EXHIBIT 99.2
FORM OF NOTICE OF GUARANTEED DELIVERY
ARCH WESTERN FINANCE, LLC
OFFER TO EXCHANGE
ALL OF THE OUTSTANDING
6 3/4% SENIOR NOTES DUE 2013
FOR
6 3/4% SENIOR NOTES DUE 2013
REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933,
Registered Holders of outstanding 6 3/4% Senior Notes due 2013 (the "Outstanding
Notes") who wish to tender their Outstanding Notes in exchange for a like
principal amount of new 6 3/4% Senior Notes due 2013 (the "Registered Notes")
and whose Outstanding Notes are not immediately available or who cannot deliver
their Outstanding Notes and Letter of Transmittal (and any other documents
required by the Letter of Transmittal) to The Bank of New York (the "Exchange
Agent") prior to the Expiration Date, may use this Notice of Guaranteed Delivery
or one substantially equivalent hereto. This Notice of Guaranteed Delivery may
be delivered by hand or sent by facsimile transmission (receipt confirmed by
telephone and an original delivered by guaranteed overnight courier) or mail to
the Exchange Agent. See "The Exchange Offer - Procedures for Tendering" in the
Prospectus.
The Exchange Agent for the Exchange Offer is:
THE BANK OF NEW YORK
By Registered or Certified Mail: By Hand or Overnight Courier:
Corporate Trust Administration Corporate Trust Administration
101 Barclay Street 101 Barclay Street
Room 8 West Room 8 West
New York, New York 10286 New York, New York, 10286
By Facsimile:
(212) 815-5707
(For Eligible Institutions Only)
By Telephone:
(212) 815-5788
DELIVERY OF THIS NOTICE OF GUARANTEED DELIVERY TO AN ADDRESS OTHER THAN
AS SET FORTH ABOVE OR TRANSMISSION VIA A FACSIMILE TRANSMISSION TO A NUMBER
OTHER THAN AS SET FORTH ABOVE WILL NOT CONSTITUTE A VALID DELIVERY.
This Notice of Guaranteed Delivery is not to be used to guarantee
signatures. If a signature on a Letter of Transmittal is required to be
guaranteed by an eligible institution (as defined in the Letter of Transmittal),
such signature guarantee must appear in the applicable space provided on the
Letter of Transmittal for Guarantee of Signatures.
Ladies and Gentlemen:
The undersigned hereby tenders the principal amount of
Outstanding Notes indicated below, upon the terms and subject to the conditions
contained in the Prospectus dated _______ __, 2003 of Arch Western Finance, LLC
(the "Prospectus"), receipt of which is hereby acknowledged.
DESCRIPTION OF OUTSTANDING NOTES TENDERED
Certificate
Number(s) of
Outstanding Notes
Name and Address of Registered Tendered (or Principal Amount
Holder as it appears on the Account Number at of Outstanding
Name of Tendering Holder Outstanding Notes (Please Print) Book-Entry Facility) Notes Tendered
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________________________________________________________________________________
SIGN HERE
Name of Registered or Acting Holder: ___________________________________________
Signature(s): __________________________________________________________________
Name(s) (Please Print): ________________________________________________________
Address: _______________________________________________________________________
Telephone Number: ______________________________________________________________
Date: __________________________________________________________________________
IF OUTSTANDING NOTES WILL BE TENDERED BY BOOK-ENTRY TRANSFER, PROVIDE THE
FOLLOWING INFORMATION:
DTC Account Number: ____________________________________________________________
Date: __________________________________________________________________________
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THE FOLLOWING GUARANTEE MUST BE COMPLETED
GUARANTEE OF DELIVERY
(NOT TO BE USED FOR SIGNATURE GUARANTEE)
The undersigned, a member of a recognized signature guarantee medallion
program within the meaning of Rule 17Ad-15 under the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as amended, hereby guarantees to deliver to the Exchange Agent at one of
its addresses set forth on the reverse hereof, the certificates representing the
Outstanding Notes (or a confirmation of book-entry transfer of such Outstanding
Notes into the Exchange Agent's account at The Depository Trust Company),
together with a properly completed and duly executed Letter of Transmittal (or
facsimile thereof), with any required signature guarantees, and any other
documents required by the Letter of Transmittal within three New York Stock
Exchange trading days after the Expiration Date (as defined in the Letter of
Transmittal).
Name of Firm: ____________________________ __________________________________
(Authorized signature)
Address: _________________________________ Title: ___________________________
__________________________________________ Name: ____________________________
(Zip Code) (Please type or print)
Area Code and
Telephone No.: ___________________________ Date: ____________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
NOTE: DO NOT SEND OUTSTANDING NOTES WITH THIS NOTICE OF GUARANTEED DELIVERY.
OUTSTANDING NOTES SHOULD BE SENT WITH YOUR LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL.
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