[Mr.Kimball]

I do wonder one thing though. I wonder if Jim Booth of Martin Co., and some of the operators from Pike Co. with those multi-million dollar mansions would consider selling them and moving into something smaller to help out their fellow layed off coal miners expenses in these tough coal times? Has it ever occurred to any here that maybe the operators are laying off and idling operations to help get the coal above $30-40 a ton? Power companies are stockpiling huge amounts of coal, but you can only stock pile so much. I drive by AEP in Louisa everyday, they have the biggest stockpile I have saw in 20 years there right now.

Actually Jim Booth has long term contrats with the coal he produces and has been fortunate enough to not only not lay some of his miners off, but has actually hired lately.
Coal prices are predicated by the price of oil. When oil is high , coal is high. When oil is low , so is coal. AEP has stocked up while the price is low.