SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                       Washington, D. C. 20549

                              FORM 10-K
(Mark One)

    X        ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 or 15(d)
        OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 (FEE REQUIRED)

            For the fiscal year ended December 31, 1993 

                                 OR

          TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
            SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 (NO FEE REQUIRED)

         For the transition period from __________ to ________.

                      Commission File No. 0-752

        WESTMORELAND COAL COMPANY        
              (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

            Delaware                                 23-1128670      
 (State or other jurisdiction of                (I. R. S. Employer
 incorporation or organization)                 Identification No.)

700 The Bellevue, 200 S. Broad Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19102 
(Address of principal executive offices)                 (Zip Code)

Registrant's telephone number, including area code:     (215) 545-2500

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

TITLE OF EACH CLASS                             NAME OF STOCK EXCHANGE
                                                  ON WHICH REGISTERED 
Common Stock, par value $2.50 per share          New York Stock Exchange
Depositary Shares, each representing             New York Stock Exchange
  a one-quarter share of Series A Convertible
  Exchangeable Preferred Stock

Preferred Stock Purchase Rights                  New York Stock Exchange

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:

TITLE OF EACH CLASS                             NAME OF STOCK EXCHANGE
                                                 ON WHICH REGISTERED   
Series A Convertible Exchangeable                New York Stock Exchange
  Preferred Stock, par value $1.00 per share

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports 
required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange 
Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months, and (2) has been subject to 
such filing requirements for the past 90 days.

                           Yes   x           No_______

Indicate by check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to 
Item 405 of Regulation S-K is not contained herein, and will not be 
contained, to the best of registrant's knowledge, in definitive proxy or 
information statements incorporated by reference in Part III of this 
Form 10-K or any amendment to this Form 10-K.
                                    ________                  

The aggregate market value of voting stock held by non-affiliates as of 
February 25, 1994 is estimated to be $72,048,000.  Voting stock held by 
affiliates is designated as voting stock beneficially held by executive 
officers and directors and by holders of more than 10% of the 
outstanding voting stock.

There were 6,955,477 shares outstanding of the registrant's Common 
Stock, $2.50 Par Value (the registrant's only class of common stock), as 
of February 25, 1994.

There were 2,300,000 depositary shares outstanding of the registrant's 
Preferred Stock, $0.25 Par Value as of February 25, 1994.

The following document has been incorporated by reference into the Parts 
of this Form 10-K (i.e., Part I, Part II, etc.) indicated in 
parentheses:

Definitive proxy statement to be filed on or about April 29, 1994.
(Parts III and IV.)



PART I


ITEM 1 - BUSINESS

Coal Marketing

Westmoreland Coal Company's (the "Company") principal business is 
the production and marketing of coal on a worldwide basis.  More 
than half of the coal sold by the Company is processed at and 
shipped from its coal properties, and includes both steam coal, 
sold primarily to electric utilities, and metallurgical coal, sold 
primarily to the steel industry.  The remaining coal sold by the 
Company is produced by other domestic mining companies, 
principally smaller producers seeking to utilize the Company's 
expertise in the marketing of coal.

The following table shows, for each of the past five years, the 
total tons of coal sold, tons sold from company production and 
tons sold that were sourced from unaffiliated producers (tons 
ooo's):

           Total sales     Company production   Sales for others
                                                              
         1993   16,687           11,551              5,136 
         1992   19,380           11,774              7,606 
         1991   20,627           11,570              9,057 
         1990   20,279           11,679              8,600 
         1989   19,613           10,813              8,800 


Of the total tons of coal sold for others, approximately 37%, 30% 
and 38% was produced by domestic mining companies affiliated with 
Adventure Resources, Inc. ("Adventure") in 1993, 1992 and 1991, 
respectively. The coal sold by the Company which is produced by 
Adventure decreased in 1992 and 1993 due to Adventure's mine 
closings caused by higher operating costs and depletion of its 
coal reserves.  On December 2, 1992 Adventure filed voluntary 
petitions for reorganization under Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy 
Code with the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern 
District of West Virginia.  Adventure continues to operate its 
remaining mines and the Company is continuing in its role of sales 
agent.  Acting as sales agent for Adventure, the Company purchases 
all of Adventure's clean coal production at the time it is 
produced thus carrying all inventory and accounts receivable 
related to the sale of Adventure's coal production.  The Company's 
obligation to buy coal from Adventure expired on March 1, 1994 and 
discussions are underway to determine the ongoing relationship 
with Adventure.  At this time, it is expected that this 
relationship will be terminated as of June 30, 1994 due to the 
Company's need to conserve its working capital in order to 
sufficiently fund its internal coal production activities and its 
independent power activities.  In January 1993, another West 
Virginia coal operation for which the Company acted as sales 
agent, stopped producing coal. Approximately 2,178,000 tons were 
sold for this producer in 1992.  See Management's Discussion and 
Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations for 
additional discussion.

In the case of coal sold for others, the Company may or may not 
take title to the coal, but in substantially all such transactions 
the Company assumes the credit risk of the purchaser.  In 1993, 
the Company had no bad debt experience related to coal sold for 
others.  In 1992, the Company established reserves for bad debts 
related to coal sold for others in the amount of $4,801,000.  The 
bad debt expense in 1991 relating to coal sold for others was not 
material.

The Company is able to offer customers a wide variety of coals, 
including both steam coal and metallurgical coal, and a range of 
services related to its coal sales, including sourcing, blending, 
quality control and transportation.  Transportation services 
include arrangements with railroads, barge lines and vessel 
charterers.  The Company's wholly owned subsidiary, Westmoreland 
Coal Sales Company, Inc. ("WCSC"), also has its own leased fleet 
of railcars to increase the availability of transportation and to 
reduce transportation costs.

The Company markets coal worldwide, primarily through WCSC, using 
both its own sales force and a network of agents in foreign 
countries.  WCSC has sales offices in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 
and Charlotte, North Carolina.  It also has field offices in 
Banner, Kentucky and Beckley, West Virginia.  These field offices 
serve the function of sourcing coals from mines owned by 
unaffiliated producers.  This gives WCSC access to coals which 
complement the Company's own production.  The field offices also 
have full service quality control laboratories and sampling 
personnel in order to assure that coal being shipped to the 
customer meets specifications.


Approximately 77% of the tonnage sold by the Company in 1993 was 
sold under contracts calling for deliveries over a period longer 
than one year.  The table below presents the amount of coal 
tonnages sold under long-term contracts for the last five years:

                    Sales under long-     Total sales
                    term contracts       tonnage (000s)
                      %    Tons (000s)
       1993         77%      12,774          16,687
	1992         72%      13,867          19,380
	1991         68%      13,969          20,627
	1990         73%      14,761          20,279
	1989         71%      13,850          19,613

On December 31, 1993, the Company, together with its subsidiaries 
(including 3,450,000 tons for 1994 at Westmoreland Resources, Inc. 
("WRI"), its 60% owned subsidiary) had sales contracts requiring 
it to deliver in 1994 a minimum of 12,825,000 tons of coal, which 
commitments will be met from the production of the Company and 
other producers.  Of this amount, approximately 554,000 tons are 
under contracts expiring in a year or less, and approximately 
12,271,000 tons are under contracts for more than a year.  The 
table below presents total sales tonnage under existing long-term 
contracts as they expire over the next five years:

	Total sales tonnage
	under existing long-
	term contracts (000s)

	1994               12,271
	1995               11,409
	1996                9,242 
	1997                5,340
	1998                4,781

Included in the tonnage figures above are certain coal sales 
covered by agreements of WRI.  Under these agreements, WRI has 
exercised its right to receive "take or pay" payments from its 
customers if they elect not to purchase the minimum tonnages 
specified in the agreements.  These payments will produce 
approximately the same net margin for WRI as if the coal were 
delivered.

