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PENN VIRGINIA CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES






 










































































































































































































































































































































 



SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION



Washington, D.C. 20549



 



 



 



 



 



 



  



FORM 10-Q



(Mark One)



 



 



 



 



 



 



 



 



 



 



 



 



 



 



 



 



 



 



[ X ]         
Quarterly Report Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934



 



 



 



 



 



 



 



 



 



 



For the period ended March 31, 2004



 



 



 



 



 



 



 



 



 



 



or



 



 



 



 



 



 



 



 



 



 



 



 



 



 



 



 



 



 



 



[    ]         
Transition Report Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934



 



 



 



 



 



 



 



 



 



 



For the transition period from _______________



 



 



 



to ___________________



 



 



 



 



 



 


Commission File Number 1-16735



 



 



 



 



 



 



 



 



 



 



 



 



 



  



PENN VIRGINIA RESOURCE PARTNERS, L.P.



(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in
Its Charter)



 



 



 



 



 



 



  



                 
Delaware                                                                                                                  
23-3087517



(State or Other Jurisdiction of



 



 



(I.R.S. Employer



Incorporation or Organization



 



 



Identification No.)



 



 



 



 



 



 



 



 



 



 



THREE RADNOR CORPORATE CENTER, SUITE 230



100 MATSONFORD ROAD



RADNOR, PA   19087



(Address of Principal Executive Offices)                
                           (Zip
Code)



 



 



 



 



 



 



 



 



 



 



(610) 687-8900



(Registrant's Telephone Number, Including
Area Code)



 



 



 



 



 



 



 



 



 



 



ONE RADNOR CORPORATE CENTER, SUITE 200

 100 MATSONFORD ROAD

 RADNOR, PA 19087



(Former Name, Former Address and Former
Fiscal Year, if Changed Since Last Report.)



 



 



 



 



 



 



 



 



 



 



Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant (1) has
filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15 (d) of



the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding
12 months (or for such shorter period that the Registrant



was required to file such reports), and (2) has been
subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.



 



 



 



 



 



 



 



 



 



 



 



 



 



 



 



 



Yes



X



No



 



 



 



 



 



 



 



 



 



 



 



Indicate by a check mark whether the Registrant is an
accelerated filer (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act)



 



 



 



 



 



 



Yes



X



No



 



 



 



 



 



 



 



 



 



 



 



As of  May 5, 2004, 10,425,988 common units and
7,649,880 subordinated units were outstanding.




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PENN VIRGINIA RESOURCE PARTNERS, L.P.

INDEX




















































































PART I   Financial Information



PAGE



 



 



Item 1. Financial Statements



 



 



 



Consolidated Statements of Income for the Three Months
Ended March 31, 2004 and 2003



3



 



 



Consolidated Balance Sheets as of March
31, 2004 and December 31, 2003



4



 



 



Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the  Three
Months Ended March 31, 2004 and 2003



5



 



 



Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements



6



 



 



Item 2. Management's Discussion and Analysis of
Financial Condition and Results of Operations



10



 



 



Item 3.  Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures
about Market Risk



17



 



 



Item 4.  Controls and Procedures



18



 



 



PART II   Other Information



 



Item 6. Exhibits and Reports on Form 8-K



19



 


 






 



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PART I.  Financial
Information



Item 1. Financial
Statements



PENN VIRGINIA RESOURCE PARTNERS, L.P.

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME - Unaudited

(in thousands, except per unit data)



 



















































































































































































































































Three Months





Ended March 31,





2004





2003



Revenues:









Coal
Royalties



$16,860





$11,451



Coal
Services



784





493



Timber



153





556



Minimum
rentals



-





605



Other



166





136



Total
revenues



17,963





13,241



















Operating
expenses:









Royalty



1,617





327



Operating



132





513



Taxes
other than income



284





296



General
and administrative



1,973





1,811



Depreciation,
depletion and amortization



4,769





4,218



Total
operating expenses



8,775





7,165











Operating
income



9,188





6,076











Other income
(expense):









Interest
expense



(1,329)





(785)



Interest
income



268





330



Income before
cumulative effect of change in accounting principle



8,127





5,621



Cumulative
effect of change in accounting principle



-





(107)



Net Income



$8,127





$5,514



 









General partner's
interest in net income



$   
  163





$   
  110



Limited partner's
interest in net income



$   7,964





$   5,404



 









Basic and diluted net
income per limited partner unit, common and subordinated:









Income
before cumulative effect of change in accounting principle



$0.44





$0.31



     Cumulative effect of change in accounting
principle



-





(0.01)



Net
income per limited partner unit



$0.44





$0.30











Weighted average
number of units outstanding:









Common



10,407





10,127



Subordinated



7,650





7,650




 



The accompanying notes are an integral part of
these consolidated financial statements.





