EXHIBIT 24.2
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that Walter L. Hawkins, Jr., Vice
President and Treasurer of the entities listed on Schedule A attached hereto and
whose signature appears below, hereby constitutes and appoints Irl F.
Engelhardt, Richard A. Navarre and Jeffery L. Klinger, or any one of them, his
true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution
and resubstitution, for him and in his name, place and stead, in any and all
capacities, to sign any and all amendments to the Registration Statement,
including post-effective amendments, and registration statements filed pursuant
to Rule 462 under the Securities Act of 1933, and to file the same, with all
exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, and does hereby grant unto said attorneys
in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform
each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the
premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in
person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys in-fact and
agents, or any of them, or their or his substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to
be done by virtue hereof.
Date: March 3, 2004 By: /s/ WALTER L. HAWKINS, JR.
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Walter L. Hawkins, Jr.
Vice President & Treasurer
Schedule A
Arclar Company, LLC
Arid Operations Inc.
Beaver Dam Coal Company
Big Ridge, Inc.
Big Sky Coal Company
Black Beauty Coal Company
Black Beauty Equipment Company
Black Beauty Holding Company, LLC
Black Beauty Mining, Inc.
Black Beauty Resources, Inc.
Black Beauty Underground, Inc.
Black Walnut Coal Company
Bluegrass Coal Company
Caballo Coal Company
Cleaton Coal Company
Coal Properties Corp.
Colony Bay Coal Company
Cook Mountain Coal Company
Cottonwood Land Company
Cyprus Creek Land Company
Cyprus Creek Land Resources, LLC
Eagle Coal Company
Eastern Associated Coal Corp.
Eastern Royalty Corp.
Empire Marine, LLC
Falcon Coal Company
Gallo Finance Company
GIBCO Motor Express, LLC
Gold Fields Chile, S.A.
Gold Fields Mining Corporation
Gold Fields Operating Co. - Ortiz
Grand Eagle Mining, Inc.
Hayden Gulch Terminal, Inc.
Highland Mining Company
Highwall Mining Services Company
Independence Material Handling Company
Indian Hill Company
Interior Holdings Corp.
James River Coal Terminal Company
Jarrell's Branch Coal Company
Juniper Coal Company
Kanawha River Ventures I, LLC
Kayenta Mobile Home Park, Inc
Logan Fork Coal Company
Midco Supply and Equipment Corporation
Midwest Coal Acquisition Corp.
Mountain View Coal Company
Mustang Energy Company, L.L.C.
North Page Coal Corp.
Ohio County Coal Company
Patriot Coal Company, L.P.
Peabody America, Inc.
Peabody Archveyor, L.L.C.
Peabody Coal Company
Peabody COALSALES Company
Peabody COALTRADE, Inc.
Peabody Development Company, LLC
Peabody Development Land Holdings, LLC
Peabody Energy Generation Holding Company
Peabody Energy Investments, Inc.
Peabody Energy Solutions, Inc.
Peabody Holding Company, Inc.
Peabody Natural Gas, LLC
Peabody Natural Resources Company
Peabody PowerTree Investments, LLC
Peabody Recreational Lands, L.L.C.
Peabody Southwestern Coal Company
Peabody Terminals, Inc.
Peabody Venezuela Coal Corp.
Peabody-Waterside Development, L.L.C.
Peabody Western Coal Company
PEC Equipment Company, LLC
Pine Ridge Coal Company
Point Pleasant Dock Company, LLC
Pond Creek Land Resources, LLC
Pond River Land Company
Porcupine Production, LLC
Porcupine Transportation, LLC
Powder River Coal Company
Prairie State Generating Company, LLC
Rio Escondido Coal Corp.
Rivers Edge Mining, Inc.
Riverview Terminal Company
Seneca Coal Company
Sentry Mining Company
Snowberry Land Company
Star Lake Energy Company, L.L.C.
Sterling Smokeless Coal Company
Sugar Camp Properties
Thoroughbred, L.L.C.
Thoroughbred Generating Company, L.L.C.
Thoroughbred Mining Company, L.L.C.
Williamsville Coal Company, LLC.
Yankeetown Dock Corporation