Exhibit 24



                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

     KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned Director of Massey
Energy Company, a Delaware corporation ("Massey"), does hereby constitute and
appoint E. Eberley Davis, Kenneth J. Stockel and Jeffrey M. Jarosinski, and each
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 an Annual Report on Form 10K and any and all
amendments thereto (including post-effective amendments) to be filed by Massey
with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") for the purpose
of filing the Form 10K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2002, and to file
such Form 10K and any and all such amendments and any and all exhibits thereto,
and any and all information and documents in connection therewith, with the
Commission, granting unto such attorneys-in-fact and agents, each acting alone,
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 and to
all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and
confirming as his own act and deed all that such attorneys-in-fact and agents,
and each of them, shall do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto subscribed his signature
as of this 10th day of March, 2003.



                                                    /s/ E. Gordon Gee
                                                  ------------------------------
                                                  Name: E. Gordon Gee



                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

     KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned Director of Massey
Energy Company, a Delaware corporation ("Massey"), does hereby constitute and
appoint E. Eberley Davis, Kenneth J. Stockel and Jeffrey M. Jarosinski, and each
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 an Annual Report on Form 10K and any and all
amendments thereto (including post-effective amendments) to be filed by Massey
with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") for the purpose
of filing the Form 10K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2002, and to file
such Form 10K and any and all such amendments and any and all exhibits thereto,
and any and all information and documents in connection therewith, with the
Commission, granting unto such attorneys-in-fact and agents, each acting alone,
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 and to
all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and
confirming as his own act and deed all that such attorneys-in-fact and agents,
and each of them, shall do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto subscribed his signature
as of this 10th day of March, 2003.



                                                    /s/ William R. Grant
                                                  ------------------------------
                                                  Name: William R. Grant



                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

     KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned Director of Massey
Energy Company, a Delaware corporation ("Massey"), does hereby constitute and
appoint E. Eberley Davis, Kenneth J. Stockel and Jeffrey M. Jarosinski, and each
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 an Annual Report on Form 10K and any and all
amendments thereto (including post-effective amendments) to be filed by Massey
with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") for the purpose
of filing the Form 10K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2002, and to file
such Form 10K and any and all such amendments and any and all exhibits thereto,
and any and all information and documents in connection therewith, with the
Commission, granting unto such attorneys-in-fact and agents, each acting alone,
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 and to
all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and
confirming as his own act and deed all that such attorneys-in-fact and agents,
and each of them, shall do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto subscribed his signature
as of this 12th day of March, 2003.


                                                    /s/ James H. Harless
                                                  ------------------------------
                                                  Name: James H. Harless



                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

     KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned Director of Massey
Energy Company, a Delaware corporation ("Massey"), does hereby constitute and
appoint E. Eberley Davis, Kenneth J. Stockel and Jeffrey M. Jarosinski, and each
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 an Annual Report on Form 10K and any and all
amendments thereto (including post-effective amendments) to be filed by Massey
with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") for the purpose
of filing the Form 10K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2002, and to file
such Form 10K and any and all such amendments and any and all exhibits thereto,
and any and all information and documents in connection therewith, with the
Commission, granting unto such attorneys-in-fact and agents, each acting alone,
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 and to
all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and
confirming as his own act and deed all that such attorneys-in-fact and agents,
and each of them, shall do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto subscribed his signature
as of this 5th day of March, 2003.


                                                    /s/ Bobby R. Inman
                                                  ------------------------------
                                                  Name: Bobby R. Inman



                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

     KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned Director of Massey
Energy Company, a Delaware corporation ("Massey"), does hereby constitute and
appoint E. Eberley Davis, Kenneth J. Stockel and Jeffrey M. Jarosinski, and each
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 an Annual Report on Form 10K and any and all
amendments thereto (including post-effective amendments) to be filed by Massey
with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") for the purpose
of filing the Form 10K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2002, and to file
such Form 10K and any and all such amendments and any and all exhibits thereto,
and any and all information and documents in connection therewith, with the
Commission, granting unto such attorneys-in-fact and agents, each acting alone,
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 and to
all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and
confirming as his own act and deed all that such attorneys-in-fact and agents,
and each of them, shall do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto subscribed his signature
as of this 10th day of March, 2003.


                                                    /s/ Dan R. Moore
                                                  ------------------------------
                                                  Name: Dan R. Moore



                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

     KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned Director of Massey
Energy Company, a Delaware corporation ("Massey"), does hereby constitute and
appoint E. Eberley Davis, Kenneth J. Stockel and Jeffrey M. Jarosinski, and each
of them, her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents with full power of
substitution and resubstitution, for her and in her name, place and stead, in
any and all capacities, to sign an Annual Report on Form 10K and any and all
amendments thereto (including post-effective amendments) to be filed by Massey
with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") for the purpose
of filing the Form 10K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2002, and to file
such Form 10K and any and all such amendments and any and all exhibits thereto,
and any and all information and documents in connection therewith, with the
Commission, granting unto such attorneys-in-fact and agents, each acting alone,
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 and to
all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and
confirming as her own act and deed all that such attorneys-in-fact and agents,
and each of them, shall do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto subscribed her signature
as of this 7th day of March, 2003.

                                                    /s/ Martha R. Seger
                                                  ------------------------------
                                                  Name: Martha R. Seger