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PENN VIRGINIA RESOURCE PARTNERS, L.P.
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

(in thousands)



 
















































































































































































































































































































































































March 31,





December 31,



ASSETS













2004





2003



Current assets











(unaudited)







Cash and cash equivalents









$       9,426





$       9,066



Accounts receivable









8,642





6,909



Other













880





767



Total current assets









18,948





16,742





















Property and Equipment









266,328





264,897



Less: Accumulated depreciation,
depletion and amortization





36,245





31,620



    Total property and equipment





230,083





233,277





















Coal mineral interests, net







4,773





4,869



Debt issuance costs











1,939





2,065



Prepaid minimums, net and other











2,617





2,939





















   Total assets











$   258,360





$   259,892





















LIABILITIES AND PARTNERS'
CAPITAL











Current liabilities

















Accounts
payable











$          686





$          965



Accrued
liabilities











1,318





2,910



       Current portion of long-term debt







3,000





1,500



Deferred
income











1,463





1,610



Total current liabilities









6,467





6,985





















Deferred income











6,996





6,028



Other liabilities











2,098





2,793



Long-term debt





89,487





90,286





















Commitments and contingencies































Partners' capital











153,312





153,800





















Total liabilities and partners' capital







$   258,360





$   259,892




 



The accompanying
notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.



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PENN VIRGINIA RESOURCE
PARTNERS, L.P.
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS -
Unaudited

(in thousands)



















































































































































































































































Three Months





Ended March 31,





2004





2003



Cash flow from
operating activities:









Net income



$            8,127





$            5,514



Adjustments to reconcile net income to net









Cash provided by
operating activities:









Depreciation, depletion, and amortization



4,769





4,218



Gain on sale of property and equipment



(3)





-



Noncash interest expense



126





120



Cumulative effect of change in accounting
principle



-





107



Changes in operating assets and
liabilities



(2,748)





(1,516)



Net
cash provided by operating activities



10,271





8,443











Cash flows from
investing activities:









Payments received on long-term note receivable



166





121



Proceeds from sale of property and
equipment



3





45



Coal reserve acquisitions



-





(1,254)



Coal services additions



(404)





(7)



   Other property and equipment expenditures



-





(8)



Net
cash used in investing activities



(235)





(1,103)











Cash flows from
financing activities









Payments for debt issuance costs



-





(1,419)



Proceeds from borrowings



-





90,000



Repayments of  borrowings



-





(88,387)



Proceeds from issuance of partners' capital



-





278



Distributions paid



(9,676)





(8,008)



Net
cash used in financing activities



(9,676)





(7,536)











Net increase
(decrease) in cash and cash equivalents



360





(196)



Cash and cash
equivalents - beginning of period



9,066





9,620



Cash and cash
equivalents - end of period



 
$     9,426





$     9,424



 









Supplemental
disclosures of cash flow information:









Cash paid for interest



$       2,515





$         616











Noncash investing
and financing activities:









Issuance of partners' capital for
acquisition



$       1,060





$              -












 



The
accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial
statements.



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PENN VIRGINIA RESOURCE PARTNERS, L.P.



NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS - Unaudited


March 31, 2004



1.   ORGANIZATION



    Penn Virginia Resource Partners, L.P. (the "Partnership"),
through its wholly owned subsidiary, Penn Virginia Operating Co., LLC, enters
into leases with various third-party operators which give those operators the
right to mine coal reserves on the Partnership's land in exchange for royalty
payments.  We
do not operate any mines.  The Partnership also sells timber growing on
its land and provides fee-based infrastructure facilities to certain lessees to
enhance coal production and to generate additional coal services revenues.



    The general partner of the Partnership is Penn
Virginia Resource GP, LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Penn Virginia Corporation
("Penn Virginia").