Substantially all of the Company's long-term contracts have price 
adjustment provisions for changes in specified production costs' 
indices which generally reflect changes in wage rates, costs of 
supplies, union benefits, general and administrative costs, taxes, 
environmental and safety legislation and royalties.  Some of the 
long-term contracts also provide for periodic price renegotiation 
and allow for termination after one year's notice upon failure to 
agree on a new price.  Virtually all long-term contracts contain 
provisions for suspension of deliveries in the event of force 
majeure.  Before long-term commitments expire, it is the Company's 
practice to renegotiate them, when appropriate, and thereby extend 
the contract, or to acquire new contracts to replace them.

In 1993, the 10 largest customers of the Company accounted for 62% 
of its coal revenues.  Its two largest customers, Duke Power 
Company and Georgia Power Company, accounted for 22% and 10%, 
respectively, of the Company's coal revenues in 1993.  No other 
customer accounted for as much as 10% of the Company's 1993 coal 
revenues.  Sales to Georgia Power Company and Duke Power Company 
are made pursuant to long-term contracts expiring in April 1995 
and July 1996, respectively.  Pursuant to a scheduled price 
renegotiation under the Duke Power Company contract, on August 20, 
1992 the Company agreed to reduce its price under this contract, 
effective January 1, 1993, by 10%.  This price decrease, net of 
contractual price escalations in 1993, resulted in a reduction of 
revenues, and therefore profits, by approximately $7,100,000 in 
1993 as compared to 1992.

Cleancoal Terminal Company ("Cleancoal"), a wholly owned 
subsidiary of the Company, is a rail-to-barge transloading and 
storage facility on the Ohio River between Louisville, Kentucky 
and Cincinnati, Ohio.  The terminal gives the Company increased 
access to producers in Kentucky and affords the Company greater 
access to midwestern, southern and foreign markets.  The terminal 
is also able to blend western Powder River Basin coals with 
eastern Kentucky coals.  Cleancoal has an annual transloading 
capacity of 6,000,000 tons.  It transloaded 2,511,000 tons in 
1993, 2,144,000 tons in 1992.

Westmoreland Terminal Company, a wholly owned subsidiary of the 
Company, has a 20% interest in Dominion Terminal Associates 
("DTA"), a consortium formed for the construction and operation of 
a coal storage and vessel-loading facility in Newport News, 
Virginia.  DTA's annual throughput capacity is 20,000,000 tons, 
and its ground storage capacity is 1,700,000 tons.  In 1993, DTA 
loaded 12,285,000 tons, including 2,428,000 tons for the Company.

Coal Production

The Company produces coal at properties in Virginia, West 
Virginia, Kentucky and Montana.  Mining activities in the Eastern 
United States are conducted by the Company's Virginia Division, 
which mines reserves located in Virginia and eastern Kentucky, its 
Hampton Division, which mines reserves in West Virginia, Criterion 
Coal Company ("Criterion"), a wholly owned subsidiary of the 
Company, which mines reserves located in Kentucky and Pine Branch 
Mining Incorporated ("Pine Branch"), a wholly owned subsidiary of 
the Company, which mines reserves located in Virginia and eastern 
Kentucky.  The Company's mining operations in Montana are 
conducted through WRI which is 60% owned by the Company.

Virginia Division.  The Company's Virginia Division consists of 
nine mines located in Virginia and eastern Kentucky, including 
five underground mines operated by the Company and four mines 
operated by contractors, three of which are underground mines and 
one of which is a surface mine.  In 1993, 1992 and 1991, the 
Virginia Division shipped 4,878,000 tons, 4,708,000 tons, and 
4,325,000 tons of coal, respectively, including coal produced by 
independent contractors on Virginia Division properties and coal 
purchased from off-property locations including Pine Branch 
Mining.  The Virginia Division properties total approximately 
60,000 acres and employs approximately 770 people.  The Virginia 
Division is currently operating  two preparation plants for 
processing and loading coal.  In late 1994 one of these two plants 
and one mine will cease operations for economic reasons.  See 
Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and 
Results of Operations for additional discussion.

Hampton Division.  The Company's Hampton Division is situated in 
West Virginia.  Its operations currently consist of two 
underground mines, a large surface mine and shop and preparation 
plant facilities.  In 1993, 1992 and 1991, the Hampton Division 
shipped 1,561,000 tons, 1,745,000 tons and 1,543,000 tons of coal, 
respectively, including coal produced by an independent contractor 
on Hampton Division properties and coal purchased from off-
property locations.  The Hampton Division has one preparation 
plant for processing and loading coal.  The Hampton Division's 
properties total approximately 14,000 acres and it employs 
approximately 130 people.  During the first half of 1994 the 
Hampton Division will be closed down with the exception of the 
surface mine which is operated by a contractor with capacity to 
produce approximately 840,000 tons on an annual basis.  All other 
mines together with the preparation plant and shop facilities will 
be closed down and the employees will be terminated.  This 
closedown has been necessitated by market conditions, including 
the termination of an above-market coal sales contract.  See 
Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and 
Results of Operations for additional discussion.

Criterion Coal Company.  Criterion is a wholly owned subsidiary 
of the Company with mining operations in Kentucky.  Criterion, 
through its wholly owned subsidiary, Kentucky Criterion Coal 
Company, consists of five mines, including two surface mines and 
three underground mines. All of these mining operations are 
conducted by independent contractors on Criterion's properties.  
Criterion's total shipments in 1993, 1992 and 1991 were 1,853,000 
tons, 1,786,000 tons and 1,600,000 tons of coal, respectively.  In 
1993, Criterion began operating a new coal preparation plant, 
which increased the capacity of the property to 3,000,000 tons per 
year.  Criterion expects to open a new underground mine in 1994.

Westmoreland Resources, Inc.  WRI is 60% owned by the Company, 
24% owned by Morrison-Knudsen Corporation and 16% owned by Penn 
Virginia Corporation.  WRI operates one large surface mine in 
Montana on approximately 15,000 acres of subbituminous coal lands.  
In 1993, WRI mined and shipped approximately 3,224,000 tons of 
coal.  Morrison-Knudsen Corporation mines this coal under a 
contract with WRI.  The majority of the coal sold by WRI is sold 
under long-term contracts.  One of these long-term contracts, 
which expires in 2005, accounted for 62% of the coal sold by WRI 
in 1993.

Pine Branch Mining Incorporated.  Pine Branch is a wholly 
owned subsidiary of the Company with mining operations in Virginia 
and eastern Kentucky.  Pine Branch began operations in 1992 and it 
consists of one surface mine.  Pine Branch produced 210,000 tons 
in 1993 and 117,000 tons in 1992, the majority of which was sold 
to the Virginia Division where it was processed and loaded into 
railcars for shipment to customers.

