WESTMORELAND COAL (WLBAQ) 8-K Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement

Exhibit 99.1

July 10, 2007

Mr. Keith E. Alessi
Interim President and Interim CEO
Westmoreland Coal Company,
2 North Cascade Avenue,
Colorado Springs,
CO, 80903

Dear Keith,

This letter is to inform you that I am resigning, effective today, from the Board of Westmoreland Coal Company for health related reasons.

I wish you and the Company every success in the coming years.

/s/ Michael Armstrong
Michael Armstrong
Santa Fe,
NM, 87505