2.  
BASIS OF PRESENTATION



      The accompanying
unaudited consolidated and combined financial statements include the accounts
of Penn Virginia Resource Partners, L.P. and all wholly-owned
subsidiaries.  The financial statements
have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted
in the United States for interim financial reporting and Securities and
Exchange Commission ("SEC") regulations. These statements involve the
use of estimates and judgments where appropriate. In the opinion of management,
all adjustments, consisting of normal recurring accruals, considered necessary
for a fair presentation have been included. These financial statements should
be read in conjunction with the Partnership's consolidated financial statements
and footnotes included in the Partnership's December 31, 2003 Annual Report on
Form 10-K.  Operating results for the
three months ended March 31, 2004 are not necessarily indicative of the results
that may be expected for the year ended December 31, 2004.  Certain reclassifications have been made to
conform to the current year presentation.



3.  ASSET RETIREMENT OBLIGATION



      Effective
January 1, 2004, we adopted Statement of Financial Accounting Standards ("SFAS")
No. 143, Accounting for Asset Retirement
Obligations
, which addresses financial accounting and reporting for
obligations associated with the retirement of tangible long-lived assets and
the associated asset retirement costs. 
The Standard applies to legal obligations associated with the retirement
of long-lived assets that result from the acquisition, construction,
development or normal use of such assets.



      The
fair value of a liability for an asset retirement obligation is recognized in
the period in which it is incurred if a reasonable estimate of fair value can
be made.  The fair value of the
liability is also added to the carrying amount of the associated asset and this
additional carrying amount is depreciated over the life of the asset.  The liability is accreted at the end of each
period through charges to accretion expense, which are recorded as additional
depreciation, depletion and amortization. 
If the obligation is settled for other than the carrying amount of the
liability, a gain or loss on settlement will be recognized.



      The Partnership identified all required
asset retirement obligations and determined the fair value of these obligations
on the date of adoption.  The
determination of fair value was based upon regional market and facility type
information.  In conjunction with the
initial application of SFAS No. 143, we recorded a cumulative effect of change
in accounting principle of $0.1 million as a decrease to income.  In addition, an asset retirement obligation
of $0.4 million was recorded in "Other liabilities."  Below is a reconciliation of the beginning
and ending aggregate carrying amount of our asset retirement obligations as of
March 31, 2004.



 












































Three Months

ended March 31,





(in thousands)



2004



2003









Beginning balance



$           
666



  $                
-



Initial adoption entry



                 
-



             
   435



Accretion
expense



               
14



   
             
   9



Ending Balance



$           
680



 
$            
444




 



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4.  COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES



Legal



    The Partnership is involved, from
time to time, in various legal proceedings arising in the ordinary course of
business. While the ultimate results of these proceedings cannot be predicted
with certainty, Partnership management believes these claims will not have a
material effect on the Partnership's financial position, liquidity or
operations.



Environmental Compliance



    The operations of our lessees are
subject to environmental laws and regulations adopted by various governmental
authorities in the jurisdictions in which these operations are conducted. The
terms of the Partnership's coal property leases impose liability for all
environmental and reclamation liabilities arising under those laws and
regulations on the relevant lessees. The lessees are bonded and have
indemnified the Partnership against any and all future environmental
liabilities. The Partnership regularly visits coal properties under lease to
monitor lessee compliance with environmental laws and regulations and to review
mine activities. Management believes that the Partnership's lessees will be
able to comply with existing regulations and does not expect any material
impact on the Partnership's financial condition or results of operations.



    As of March 31, 2004, the
Partnership had some reclamation bonding requirements with respect to certain
of its unleased and inactive properties. 
As of March 31, 2004, the Partnership's environmental liabilities
totaled $1.6 million, which represents the Partnership's best estimate as of
March 31, 2004.  However, given the
uncertainty of when the reclamation area will meet regulatory standards, it is
likely that a change in this estimate could occur in the future.



Mine Health and Safety Laws



    There are numerous mine health
and safety laws and regulations applicable to the coal mining industry.  However, since we do not operate any mines
and do not employ any coal miners, we are not subject to such laws and
regulations.  Accordingly, we have not
accrued any liabilities related thereto.



