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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000788965-13-000018
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	CORRESP
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FILED AS OF DATE:		20130521

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			HALLADOR ENERGY CO
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000788965
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	BITUMINOUS COAL & LIGNITE MINING [1220]
		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

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

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	HALLADOR PETROLEUM CO
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19920703

	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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<div style="TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">1660 Lincoln Street</font></div>

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<div style="TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Mr. George Schuler, Mining Engineer</font></div>

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<div style="TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Form 10-K for Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2012</font></div>

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<div style="TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Sam Elder, our mining engineer, mailed to you the information you requested and you confirmed receipt thereof.&#160;&#160;Sam&#8217;s information should satisfy your comments #1, #4 and #7.</font></div>

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<div style="TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">With regard to your comment #2 relating to title please be advised that prior to acquiring coal leases, we have our title abstractors or contract title abstractors conduct a preliminary title search on the property.&#160;&#160;This information provides a strong indication of the coal owner, with whom we will enter into a lease. The next step is to execute a lease with the owner, giving us control of the property.&#160;&#160;Prior to mining the coal, we verify the lessor is the coal owner with a title opinion.&#160;&#160;Prior to purchasing coal properties we follow a similar process.</font></div>

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<div style="TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">As stated in my letter of May 3 we did in fact include your requested disclosures (your comment #3) in our Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31 which was filed on May 15, 2013.&#160;&#160;We will also make the same type disclosures in our Form 10-K for the year ending December 31, 2013.&#160;&#160;Consequently, we see no need to amend our 2012 Form 10-K.</font></div>

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<div style="TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">With regard to your comment #4 dealing with S-K Item 101(h) (4) (viii), (ix) and (xi) we believe the disclosures made in the 2012 Form 10-K on pages five and six comply with the regulations and serve the ultimate goal of protecting our investors. For convenience those disclosures are stated below:</font></div>

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<div style="TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: arial; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">While it is not possible to accurately quantify the expenditures we incur to maintain compliance with all applicable federal and state laws, those costs have been and are expected to continue to be significant. Federal and state mining laws and regulations require us to obtain surety bonds or post letters of credit from our banks to guarantee performance or payment of certain long-term obligations, including mine closure and reclamation costs</font></div>

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<div style="TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: arial; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; TEXT-DECORATION: underline"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: arial; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Reclamation</font></font></div>

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<div style="TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: arial; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">The Carlisle mine began commercial production in February 2007 and is operating in compliance with all local, state, and federal regulations.&#160;&#160;We have no old mine properties to reclaim, other than the Howesville mine, which was operated for only eight months before it was closed in June 2006 due to safety concerns.&#160;&#160;&#160;During 2007, we finished Phase I of the reclamation of the Howesville mine.&#160;&#160;We expect the final phase to be completed by the end of 2015.</font></div>

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<div style="TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: arial; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">In order to obtain mining permits and approvals from state regulatory authorities, mine operators must submit a reclamation plan for restoring, upon the completion of mining operations, the mined property to its prior condition, productive use or other permitted condition. Typically, we submit the necessary permit applications several months before we plan to begin mining a new area. Some of our required permits are becoming increasingly more difficult and expensive to obtain, and the application review processes are taking longer to complete and becoming increasingly subject to challenge.&#160;&#160;Under some circumstances, substantial fines and penalties, including revocation or suspension of mining permits, may be imposed under the laws described above. Monetary sanctions and, in severe circumstances, criminal sanctions</font></div>

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