Exhibit 3.55(a)

                           ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION

                                      OF

                           DUNN COAL & DOCK COMPANY

The undersigned, acting as incorporator of a corporation under Section 27,
Article 1, Chapter 31 of the Code of West Virginia adopts the following Articles
of Incorporation for such corporation , FILED IN DUPLICATE:
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     I.   The undersigned agrees to become a corporation by the name of DUNN
COAL & DOCK COMPANY.

     II.  The address of the principal office of said corporation will be
located at 315 70/th/ Street, in the City of Charleston, in the County of
Kanawha, and State of West Virginia 25304.

     III. The purpose or purposes for which this corporation is formed are as
follows:

     To transact any or all lawful business for which corporations may be
incorporated under the corporation laws of the State of West Virginia.

     IV.  Shareholders shall have full preemptive rights to acquire unissued or
treasury shares, whether already authorized or hereinafter authorized, of any or
all classes or securities convertible into such shares or carrying a right to
subscribe to or acquire such shares.

     V.   Provisions for the regulation of the internal affairs of the
corporation are:

     The Corporation shall indemnify existing and former employees, officers,
and ,members of the board of directors of the Corporation to the extent allowed
by the laws of the State of West Virginia or as more particularly described in
the By-Laws of the Corporation from time to time.

     VI.  The amount of the total authorized capital stock of said corporation
shall be Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00), which shall be divided into One
Hundred (100) shares of the par value of Fifty Dollars ($50.00) each.

 
     VII.  The full name and address of the incorporator is:

NAME                     ADDRESS
- - ----                     -------
H. Craig Slaughter       1600 Laidley Tower
                         P.O. Box 553
                         Charleston, WV 25322
 
     VIII. The existence of this corporation is to be perpetual.

     IX.   No person to whom notice or process may be sent has been
designated.

     X.    The number of directors constituting the initial board of directors
of the corporation is one and the name and address of the person who shall serve
as director until the first annual meeting of shareholders or until his
successor is elected and shall qualify is:

NAME                     ADDRESS
- - ----                     -------
Allen S. Pack            315 70/th/ Street
                         Charleston, WV 25304

     THE UNDERSIGNED, for the purpose of forming a corporation under the laws of
the State of West Virginia, does make and file this Articles of Incorporation,
and I have accordingly hereto set my hand this 5/th/ day of August, 1987.

                                    /s/  H. Craig Slaughter
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                                    H. Craig Slaughter


Articles of Incorporation prepared by:

JACKSON, KELLY, HOLT & FARRELL
1600 Laidley Tower
P.O. Box 553
Charleston, West Virginia 25322