5.   NET INCOME PER UNIT



    Basic and
diluted net income per unit is determined by dividing net income, after
deducting the general partner's 2% interest, by the weighted average number of
outstanding common units and subordinated units.   At March 31, 2004, there were no potentially dilutive units
outstanding.



6.   RELATED PARTY TRANSACTION



    Penn Virginia
charges the Partnership for certain corporate administrative expenses, which
are allocable to its subsidiaries. When allocating general corporate expenses,
consideration is given to property and equipment, payroll and general corporate
overhead. Any direct costs are charged directly to the Partnership. Total
corporate administrative expenses charged to the Partnership totaled $0.3
million for each of the three month periods ended March 31, 2004 and 2003.  These costs are reflected in general and
administrative expenses in the accompanying consolidated statements of income.
Management believes the allocation methodologies used are reasonable.



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7.   DISTRIBUTIONS



   The Partnership makes quarterly cash
distributions of all of its available cash, generally defined as consolidated
cash receipts less consolidated cash disbursements and cash reserves
established by the general partner in its sole discretion.  According to the Partnership Agreement, the
general partner receives incremental incentive cash distributions if cash
distributions exceed certain target thresholds as follows:



                                                                                                                                                         General

Quarterly cash
distribution per unit:                                                
Unitholders                           
       Partner                       
First target - up to $0.55 per unit                                                      
98%                                          
  2%

Second target - above $0.55 per unit
up to $0.65 per unit                 
85%                                          
15%

Third target - above $0.65 per unit to
$0.75 per unit                         
75%                                           
25%

Thereafter - above $0.75 per unit                                                     
50%                                            
50%



          To date, the Partnership has not paid
any incentive cash distributions to the general partner. The following table
reflects the allocation of total cash distributions paid during the three
months ended March 31, 2004 (in thousands):



          Limited partner units                                                                                     
     $          
9,485

          General partner ownership interest                                                           
                  
       191

            
Total cash distributions                                                                                  
 $           9,676



          Total cash distributions paid per unit                                   
                              
$            
0.52



          In February 2004, the Partnership
distributed $0.52 per unit for the three months ended December 31, 2003, or 4%
above its minimum quarterly distribution of $0.50 per unit.



8.   SEGMENT
INFORMATION



    Segment
information has been prepared in accordance with Statement of Financial
Accounting Standards ("SFAS") No. 131 "Disclosure about
Segments of an Enterprise and Related Information."
The Partnership's
reportable segments are as follows:



Coal
Royalty



    The coal royalty
segment includes management of the Partnership's coal located in the
Appalachian region of the United States and New Mexico.



Coal
Services



    The Partnership's
coal services segment consists of fee-based
infrastructure facilities leased to certain lessees to generate additional coal
services revenues.



Timber



The Partnership's
timber segment consists of the selling of standing timber on the Partnership's
properties.



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The following
is a summary of certain financial information relating to the Partnership's
segments:



 































































































































































































































































Coal



Coal













Royalty



Services



Timber



Consolidated









(in thousands)



For the Three Months Ended
March 31, 2004:













Revenues







$              
17,026



$                 
  784



$          
          
153



$                
17,963



Operating costs and expenses





                  
3,506



                     
334



                     
166



                   
4,006



Depreciation, depletion and amortization

 

 

4,198

334

1

4,769

Operating income (loss)



9,322

(120)

(14)

9,188

Interest expense













                
  (1,329)



Interest income













                     
268



Net income













$                  
8,127

















Total assets







$            
243,982



$               
14,212



$                     
166



$              
258,360



Capital expenditures







$                      
  -



$                     
   -



$                       
  -



$                   
       -















  $             
             -



Capital expenditures







$                
1,060



$           
         404



$                         
-



$              
    1,464



For the Three Months Ended
March 31,2003:













Revenues







$               12,192



$                    
493



$                   
556



  $                
13,241



Operating costs and expenses





                
2,141



                   
652



                 
154



                 
2,947



Depreciation, depletion and amortization



3,965

250

3

4,218

Operating income (loss)

 

 

6,086

(409)

399

6,076

Interest expense













          
     (785)



Interest income













                   330



Cumulative effect of change in
accounting principle











          
     (107)