Cogeneration

Westmoreland Energy, Inc.("WEI") a wholly owned subsidiary of the 
Company, has been offered for sale by the Company and is therefore 
being accounted for as a discontinued operation.  (See Note 6 to 
the Consolidated Financial Statements.) WEI is engaged in the 
business of developing and owning interests in cogeneration and 
other non-regulated independent power plants throughout the United 
States.  Cogeneration is a power production technology that 
provides for the sequential generation of two or more useful forms 
of energy (e.g., electricity and steam) from a single primary fuel 
source (e.g., coal).  The key elements of a cogeneration project 
are contracts for sales of electricity and steam, contracts for 
fuel supply, a suitable site, required permits and project 
financing.  The economic benefit of cogeneration technology can be 
substantial because a significant portion of the energy which is 
wasted in the application of conventional technology is used by 
cogeneration technology to produce steam or hot water for 
industrial processes or the generation of additional electricity.  
Electricity is sold to utilities and end-users of electrical 
power, including large industrial facilities.  Thermal energy from 
the cogeneration plant is sold to commercial enterprises and other 
institutions.  Large industrial users of thermal energy include 
plants in the chemical processing, petroleum refining, food 
processing, pharmaceutical and pulp and paper industries.

A significant market has been rapidly developing in the United 
States for power generated by cogeneration and other independent 
power plants.  This development was fostered by the energy crises 
of the 1970s, which led to the enactment of legislation that 
encouraged companies to enter the cogeneration and independent 
power generation industry by reducing regulatory requirements and 
facilitating the sale of electricity by such companies to 
utilities.  Cogeneration and other independent power producers are 
also an attractive, economical source of energy for large 
industrial users which require dedicated energy sources for major 
facilities.  

WEI, through various subsidiaries, currently has an interest in 
the eight cogeneration projects described in the table filed as an 
exhibit to this report.

Employees and Labor Relations

The Company, including subsidiaries, employed 1,090 people on 
December 31, 1993 compared with 1,195 on December 31, 1992. On 
July 1, 1993, the Company, through its membership in the 
Independent Bituminous Coal Bargaining Alliance, ("IBCBA") entered 
into an interim agreement with the United Mine Workers of America 
("UMWA").  This agreement provides for the Company and the UMWA at 
the local level to work together to reduce health care costs, 
maximize the utilization of the Company's investments, recognize 
special local operating and competitive conditions, provide 
flexibility in work and scheduling, create incentive programs, 
recognize employees' skills and performance, involve and integrate 
employees and the UMWA in the success of their mines and the 
Company, and improve overall labor management relations.  These 
features were incorporated into a five-year agreement that 
succeeded the interim agreement, and became effective as of 
December 1993 ("1994 Agreement").

The Company and the UMWA are in the process of implementing the 
1994 Agreement, including its health care cost reduction 
provisions, which should make those operations more competitive.  
The 1994 Agreement provides for a wage increase of $.50 per hour, 
retroactive to February 1, 1993, the date on which the prior five-
year agreement expired.  Employees will receive the retroactive 
portion of this wage increase in the form of an additional $.50 
per hour until the retroactive portion is paid.  The 1994 
Agreement provides for additional wage increases of $.40 per hour 
on December 16, 1994 and December 16, 1995, and for additional 
reopeners in 1996 and 1997.


Competition

The coal industry is highly competitive, and the Company competes 
(principally in price and quality of coal) in both the steam coal 
and metallurgical coal markets with many other coal producers of 
all sizes.  The Company, including the 1993 production of WRI, 
accounted for an estimated 1% of the nation's 1993 coal 
production, compared to the nation's largest coal producer which 
accounted for an estimated 9%.  The Company's steam coal also 
competes with other energy sources in the production of 
electricity.  

WEI is subject to increasing competition with respect to the 
development of new cogeneration projects from unregulated 
affiliates of utility companies, affiliates of fuel and equipment 
suppliers and independent developers.

Mining Safety and Health Legislation

The Company is subject to state and federal legislation 
prescribing mining health and safety standards, including the 
Federal Coal Mine Safety and Health Act of 1969 and the 1977 
Amendments thereto.  In addition to authorizing fines and other 
penalties for violations, the Act empowers the Mine Safety and 
Health Administration to suspend or halt offending operations.

Energy Regulation

WEI's cogeneration operations are subject to the provisions of 
various laws and regulations, including the federal Public 
Utilities Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 ("PURPA").  PURPA 
provides qualifying cogeneration facility status ("QF") to 
operations such as WEI's which allows them certain exemptions from 
substantial federal and state legislation and regulation, 
including regulation of rates at which electricity can be sold.  

The most significant recent change in energy regulation was the 
passage of the National Energy Policy Act of 1992 ("EP Act").  The 
EP Act reformed the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935.  
Companies can apply for Exempt Wholesale Generator ("EWG") status 
with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.  An EWG can 
exclusively provide electric energy at wholesale prices without the 
requirement to sell thermal energy  to a steam user.  WEI applied 
for and received EWG status for its Roanoke Valley I ("RV I") 
project in December 1993.  WEI intends to maintain the QF status 
for all projects except RV I.  In the future, a case-by-case 
determination of QF or EWG status will be completed to optimize 
project returns.

Protection of the Environment

Mining Operations.  The Company believes its mining operations 
are substantially in compliance with applicable federal, state and 
local environmental laws and regulations, including those relating 
to surface mining and reclamation, and it is the policy of the 
Company to operate in compliance with such standards.  The Company 
believes that this policy will not substantially affect its 
ability to compete with similarly situated companies in the 
marketplace.  Present compliance is largely a result of capital 
expenditures made in prior years and of current capital 
investments, maintenance and monitoring activities.  The Company 
invested approximately $413,000 for capital additions and charged 
approximately $7,247,000 to earnings and $2,306,000 to reserves in 
1993 in order to comply with environmental regulations applicable 
to its mining operations.  Of the $7,247,000 charged to earnings, 
$4,235,000 was accrued as part of the Company's mine closure 
costs, discussed in Management's Discussion and Analysis of 
Financial Condition and Results of Operations.  In addition, 
reclamation fees imposed by the Federal Surface Mining Control and 
Reclamation Act of 1977 (the "Surface Mining Act") amounted to 
approximately $2,148,000 in 1993.

Based on its present interpretation of existing applicable 
environmental requirements, the Company has projected that it will 
expense approximately $2,400,000 and will spend approximately 
$625,000 for capital expenditures related to its mining operations 
to meet such requirements in 1994.  Estimates of capital 
expenditures will be adjusted as necessary, either to reflect the 
impact of new regulations or because presently unforeseeable 
conditions may be imposed on future mining permits.

