Exhibit 99.2

                            CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO
                             18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,
                             AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
                  SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

In connection with the Quarterly Report of Alliance Resource Partners, L.P. (the
"Partnership") on Form 10-Q for the period ended September 30, 2002 as filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the "Report"),
I, Joseph W. Craft III, President and Chief Executive Officer of Alliance
Resource Management GP, LLC, the managing general partner of the Partnership,
certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. section 1350, as adopted pursuant to section 906
of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:

     (1)   The Report fully complies with the requirements of section 13(a) or
           15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

     (2)   The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all
           material respects, the financial condition and result of operations
           of the Partnership.






By: /s/ Joseph W. Craft III
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    Joseph W. Craft III
    President and Chief Executive Officer
    of Alliance Resource Management GP, LLC
    (the managing general partner of Alliance Resource Partners, L.P.)

    Date: November 14, 2002


The foregoing certification is being furnished solely pursuant to 18 U.S.C.
Section 1350 and is not being filed as part of the Report or as a separate
document.