Net income













$        
           5,514

















Total assets







$            
250,828



$               
14,002



$                    
169



$                 
64,830



Capital expenditures







$                 1,262



$                        7



$                         
-



$           
        1,269 




9. 
RECENT ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENTS



    Based on the application of
certain provisions of Statement of Financial Accounting Standards ("SFAS")
No. 141, "Business Combinations," and SFAS No. 142, "Goodwill
and Other Intangible Assets," the Partnership has classified costs
associated with the leasing of coal reserves acquired after June 30, 2001 as an
intangible asset on the balance sheet, apart from other capitalized property
costs.  The amount capitalized related
to a mineral right represents its fair value at the time such right was
acquired less accumulated amortization. 
The transition provisions of SFAS No. 141 and SFAS No. 142 only require
the reclassification of amounts acquired after the June 30,2001 effective date,
unless previously maintained records make it possible to reclassify rights
acquired prior to that date.  Prior to
June 30, 2001, the Partnership did not separately allocate acquisition costs
between owned mineral interests (tangible property) and leased mineral rights
(intangible property), as such interests were part of the same coal seams.  Accordingly, the Partnership only classified
coal mineral rights acquired after June 30, 2001 as an intangible asset in the
accompanying consolidated balance sheet.



    In April 2004, the Financial
Accounting Standards Board ("FASB") issued a FASB Staff Position,
which amends certain sections of SFAS No. 141 and No. 142 relating to the
characterization of mineral rights. 
Beginning in the second quarter of 2004, the Partnership will reclassify
our leased mineral rights as tangible property and discontinue amortization on
a prospective basis.



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Item 2.  Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and
Results of Operations



    The following review of the financial
condition and results of operations of Penn Virginia Resource Partners, L.P.
(the "Partnership") should be read in conjunction with the
Consolidated Financial Statements and Notes thereto.



Overview



    We are a Delaware limited
partnership formed by Penn Virginia Corporation ("Penn Virginia") in
2001 to primarily engage in the business of managing coal properties and
related assets in the United States. Penn Virginia contributed its coal
properties and related assets to the Partnership and effective with the closing
of our initial public offering in October 2001, our common units began trading
publicly on the New York Stock Exchange.



     Both in our current limited partnership
form and in our previous corporate form, we have managed coal properties since
1882.  We conduct operations in three
business segments:  coal royalty, coal services
and timber.  For the three months ended
March 31, 2004, 95% of our revenues were attributable to our coal royalty operations, 4% of our revenues were attributable to our coal services
operations and 1% of our revenues were attributable to our timber operations.



    Our coal reserves, coal infrastructure and timber
assets are located on the following six properties:



the Wise property, located in Wise and Lee
Counties, Virginia and Letcher and Harlan Counties, Kentucky;



    *  the Coal River property, located in Boone,
Fayette, Kanawha, Lincoln and Raleigh Counties, West Virginia;


    *   the New Mexico property, located in McKinley
County, New Mexico;


    *  the Northern Appalachia property, located in
Barbour, Harrison, Lewis, Monongalia and Upshur Counties, West Virginia;


    *  the Spruce Laurel property, located in Boone
and Logan Counties, West Virginia; and


    *  the Buchanan property, located in Buchanan
County, Virginia.



    In our coal royalty operations,
we enter into long-term leases with experienced, third-party mine operators for
the right to mine our coal reserves in exchange for royalty payments. We do not
operate any mines. 
For the three months ended March 31, 2004, our lessees produced
8.0 million tons of coal from our properties and paid us coal royalty revenues
of $16.9 million.    Approximately 79% of our coal royalty revenues for the
first quarter of 2004 and 66% of our first quarter 2003 coal royalty revenues
were based on the higher of a percentage of the gross sales price or a fixed
price per ton of coal sold , with pre-established minimum monthly or annual
rental payments. The remainder of our
coal royalty revenues for the respective periods were derived from fixed
royalty rate leases, which escalate annually, with pre-established minimum
monthly payments.  In managing our
properties, we actively work with our lessees to develop efficient methods to
exploit our reserves and to maximize production from our properties.  We also derive revenues from minimum
rental payments. Minimum rental payments are initially deferred and are
recognized as minimum rental revenues when our lessees fail to meet specified
production levels for certain predetermined periods. The recoupment period on
most of our leases generally ranges from 1-3 years.  For the three months ended March 31, 2004, we did not recognize
any minimum rental revenues.