The Surface Mining Act regulations set forth standards, 
limitations and requirements for surface mining operations and for 
the surface effects of deep mining operations. Under the 
regulatory scheme contemplated by the Surface Mining Act, the 
Federal Office of Surface Mining ("OSM") issued regulations which 
set the minimum standards to which state agencies concerned with 
the regulation of coal mining must adhere.  States that wish to 
regulate such coal mining must present their regulatory plans to 
OSM for approval.  Once a state plan receives final approval, the 
state agency has primary regulatory authority over mining within 
the state, and OSM acts principally in a supervisory role.  State 
agencies may impose standards more stringent than those required 
by OSM, and in some states this has been or is expected to be 
done.  The four states in which the Company mines coal, Virginia, 
West Virginia, Kentucky and Montana, have all submitted regulatory 
plans to OSM, and these plans have received final approval.  There 
is potential risk to the Company in the event it, or any of its 
independent contractors, fails to satisfy the obligations created 
by the Surface Mining Act.  The Company's surface-mined Eastern 
coal production is mined to a large extent by independent 
contractors which, pursuant to their agreements with the Company, 
are primarily responsible for compliance with environmental laws.  
In the event, however, that any of its independent contractors 
fail to satisfy their obligations under the Surface Mining Act, 
the Company, depending upon the circumstances, might have, and has 
had, to carry out such obligations in order to avoid having its 
existing permits revoked or applications for new permits or permit 
modifications blocked.  Compliance with the Surface Mining Act 
regulations has been costly for the Company and the coal mining 
industry in general.

In 1990 certain amendments were enacted to the Clean Air Act 
("1990 Amendments").  As the first major revisions to the Clean 
Air Act since 1977, the 1990 Amendments vastly expand the scope of 
federal regulations and enforcement in several significant 
respects.  In particular, the 1990 Amendments require that the 
United States Environmental Protection Agency (the "EPA") issue 
new regulations related to ozone non-attainment, air toxics and 
acid rain.  Phase I of the acid rain provisions require, among 
other things, that electrical utilities reduce their sulfur 
dioxide emissions by 1995.  Phase II requires an additional 
reduction in emissions by the year 2000.

The acid rain provisions of the 1990 Amendments may have a 
positive impact on the Company, in large part because a 
substantial amount of the Company's coal reserves are relatively 
low in sulfur content, i.e., less than 1 percent.  This 
legislation allows utilities the freedom to choose the manner in 
which they will effect compliance with the required emission 
standards, increasing, in the opinion of the Company's management, 
the demand for low sulfur coal.  The Company currently anticipates 
little or no impact on the coal industry from the ozone non-
attainment provision of the 1990 Amendments, and is currently 
studying the potential impact of the air toxics provision, which 
management believes at this point will have a minimal effect on 
the coal industry.

A significant, but indirect, cause of lower coal demand in the 
electric utility sector has been low gas prices.  The perception 
that gas prices will remain low throughout the 1990's has allowed 
utilities to plan to meet electricity growth with a combination of 
demand-side management and small gas-fired capacity additions.  
This strategy may displace potential new coal-fired capacity 
through the 1990's.  The Company's marketing response has been to 
concentrate on maintaining, and attempting to increase, its market 
share with existing customers and grow on the basis of utilities 
switching from high sulfur to low sulfur coal rather than on the 
basis of future coal-fired power plant additions.

Cogeneration.  The environmental laws and regulations applicable 
to the projects in which WEI participates primarily involve the 
discharge of emissions into the water and air, but can also 
include wetlands preservation and noise regulation.  These laws 
and regulations in many cases require a lengthy and complex 
process of obtaining licenses, permits and approvals from federal, 
state and local agencies.  Meeting the requirements of each 
jurisdiction with authority over a project can delay or sometimes 
prevent the completion of a proposed project, as well as require 
extensive modifications to existing projects.  The limited 
partnerships formed to carry out these projects have the primary 
responsibility for obtaining the required permits and complying 
with the relevant environmental laws.

The Clean Air Act and the 1990 Amendments contain provisions that 
regulate the amount of sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxides that may 
be emitted by a project.  These emissions may be a cause of acid 
rain.  Most of the projects in which WEI has investments are 
fueled by low sulfur coal and are not expected to be significantly 
affected by the acid rain provisions of the 1990 Amendments.

Segment Information

For financial information about Westmoreland's industry segments 
and export sales for the years 1993, 1992 and 1991 refer to Note 
12 to the Consolidated Financial Statements, appearing on pages 
97-101 inclusive.  

For a discussion of certain factors affecting the business of 
Westmoreland in 1993, 1992 and 1991 refer to the section entitled 
"Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and 
Results of Operations," appearing on pages 38-53 inclusive, and 
Notes 1, 6 and 7 to the Consolidated Financial Statements, 
appearing on pages 66-67, 76-83 inclusive.  


ITEM 2 - PROPERTIES

The Company owns or leases coal properties located in Virginia, 
West Virginia, Kentucky and Montana.  The Company's estimated 
demonstrated reserves (excluding reserves deemed by the Company to 
be uneconomic to mine) in owned or leased property on December 31, 
1993 in the three eastern states were 142,791,000 tons and in 
Montana were 672,378,000 tons.  In the three eastern states the 
Company also owns or leases 347,093,000 tons currently classified 
by the Company as Unassigned Uneconomic.  Unassigned Uneconomic 
tonnages require significant capital expenditures and construction 
of new mine openings and are legally recoverable with current 
technology, but are not in the Company's mining plans today, 
because they cannot be mined profitably based on current projected 
economic conditions.  With the exception of the coal reserves in 
Kentucky, which reserves are owned in fee simple, nearly all of 
the Company's eastern reserves are leased from others including 
343,242,000 tons under lease from Penn Virginia Resources 
Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of Penn Virginia 
Corporation (together "Penn Virginia") which controlled an 18.96% 
voting interest in the Company at December 31, 1993 and December 
31, 1992.  All leases with Penn Virginia run to exhaustion of the 
coal reserves.  Properties located in Montana are leased by WRI 
from the Crow Tribe of Indians and run to exhaustion.  The balance 
of the Company's leases are for varying terms, including to 
exhaustion.  Refer to Note 5 to the Consolidated Financial 
Statements, on pages 74-75 inclusive.

The table below shows the Company's estimated demonstrated coal 
reserve base and production in 1993. The term "demonstrated coal 
reserve base" is as defined in the "Coal Resource Classification 
System of the U.S. Geological Survey" (Circular 891).  This 
represents the sum of the measured and indicated reserve bases and 
includes assigned and unassigned economic reserves.



                  Summary of Demonstrated Coal Reserve Base and 
Production Tons
                                    as of December 31, 1993
                                       (in thousands)

                                                                               
Total Demonstrated
                        1993                                     
Unassigned        Coal Reserve  
                     Production   Sulfur (1)    Assigned (2)    
Economic(3)           Base      .
                                                                
             
Eastern Operations
Virginia
  Steam                  3,704     .96/1.38           30,111         
5,741             35,852
Metallurgical              456       .60                 602         
1,924              2,526

West Virginia
  Steam                  1,324     .77/.85             9,197             
0              9,197
  Metallurgical              0       .98                   0             
0                  0

Kentucky
  Steam                  1,755   .74/.95/1.35         23,582        
71,634             95,216
 
Subtotal-Steam           6,783                        62,890        
77,375            140,265
Subtotal-Met               456                           602         
1,924              2,526

Subtotal Eastern
  Operations             7,239                        63,492        
79,299            142,791

Western Operations
Montana
  Steam                  3,224       .62             672,378            
0             672,378

Total All Operations    10,463                       735,870        
79,299            815,169

<FN>
(1)  Percent Sulfur applies to the 1993 production tonnages.

