Bledsoe Coal S-4 Registration of securities issued in business combination transactions

Exhibit 23.3

CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS

We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration Statement on Form S-4 of James River Coal Company of our reports dated March 1, 2011 and March 29, 2010, except for Notes 3, 5 and 7, as to which the date is March 1, 2011 relating to the financial statements of International Resource Partners LP, which appear in the Form S-3 (Registration No. 333-168628) of James River Coal Company and to the reference to our firm under the heading “Experts” in the prospectus.

/s/ PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

August 25, 2011