    In addition to our coal royalty revenues, we also generate
coal services revenues from fees we charge to our lessees for the use of our
coal preparation and transportation facilities. These facilities provide
efficient methods to enhance lessee production levels and exploit our
reserves.  The coal service
facility we purchased in November 2002 on our West Coal River property in West
Virginia began operations in the third quarter of 2003.  In January 2004, we completed construction
of a coal  loadout facility for another
lessee in West Virginia for $4.2 million (see "Bull Creek Loadout Facility"
below).  Our coal services revenues
totaled $0.8 million for the three months ended March 31, 2004.



        We also
earn revenues from the sale of standing timber on our properties.  The timber revenues we receive are dependent
on harvest levels and the species and quality of timber harvested. Our harvest
levels in any given year will depend upon a number of factors, including
anticipated mining activity, timber maturation and market conditions. Any
timber, which would otherwise be removed due to lessee mining operations, is
harvested in advance to prevent loss of the resource. For the three months
ended March 31, 2004, we sold 1.1 million board feet of timber for $0.2 million.



    The revenues and profitability of
our coal royalty operations are largely dependent on the production of coal
from our reserves by our lessees.  The
coal royalty revenues we receive are affected by changes in coal prices and our
lessees' supply contracts and, to a lesser extent, by fluctuations in the spot
market prices for coal. The prevailing price for coal depends on a number of
factors, including demand, the price and availability of alternative fuels,
overall economic conditions and governmental regulations.



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    Royalty expenses that we incur in
our coal business consist primarily of lease payments on property which we
lease from third parties and sublease to our lessees.  Our lease payment obligations vary based on the production from
our subleased properties. With respect to the properties that we lease, we are
granted mining rights in exchange for per ton royalty payments. We also incur
costs related to lease administration and property maintenance as well as
technical and support personnel.



Economic and Industry Factors



    The United States relies
significantly on coal as a primary fuel source.  Coal is used as a fuel source for about half of domestic
electricity generation and represents approximately 85% of fossil fuel reserves
in the United States.  As environmental
progress continues, we are optimistic that coal will continue to play a vital
role in the generation of electricity. 
Many of our lessees' have favorable transportation options to their
customers, which are mostly major utilities.



    We are not an operating company
and do not employ any coal miners. 
There are several key distinctions between our coal royalty business and
a coal operating business which include:



    * 
higher operating margins due to no risk in variable
mining costs;



    * 
more cash flow stability since we are not as sensitive
to volatility in market prices and we have a diversified lessee base;



    * 
less capital reinvestment requirements because we do
not maintain coal mining or preparation equipment;



    * 
no social obligations under the numerous mine health
and safety laws and regulations applicable to the coal mining industry; and



    * 
coal operators are required to reclaim operations where
we currently have no such requirement.



    Our lessees are obligated to conduct mining operations in
compliance with all applicable federal, state and local laws and regulations.
Because of extensive and comprehensive regulatory requirements, violations
during mining operations are not unusual in the industry and, notwithstanding
compliance efforts, we do not believe violations by our lessees can be
eliminated completely. None of the violations to date, or the monetary
penalties assessed, have been material to us or, to our knowledge, to our
lessees. We do not currently expect that future compliance will have a material
adverse effect on us.



    While
it is not possible to quantify the costs of compliance by our lessees with all
applicable federal and state laws, those costs have been and are expected to
continue to be significant. The lessees post performance bonds pursuant to
federal and state mining laws and regulations for the estimated costs of
reclamation and mine closings, including the cost of treating mine water
discharge when necessary. We do not accrue for such costs because our lessees
are contractually liable for all costs relating to their mining operations,
including the costs of reclamation and mine closure. Compliance with these laws
has substantially increased the cost of coal mining for all domestic coal
producers.



    In
addition, the utility industry, which is the most significant end-user of coal,
is subject to extensive regulation regarding the environmental impact of its
power generation activities which could affect demand for our lessees' coal.
The possibility exists that new legislation or regulations may be adopted which
may have a significant impact on the mining operations of our lessees or their
customers' ability to use coal and may require us, our lessees or their
customers to change operations significantly or incur substantial costs.