(2)  Assigned tonnages are legally recoverable through existing 
facilities based on current 
     mining plans with current technology and the Company's 
infrastructure.

(3)  Unassigned Economic tonnages require significant capital 
expenditures and construction of 
     new mine openings before mining could begin and are legally and 
economically recoverable 
     with current technology and the Company's infrastructure.


Estimates of reserves in the eastern states are based mainly upon 
yearly evaluations made by the Company's professional engineers 
and geologists.  The Company periodically modifies estimates of 
reserves under lease which may increase or decrease previously 
reported amounts.  The reserve evaluations are based on new 
information developed by bore-hole drilling, examination of 
outcrops, acquisitions, dispositions, production, changes in 
mining methods, abandonments and other information.


Coal reserves in Montana represent recoverable tonnage held under the 
terms of the principal Crow Tribe lease, as amended in 1982, as well 
as other minor leases, and were estimated at 799,803,000 tons as of 
January 1, 1980, based principally upon a report by independent 
consulting geologists, prepared in February 1980.  The reserve 
estimate has been adjusted for subsequent production, changes in 
mining practices and coal recovery experience.

In addition to the coal reserves mentioned above, the Company owns 
a number of coal preparation and loading facilities in Virginia, 
West Virginia and Kentucky.  WRI owns and operates a dragline and 
coal crushing and loading facilities at its mine in Montana.



















ITEM 3 - LEGAL PROCEEDINGS

No material proceedings.


ITEM 4 - SUBMISSION OF MATTERS TO A VOTE OF SECURITY 
HOLDERS

This item is inapplicable.











Executive Officers of the Registrant

Below is a table showing the executive officers of the Company, 
their ages as of March 1, 1994, positions held and year of election 
to their present offices.  No family relationships exist among 
them.  All of the officers are elected annually by the Board of 
Directors and serve at the pleasure of the Board of Directors.

    Name                  Age        Position(s)              Held Since
 
Christopher K. Seglem     47   President and                      1992
                               Chief Executive Officer (1)        1993
 	                                          

R. Page Henley, Jr.       58  Senior Vice President-Government
	    Affairs (2)                         1992

Theodore E. Worcester     53  Senior Vice President and           1992
	    General Counsel (3)                 1990

Ronald W. Stucki          49  Senior Vice President-
	    Operations (4)                      1992

Francis J. Boyle          48  Senior Vice President, Chief
                              Financial Officer and Treasurer (5) 1993

Joseph W. Lee             50  President                         
	    Westmoreland Coal Sales 
                              Company (6)                         1991

Charles J. Brown, III     46  President
                              Westmoreland Energy, Inc. (7)       1987

Ronald R. Rominiecki      40  Controller (8)                      1988

____________________________

 (1)  Effective January 1988, Mr. Seglem was elected to the 
positions of Vice President, General Counsel, and Secretary 
for the Company.  In November 1988 he was elected a Senior 
Vice President of the Company.  In May 1990, he relinquished 
the position of Secretary.  In December 1990, he was elected 
an Executive Vice President of the Company, at which time he 
relinquished the position of General Counsel.  In June 1992, 
he was elected President and Chief Operating Officer, and in 
December 1992 he was elected a Director of the Company.  In 
June 1993, he was elected Chief Executive Officer of the 
Company, at which time he relinquished the position of Chief 
Operating Officer.  He is a member of the bar of 
Pennsylvania.

 (2)  Mr. Henley was elected Vice President-Development and 
Government Affairs in May 1988, which position he held until 
he was elected Senior Vice President-Development and 
Government Affairs in May 1990.  In June 1992, he was elected 
Senior Vice President-Government Affairs.  In 1993, Mr. 
Henley was also elected Vice President, General Counsel and 
Secretary of the Company's WEI subsidiary, and undertook 
additional duties, including project development. 
Subsequently, on March 29, 1994, he was elected Senior Vice 
President-Development of the Company. 

 (3)  Mr. Worcester was a member of the law firm of Sherman & 
Howard, with its principal office in Denver, Colorado, from 
1972, and a partner in the firm from 1978 until December 
1990, at which time he was elected Vice President & General 
Counsel of the Company.  In June 1992, he was elected Senior 
Vice President while retaining his position of General 
Counsel of the Company.  He is a member of the bar of 
Colorado.

 (4)  Mr. Stucki was General Manager and Vice President of Colorado 
Westmoreland Inc. (a former wholly owned subsidiary of the 
Company) until the operation was sold to Cyprus Coal Company 
(Cyprus) in November 1988, where he continued and became Vice 
President of Colorado and Wyoming operations.  He left Cyprus 
to rejoin the Company as Senior Vice President-Operations in 
July 1992.	

 (5)  Mr. Boyle was Chief Financial Officer and Senior Vice 
President of El Paso Natural Gas Company from 1985 through 
1992.  He was elected Senior Vice President, Chief Financial 
Officer and Treasurer of the Company, effective August 9, 
1993.

 (6)  Mr. Lee was elected Vice President-Purchasing and Northern 
Sales of Westmoreland Coal Sales Company in 1988, which 
position he held until he was elected Senior Vice President 
of Westmoreland Coal Sales Company on July 1, 1991.  Mr. Lee 
was elected President of Westmoreland Coal Sales Company on 
August 1, 1991.

 (7)  Mr. Brown terminated employment with the Company effective 
April 8, 1994.

 (8)  Mr. Rominiecki terminated employment with the Company 
effective March 31, 1994.

PART II


ITEM 5 - MARKET FOR REGISTRANT'S COMMON EQUITY AND RELATED 
STOCKHOLDER MATTERS

Reference is hereby made to the section entitled "Market 
Information on Capital Stock" appearing on pages 109-110.


ITEM 6 - SELECTED FINANCIAL DATA

Reference is hereby made to the section entitled "Five-Year Review" 
appearing on pages 54-55 inclusive. 


ITEM 7 - MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL 
CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

Reference is hereby made to the section entitled "Management's 
Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of 
Operations" appearing on pages 38-53 inclusive.


ITEM 8 - FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTARY DATA

Reference is hereby made to pages 56-61 inclusive.

Reference is also made to the financial statement schedules 
included on pages 33-36 inclusive.



ITEM 9 - CHANGES IN AND DISAGREEMENTS WITH ACCOUNTANTS ON 
ACCOUNTING AND FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE

This item is inapplicable.

PART III




ITEM 10 - DIRECTORS AND EXECUTIVE OFFICERS OF THE    
REGISTRANT



ITEM 11 - EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION



ITEM 12 - SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS 
AND MANAGEMENT



ITEM 13 - CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS




For Items 10-13, inclusive, except for information concerning 
executive officers of Westmoreland included as an unnumbered item 
in Part I above, reference is hereby made to Westmoreland's 
definitive proxy statement dated April 29, 1994, to be filed in 
accordance with Regulation 14A pursuant to Section 14(a) of the 
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, which is incorporated herein by 
reference thereto.


