EXHIBIT 23.2


                        CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS


We consent to the reference to our firm under the caption "Experts" in the
Registration Statement (Form S-3 No. 333-XXXXX) and related Prospectus of
Peabody Energy Corporation for the registration of up to an aggregate
$1,250,000,000 of any of the following: common stock; debt securities; preferred
stock; warrants; and units, and 10,267,169 shares of common stock and to the
incorporation by reference therein of our report dated January 18, 2003, with
respect to the consolidated financial statements and schedule of Peabody Energy
Corporation incorporated by reference 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
October 20, 2003