Exhibit 23.8

                        CONSENT OF NORWEST MINE SERVICES


     We hereby consent to:  (1) the reference to us under the captions "Coal
Reserve Data" and "Engineers"; and (2) the use of information from or based on
our reserve report of November 1997, as updated in August 1998, with respect to
the demonstrated coal reserves of Kindill Holding, Inc. and its subsidiaries,
which were acquired by West Virginia-Indiana Coal Holding Company, Inc., a
subsidiary of AEI Resources, Inc. ("AEI"), on September 2, 1998, all of which
are included in the prospectus of AEI for the registration of US$150,000,000 of
AEI's 112% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2006, which prospectus is part of the
registration statement to which this consent is an exhibit.

     We further wish to advise that Norwest Mine Services was not employed on a
contingent basis and that at the time of preparation of our report, as well as
at present, neither Norwest Mine Services nor any of its employees had or now
has a substantial interest in AEI or any of its subsidiaries.

Respectfully submitted,


Norwest Mine Services


By:  /s/ Thomas Durham

Name: Thomas Durham

Title:  Vice President

Date:  April 21, 1999