EXHIBIT 23.2

                       CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS

We consent to the reference to our firm under the captions "Experts" and
"Summary Financial and Operating Data" in the Registration Statement (Form S-4
No. 333-XXXXX) and related Prospectus of Peabody Energy Corporation for the
registration of $650,000,000 of 6 7/8% Series B Senior Notes due 2013 and to
the inclusion and incorporation by reference therein of our report dated
January 18, 2003, with respect to the consolidated financial statements and
schedule of Peabody Energy Corporation included in its Annual Report (Form
10-K) for the year ended December 31, 2002, filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission.

                                                /s/ Ernst & Young LLP

St. Louis, Missouri
June 11, 2003