Exhibit 99.3
FOUNDATION PA COAL COMPANY
OFFER TO EXCHANGE
71/4% Senior Notes due 2014
which have been registered under the Securities Act of 1933
for
any and all outstanding 71/4% Senior Notes due 2014
Fully and Unconditionally Guaranteed by Foundation Coal Corporation and each of its
wholly owned direct and indirect subsidiaries other than Foundation PA Coal Company
THE EXCHANGE OFFER WILL EXPIRE AT 12:00 A.M., MIDNIGHT, NEW YORK
CITY TIME, ON ,2005, UNLESS EXTENDED BY THE COMPANY IN ITS SOLE DISCRETION.
, 2004
To Our Clients:
Enclosed for your consideration are a Prospectus, dated , 2004 (the "Prospectus"), and form of Letter of Transmittal (the "Letter of Transmittal"), relating to the offer (the "Exchange Offer") by Foundation PA Coal Company (the "Company") to exchange up to $300,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the Company's 71/4% Senior Notes due 2014, which have been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (collectively, the "Exchange Notes"), for up to $300,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the Company's outstanding 71/4% Senior Notes due 2014 (collectively, the "Outstanding Notes"). The terms of the Exchange Notes are identical in all material respects (including principal amount, interest rate and maturity) to the terms of the Outstanding Notes for which they may be exchanged pursuant to the Exchange Offer, except that the Exchange Notes are freely transferable by holders thereof, upon the terms and subject to the conditions of the enclosed Prospectus. The Company will accept for exchange any and all Outstanding Notes properly tendered according to the terms of the Prospectus and the Letter of Transmittal. Consummation of the Exchange Offer is subject to certain conditions described in the Prospectus.
This material is being forwarded to you as the beneficial owner of Outstanding Notes held by us for your account but not registered in your name. A tender of such Outstanding Notes may only be made by us as the registered holder and pursuant to your instructions. Therefore, the Company urges beneficial owners of Outstanding Notes registered in the name of a broker, dealer, commercial bank, trust company or other nominee to contact such registered holder promptly if such beneficial owners wish to tender Outstanding Notes in the Exchange Offer.
Accordingly, we request instructions as to whether you wish to tender any or all of such Outstanding Notes held by us for your account, pursuant to the terms and conditions set forth in the enclosed Prospectus and Letter of Transmittal. If you wish to have us do so, please so instruct us by completing, executing and returning to us the instruction form that appears on the reverse side hereof. We urge you to read carefully the Prospectus and the Letter of Transmittal before instructing us as to whether or not to tender your Outstanding Notes.
The undersigned acknowledge(s) receipt of your letter and the enclosed material referred to therein relating to the Exchange Offer by the Company with respect to the Outstanding Notes.
This will instruct you, the registered holder, to tender the principal amount of the Outstanding Notes indicated below held by you for the account of the undersigned, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Prospectus and the Letter of Transmittal.
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