PART IV




ITEM 14- EXHIBITS, FINANCIAL STATEMENT SCHEDULES, 
AND REPORTS ON FORM 8-K

a) 1.   The financial statements filed herewith are listed 
in the Index to Financial Statements on page 37

   2.   The financial statement schedules filed herewith are 
listed in the Index to Financial Statements on page 
32.  The financial statement schedules are on pages 
33-36.

   3.   The following exhibits are filed herewith as 
required by Item 601 of Regulation S-K:

        (3) (a) Articles of incorporation, as amended to  
            date.

            (b) Bylaws, as amended on December 4, 1990, were 
filed as Exhibit 3(b) to Westmoreland's 
Annual Report on Form 10-K for 1990 (SEC 
File No. 0-752), which Exhibit 3(b) is 
incorporated herein by reference thereto.

        (4)  Instruments defining the rights of security 
holders

            (a) A Loan Agreement dated August 10, 1977 
between Westmoreland and six insurance 
companies was filed as Exhibit 2(b) to 
Westmoreland's Annual Report on Form 10-K 
for 1977 (SEC File #0-752).  That Loan 
Agreement is incorporated herein by 
reference thereto.

            (b)  A Revolving Credit Loan Agreement dated 
September 25, 1990 between Westmoreland and 
four banks - Reference is hereby made to 
Exhibit 4(b) to Westmoreland's Annual 
Report on Form 10-K for 1990 (SEC File #0-
752), which Exhibit 4(b) is incorporated 
herein by reference thereto.

            (c)  Certificate of Designation of Series A 
Convertible Exchangeable Preferred Stock of 
the Company defining the rights of holders 
of such stock, filed July 8, 1992 as an 
amendment to the Company's Certificate of 
Incorporation, and filed as Exhibit 3(a) to 
Westmoreland's Form 10-K for 1992.

            (d)  Form of Indenture between Westmoreland and 
Fidelity Bank, National Association, as 
Trustee relating to the Exchange 
Debentures.  Reference is hereby made to 
Exhibit 4.1 to Form S-2 Registration 33-
47872 filed May 13, 1992, and Amendments 1 
through 4 thereto, which Exhibit is 
incorporated herein by reference.

            (e)  Form of Exchange Debenture Reference is 
hereby made to Exhibit 4.2 to Form S-2 
Registration 33-47872 filed May 13, 1992, 
and Amendments 1 through 4 thereto, which 
Exhibit is incorporated herein by 
reference.

            (f)  Form of Deposit Agreement among 
Westmoreland, First Chicago Trust Company 
of New York, as Depositary and the holders 
from time to time of the Depositary 
Receipts.  Reference is hereby made to 
Exhibit 4.3 to Form S-2 Registration 33-
47872 filed May 13, 1992, and Amendments 1 
through 4 thereto, which Exhibit is 
incorporated herein by reference.

            (g)  Form of Certificate of Designation for the 
Series A Convertible Exchangeable Preferred 
Stock.  Reference is hereby made to Exhibit 
4.4 to Form S-2 Registration 33-47872 filed 
May 13, 1992, and Amendments 1 through 4 
thereto, which Exhibit is incorporated 
herein by reference.

            (h)  Specimen certificate representing the 
common stock of Westmoreland, filed as 
Exhibit 4(c) to Westmoreland's Registration 
Statement on Form S-2, Registration No. 33-
1950, filed December 4, 1985, is hereby 
incorporated by reference.

            (i)  Specimen certificate representing the 
Preferred Stock.  Reference is hereby made 
to Exhibit 4.6 to Form S-2 Registration 33-
47872 filed May 13, 1992, and Amendments 1 
through 4 thereto, which Exhibit is 
incorporated herein by reference.

            (j)  Form of Depositary Receipt.  Reference is 
hereby made to Exhibit 4.7 to Form S-2 
Registration 33-47872 filed May 13, 1992, 
and Amendments 1 through 4 thereto, which 
Exhibit is incorporated herein by 
reference.

            (k)  In accordance with paragraph (b)(4)(iii) of 
Item 601 of Regulation S-K, Westmoreland 
hereby agrees to furnish to the Commission, 
upon request, copies of all other long-term 
debt instruments.

 (10)  Material Contracts


           (a)   On January 5, 1982, the Board of Directors 
of Westmoreland adopted a Management by 
Objectives Plan (MBO Plan) for senior 
management. A description of this MBO Plan 
is set forth on page 9 of Westmoreland's 
definitive proxy statement dated March 31, 
1982, which description is incorporated 
herein by reference thereto.

            (b)  Westmoreland Coal Company 1982 Incentive 
Stock Option and Stock Appreciation Rights 
Plan--Reference is hereby made to Exhibit 
10(b) to Westmoreland's Annual Report on 
Form 10-K for 1981 (SEC File #0-752), which 
Exhibit 10(b) is incorporated herein by 
reference thereto.

            (c)  Westmoreland Coal Company 1985 Incentive 
Stock Option and Stock Appreciation Rights 
Plan--Reference is hereby made to Exhibits 
10(d) to Westmoreland's Annual Report on 
Form 10-K for 1984 (SEC File #0-752), which 
Exhibit 10(d) is incorporated herein by 
reference thereto.

            (d)  Agreement dated July 1, 1984 between 
Georgia Power Company and Westmoreland.  
Reference is hereby made to pages 33 - 79, 
inclusive, of Westmoreland's Annual Report 
on Form 10-K for 1985 (SEC File #0-752), 
which pages 33 - 79, inclusive, is 
incorporated herein by reference thereto.

            (e)  Letter agreement dated June 11, 1987 
relating to the coal supply agreement 
between Georgia Power Company and 
Westmoreland Coal Company.  See (10)(d) 
above.

            (f)  Agreement dated January 1, 1986 between 
Mill-Power Supply Company, agent for Duke 
Power Company, and Westmoreland Coal Sales 
Company, agent for Westmoreland, which is 
incorporated herein by reference thereto.  
Reference is hereby made to pages 80 - 103, 
inclusive, of Westmoreland's Annual Report 
on Form 10-K for 1985 (SEC File #0-752), 
which pages are incorporated herein by 
reference thereto.

            (g)  In 1990, the Board of Directors established 
an Executive Severance Policy for certain 
executive officers, which provides a 
severance award in the event of termination 
of employment.  Reference is hereby made to 
Exhibit 10(h) to Westmoreland's Annual 
Report on Form 10-K for 1990 (SEC File #0-
752), which Exhibit 10(h) is incorporated 
herein by reference thereto.

            (h)  Westmoreland Coal Company 1991 Non-
Qualified Stock Option Plan for Non-
Employee Directors - Reference is hereby 
made to Exhibit 10(i) to Westmoreland's 
Annual Report on Form 10-K for 1990 (SEC 
File #0-752), which Exhibit 10(i) is 
incorporated herein by reference thereto.

            (i)  Agreement dated April 1, 1986 between 
Finsider Mining Company, Ltd. and 
Westmoreland Coal Sales Company, relating 
to a contract for the purchase and sale of 
coking coal, and Assignment dated March 1, 
1990 from Finsider to ILVA, S.p.A.- 
Reference is hereby made to Exhibit 10(j) 
to Westmoreland's Annual Report on Form 10-
K for 1990 (SEC File #0-752), which Exhibit 
10(j) is incorporated herein by reference 
thereto.

