1934 Act filing. Since our Form 10-QSB does not include
      reserve information we think it might be confusing to the readers if we include
      Mr. James&#8217;s name in such filing.</font></div>
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              <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Your
                comment
                No. 6 deals with the accounting of Executive
                compensation.</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><strong><u>Our
      response:</u></strong></font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Such
      amounts are
      included in the gain on sale of discontinued operations for 2004.</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Of
      the $1,251,900 reported in our compensation table, $981,000 is included in
      the
      $1,305,000 originally reported in cash flows from financing activities and
      the
      remainder is included in cash flows from operating activities. As indicated
      in
      our response to comment 4 we will be revising our statement of cash flows to
      reflect these amounts entirely in cash flows from operating
      activities.</font></div>
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            <td>
              <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Your
                comment
                No. 7 deals with our receivable from Sunrise and our
                investment.</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><br></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><strong><u>Our
      response:</u></strong></font></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><br></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">The
      $3,814,000
      receivable was paid on July 31, 2006 as disclosed on the face of the June 30,
      2006 balance sheet.</font></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><br></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">The
      investment in
      Sunrise was $1,500,000. The investment in CELLC was $127,000. The third
      paragraph to Note 7 to the June 30, 2006 interim financial statements discusses
      the $1,500,000 amount vis-&#224;-vis FIN 45. Once we begin consolidating Sunrise,
      this investment account will no longer appear.</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">The
      $7,000,000 loan
      to Sunrise as of March 31, 2006 was repaid by Sunrise in April 2006 as disclosed
      on the face of the March 31, 2006 balance sheet included in our first quarter
      Form 10-QSB.</font></div><br>
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            <td>
              <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Your
                comment
                No. 8 deals with MD&amp;A.</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><br></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><strong><u>Our
      response:</u></strong></font></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><br></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">We
      have a verbal agreement with Indiana Power and Light (IPL.) A definitive
      agreement should be finalized during the fourth quarter. The verbal agreement
      calls for a payment of $.10 per ton as coal is produced from the Carlisle mine
      for the first two years and $.25 per ton in future years for the life of the
      mine. If coal is not mined, we have no obligation to pay. In view of the fact
      that the coal will be selling at $27 per ton, we view this settlement as not
      significant. We are expecting a document from IPL soon.</font></div>
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      comment No. 9
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><strong><u>Our
      response:</u></strong></font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">We
      will revise our disclosure to comply as requested in our future filings
      beginning with the September 30, 2006 Form 10Q-SB.</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left">&#160;</div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">We
      acknowledge that :</font></div>
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                are
                responsible for the adequacy and accuracy of the disclosure in our
                filings.</font></div>
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              <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">the
                staff
                comments or changes to disclosure in response to staff comments do
                not
                foreclose the Commission from taking any action with respect to the
                filing; and </font></div>
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                may not
                assert staff comments as a defense in any proceeding initiated by
                the
                Commission or any person under the federal securities laws of the
                United
                States.</font></div>
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      truly,</font></div>
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