           (j)   Effective January 1, 1992, the Board of 
Directors established a Supplemental 
Executive Retirement Plan ("SERP") for 
certain executive officers and other key 
individuals, to supplement Westmoreland's 
Retirement Plan by not being limited to 
certain Internal Revenue Code limitations.  
A description of this SERP is set forth on 
page 11 of Westmoreland's definitive proxy 
statement dated June 9, 1992, which 
description is incorporated herein by 
reference thereto.

           (k)   Amended Coal Mining Agreement between 
Westmoreland Resources, Inc. and Crow Tribe 
of Indians, dated November 26, 1974, as 
further amended in 1982, filed as Exhibit 
(10)(a) to Westmoreland's Quarterly Report 
on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 
31, 1992, is incorporated by reference 
thereto.

           (l)   Amendment and Restatement of Virginia Lease 
between Penn Virginia Resources Corporation 
and Westmoreland, effective as of July 1, 
1988, as further amended May 6, 1992, filed 
as Exhibit 10(b) to Westmoreland's 
Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the 
quarter ended March 31, 1992, is 
incorporated by reference thereto.

          (m)    Amendment and Restatement of Hampton Lease 
between Penn Virginia Resources Corporation 
and Westmoreland, effective as of July 1, 
1988, as further amended May 6, 1992, filed 
as Exhibit 10(c) to Westmoreland's 
Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the 
quarter ended March 31, 1992, is 
incorporated by reference thereto.

          (n)    Acquisition Agreement, dated May 6, 1992 by 
and among Westmoreland, Penn Virginia 
Corporation and Penn Virginia Equities 
Corporation, including as Exhibit A 
thereto, a form of agreement to be executed 
by the parties on the Closing Date 
described therein, filed as Exhibit 10(d) 
to Westmoreland's Quarterly Report on Form 
10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 1992, 
is incorporated by reference thereto.

            (o)  Agreement dated July 9, 1992 by and among 
Westmoreland, Penn Virginia Corporation and 
Penn Virginia Equities Corporation, with 
respect to (i) registration rights granted 
to Penn Virginia, (ii) the number of 
directors which Penn Virginia for a period 
of two years may designate to be elected to 
Westmoreland's Board of Directors and (iii) 
other conditions, as set forth therein, 
which is discussed in Item 13 of 
Westmoreland's Form 10-K for 1992.

           (p)   Agreement dated October 9, 1992 by and 
among Westmoreland, Penn Virginia 
Corporation and Penn Virginia Equities 
Corporation amending and modifying prior 
agreements by and among the parties as set 
forth therein, which is discussed in Item 
13 of Westmoreland's Form 10-K for 1992.

                 Exhibits 10(a), (b), (c), (g), (h) and (j) 
represent management contracts or 
compensatory plan arrangements required to 
be filed as exhibits, pursuant to Item 
14(c) of this report.

        (13) Annual Report to Security Holders.  The 
Westmoreland Coal Company 1993 Annual Report to 
Shareholders, has not yet been distributed to 
shareholders.

        (21) Subsidiaries of the Registrant

        (23) Consent of Independent Certified Public 
Accountants

b)  Reports on Form 8-K.



       (1)  On November 1, 1993 Westmoreland Coal Company filed a 
Report on Form 8-K.  This report contained discussion 
related to the intended sale of its subsidiary, 
Westmoreland Energy, Inc. and its press release dated 
November 1, 1993 as an exhibit.

       (2)  On December 2, 1993 Westmoreland Coal Company filed a 
Report on Form 8-K.  This report contained discussion 
related to the termination of its proposed sale of 
Westmoreland Energy, Inc. to California Energy 
Company, Inc. and its press release dated December 1, 
1993 as an exhibit.
	


                              SIGNATURES


Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the 
Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly 
caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, 
thereunto duly authorized.

                                         WESTMORELAND COAL COMPANY

  April 15, 1994	By /s/ Francis J. Boyle  
                                            Francis J. Boyle
                                            Senior Vice President,
                                            Chief Financial
                                            Officer & Treasurer


Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 
1934, this report has been signed below by the following persons 
on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and on the dates 
indicated.


     Signature                        Title                   Date

Principal Executive Officer:
                             
                             President,
                             Chief Executive Officer
/s/ Christopher K. Seglem     and Director             April 15, 1994
Christopher K. Seglem


Directors:

/s/ Pemberton Hutchinson     Chairman of the Board     April 15, 1994
Pemberton Hutchinson

/s/ E. B. Leisenring, Jr.         Director             April 15, 1994
E. B. Leisenring, Jr.

/s/ William R. Klaus              Director             April 15, 1994
William R. Klaus

/s/ A. Linwood Holton, Jr.	     Director        	April 15, 1994
A. Linwood Holton, Jr.

/s/ Brenton S. Halsey		     Director        	April 15, 1994
Brenton S. Halsey

/s/ Edwin E. Tuttle 		     Director        	April 15, 1994
Edwin E. Tuttle

/s/ Lennox K. Black 		     Director        	April 15, 1994
Lennox K. Black

Principal Accounting Officer:

/s/ Thomas C. Sharpe      	    Acting Controller 	April 15, 1994
Thomas C. Sharpe





Independent Auditors' Report



The Board of Directors and Shareholders
Westmoreland Coal Company:


We have audited the consolidated financial statements of 
Westmoreland Coal Company and subsidiaries as listed in the 
accompanying index.  In connection with our audits of the 
consolidated financial statements, we also have audited the 
financial statement schedules as listed in the accompanying index.  
These consolidated financial statements and financial statement 
schedules are the responsibility of the Company's management.  Our 
responsibility is to express an opinion on these consolidated 
financial statements and financial statement schedules based on 
our audits.  

We conducted our audits in accordance with generally accepted 
auditing standards.  Those standards require that we plan and 
perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the 
financial statements are free of material misstatement.  An audit 
includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the 
amounts and disclosures in the financial statements.  An audit 
also includes assessing the accounting principles used and 
significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating 
the overall financial statement presentation.  We believe that our 
audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

In our opinion, the consolidated financial statements referred to 
above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial 
position of Westmoreland Coal Company and subsidiaries as of 
December 31, 1993 and 1992, and the results of their operations 
and their cash flows for each of the years in the three year 
period ended December 31, 1993 in conformity with generally 
accepted accounting principles.  Also in our opinion, the related 
financial statement schedules, when considered in relation to the 
basic consolidated financial statements taken as a whole, present 
fairly, in all material respects, the information set forth 
therein.

As discussed in Note 10 to the consolidated financial statements, 
the Company adopted the provisions of the Financial Accounting 
Standards Board's Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 
106, Employers' Accounting for Postretirement Benefits Other Than 
Pensions, in 1993.


The accompanying consolidated financial statements and financial 
statement schedules have been prepared assuming that 
Westmoreland Coal Company will continue as a going concern.  
As discussed in Note 1 to the consolidated financial 
statements, the Company has suffered recurring losses from 
operations, is in violation of various covenants in its 
credit arrangements and other obligations and has a net 
working capital deficiency that raise substantial doubt about 
its ability to continue as a going concern.  Management's 
plans in regard to these matters are also described in Note 
1.  The consolidated financial statements and financial 
statement schedules do not include any adjustments that might 
result from the outcome of this uncertainty.

KPMG Peat Marwick

April 15,  1994
Philadelphia, PA











                                    WESTMORELAND COAL COMPANY AND 
SUBSIDIARIES

                    Index to Financial Statements




The consolidated balance sheets of the Company and subsidiaries as 
of December 31, 1993 and December 31, 1992, and the related 
consolidated statements of income, shareholders' equity and cash 
flows for each of the years in the three-year period ended 
December 31, 1993 together with the related notes and the summary 
of significant accounting policies are contained on pages 56-108. 

The following schedules should be read in conjunction with the 
consolidated financial statements of the Company contained on 
pages 33-36.  Schedules not included have been omitted because 
they are not applicable or the required information is presented 
in the consolidated financial statements or related notes.



                                                 Year ended or
                                                at December 31
Schedules submitted:

   V -    Property, plant and equipment        1993,  1992, 1991

  VI -   Accumulated depreciation and 
         depletion of property, plant and      1993,  1992, 1991
         equipment

 VIII -  Valuation and qualifying accounts     1993,  1992, 1991

   X -   Supplementary income statement
         information	 1993,  1992, 1991




                                                                                    
Schedule V

                               WESTMORELAND COAL COMPANY AND 
SUBSIDIARIES

                                   Property, Plant and Equipment
                             Years ended December 31, 1993, 1992 and 
1991
                                           (in thousands)


                                   Balance at             Retirements                     
Balance
                                    beginning   Additions     or      
Reclassifications    at end 
                                    of year     at cost     sales          
Transfers      of year
                                                          
               
  Year ended December 31, 1993:
  Land and mineral rights             $ 58,629        -      25,791         
- -             32,838 
  Plant and equipment                  347,686     8,134     25,473        
732           331,079 
  Furniture and fixtures                 1,411        58        406        
(71)              992
  Automobiles and trucks                 8,295       106        741       
(892)            6,768

                                      $416,021     8,298     52,411 (A)   
(231) (B)      371,677

  Year ended December 31, 1992:
  Land and mineral rights             $ 58,630        -           1          
- -            58,629
  Plant and equipment                  318,142    32,831      3,287          
- -           347,686
  Furniture and fixtures                 1,388        28          5          
- -             1,411
  Automobiles and trucks                 7,988       870        563          
- -             8,295

                                      $386,148    33,729      3,856          
- -           416,021

  Year ended December 31, 1991:
  Land and mineral rights            $ 58,554        78          2          
- -            58,630
  Plant and equipment                 315,497    14,115     11,470          
- -           318,142
  Furniture and fixtures                1,352        42          6          
- -             1,388
  Automobiles and trucks                6,551     1,531         94          
- -             7,988

                                      $381,954    15,766     11,572          
- -           386,148

<FN>
  (A)  $40,865 of this amount relates to write-downs of assets.  See 
Note 2 to the Consolidated 
       Financial Statements.

  (B)  Removes balances related to WEI which is presented as a 
discontinued operation.



                                                                              
Schedule VI

                               WESTMORELAND COAL COMPANY AND 
SUBSIDIARIES

                                Accumulated Depreciation and Depletion 
of
                                        Property, Plant and Equipment
                               Years ended December 31, 1993, 1992 and 
1991
                                              (in thousands)


                                  Balance at   Additions   Retirements                    
Balance
                                  beginning   charged to    sales and   
Reclassifications  at end
                                   of year     earnings    adjustments     
Transfers      of year
                                                            
              
  Year ended December 31, 1993:
  Depletion of mineral rights     $   6,272      1,204          25           
(47)          7,404
  Plant and equipment               198,914     18,942       7,205           
284         210,935
  Furniture and fixtures              1,195         35         374            
(8)            848
  Automobiles and trucks              5,589      1,259         495          
(313)          6,040
                                  $ 211,970     21,440       8,099           
(84) (A)    225,227

  Year ended December 31, 1992:
  Depletion of mineral rights     $   5,113     1,158           (1)          
- -             6,272
  Plant and equipment               181,606    20,434        3,126           
- -           198,914
  Furniture and fixtures              1,157        40            2           
- -             1,195
  Automobiles and trucks              5,117       938          466           
- -             5,589
                                  $ 192,993    22,570        3,593           
- -           211,970

  Year ended December 31, 1991:
  Depletion of mineral rights    $   3,919      1,188           (6)          
- -             5,113
  Plant and equipment              170,917     21,221       10,532           
- -           181,606
  Furniture and fixtures             1,112         50            5           
- -             1,157
  Automobiles and trucks             4,876        670          429           
- -             5,117
                                 $ 180,824     23,129       10,960           
- -           192,993

<FN>

(A)  Removes balances related to WEI which is presented as a 
discontinued operation.



                                                                                  
Schedule VIII

                                   WESTMORELAND COAL COMPANY AND 
SUBSIDIARIES

                                       Valuation and Qualifying Accounts
                                 Years ended December 31, 1993, 1992 and 
1991
                                               (in thousands)



                                    Balance at   Additions(deductions)      
Other       Balance 
                                    beginning    charged(credited)       
additions      at end
                                     of year         to earnings         
(deductions)   of year	
                                                                
            
  Year ended December 31, 1993:
  Allowance for doubtful accounts     $ 31,813             (257)           
(3,026)      28,530
 Accrual for workers' compensation    $ 16,370           17,204            
(7,117)      26,457
 Accrual for pneumoconiosis benefits  $ 19,522           (2,047)              
- -         17,475
 Accrual for postretirement medical 
  costs                               $   -              48,721 (A)       
(11,431)      37,290

  Year ended December 31, 1992:
 Allowance for doubtful accounts      $  2,416           29,055               
342       31,813
 Accrual for workers' compensation    $ 10,879           11,033            
(5,542)      16,370
 Accrual for pneumoconiosis benefits  $ 21,501           (1,979)              
- -         19,522

  Year ended December 31, 1991:
 Allowance for doubtful accounts      $  2,964              107              
(655)       2,416
 Accrual for workers' compensation    $ 10,633            5,832            
(5,586)      10,879
 Accrual for pneumoconiosis benefits  $ 22,944           (1,443)              
- -         21,501


<FN>
 Amounts above include current and non-current valuation accounts.


(A) See Note 10 to the Consolidated Financial Statements.



                                                      Schedule X


              WESTMORELAND COAL COMPANY AND SUBSIDIARIES

              Supplementary Income Statement Information
             Years ended December 31, 1993, 1992 and 1991





                                          Charged to expense    
Item                                1993         1992       1991 
                                          (in thousands)
                                                
Maintenance and repairs          $27,630      $24,661    $25,595

Taxes, other than payroll
  and income taxes:

    Federal pneumoconiosis 
      excise tax                   7,487        7,171      6,584
    Sales and severance taxes      9,577        8,918      8,433
    Other                          6,111        5,508      4,766

Royalties                         13,611       13,359     11,708





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All other classifications, as required by the Securities and 
Exchange Commission, are omitted as such individual amounts 
do not exceed one percent of sales.