Opportunities, Challenges and Risks



    Our revenues and profitability
will be adversely affected in the future if we are unable to replace or
increase our reserves through acquisitions. 
Our management continues to focus on acquisitions of assets and energy
sources necessary to meet the requirements of diverse markets and environmental
regulations.  Additional management was
added in 2003 to assist in the evaluation of coal reserves, infrastructure and
related assets as well as other appropriate assets, such as oil and gas
gathering and transportation systems.



    As the economic growth of the
United States and the world continues and the need for clean, environmentally
friendly energy increases, additional output from conventional energy sources
will be essential. Coal represents the
vast majority of energy resources in the United States, and it continues to be
substantially more economical than other fossil fuel alternatives.  Although coal generates about half of the
nation's electricity, coal combustion emits sulfur dioxide, nitrous oxides and
carbon dioxide, all of which are considered pollutants.  The challenge to the industry is to continue
to reduce these emissions while keeping coal as the fuel of choice.



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Acquisitions and Investments in Coal Facilities



        Capital expenditures, including noncash
items, were as follows:








































Three Months Ended





2004



2003





(in
thousands)



Acquisitions of coal
reserves



$  
1,060



$   
1,254



Coal services
additions



404



7



Other property and
equipment expenditures



             -



             8



Total capital expenditures



$    1,464



$    1,269




Peabody Acquisition



      In February 2004, we released 51,000
units which had been held in escrow since December 2002.  In exchange for the units, we received
additional reserves on our Northern Appalachia properties.



Bull Creek Loadout Facility



    In January 2004, we completed the
construction of a new coal loadout facility for one of our lessees on our Coal
River property in West Virginia.  The
$4.2 million loadout facility is designed for the high-speed loading of 150-car
unit trains and became operational in January 2004.  We expect this facility to generate revenues of approximately
$0.7 million in 2004.



Critical
Accounting Policies and Estimates


     Depletion
Coal properties are depleted on an area-by-area basis at a rate based on
the cost of the mineral properties and the number of tons of estimated proven
and probable coal reserves contained therein. 
In 2001, we estimated proven and probable coal reserves with the
assistance of third-party mining consultants and involved the use of estimation
techniques and recoverability assumptions. 
As a result of the independent reserve audit conducted in 2001 in
connection with our initial public offering, we recorded a downward revision of
our coal reserves, resulting from differences in general reserve criteria
utilized by our independent engineer and the site or operator specific criteria
utilized by us.  Consequently, we
increased our depletion rates on a prospective basis.  Subsequent to 2001, proven and probable reserves have been
estimated internally by our geologists. 
Our estimates of coal reserves are updated periodically and may result
in adjustments to coal reserves and depletion rates that are recognized
prospectively.          The Partnership estimates its timber inventory using
statistical information and data obtained from physical measurements, site
maps, photo-types and other information gathering techniques. These estimates
are updated annually and may result in adjustments of timber volumes and
depletion rates, which are recognized prospectively.



     Coal
Royalty Revenues.
Coal
royalty revenues are recognized on the basis of tons of coal sold by our
lessees and the corresponding revenues from those sales.  Coal royalty revenues are accrued on a
monthly basis, based on our best estimates of coal mined on our
properties.  Since we do not operate any
coal mines, we rely on estimates made by our engineers and information obtained
from our lessees to make our accruals.



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Results of Operations



Three Months Ended March 31, 2004 Compared With Three Months Ended
March 31, 2003.



    The following
table sets forth our revenues, operating expenses and operating statistics for
the three months ended March 31, 2004 compared with the same period in 2003.































































































































































































Three
Months

Ended March 31,




Percentage





     2004



      2004



Change


Financial Highlights:



(in
thousands,

except
prices)





Revenues:









Coal
royalties



$     
16,860



$     
11,451



         
47%



Coal
services



             784



            
493



          59%



Timber



153



556



 (72%)



Minimum
rentals



                  -



 605



             -



Other



             166



             136



         22%



    Total revenues



17,963



13,241



       
 
36%











Operating costs and expenses:









Royalty



           1,617



             
327



         394%



Operating



 132



 513



 (74%)



Taxes
other than income



             284



             296



       (4%)



General
and administrative



1,973



1,811



 9%



Depreciation,
depletion and amortization



 4,769



 4,218



          13%



Total
operating costs and expenses



 8,775



 7,165



 22%



Operating income



 9,188



 6,076



 51%











    
Interest expense



 (1,329)



 (785)



          69%



     Interest
income



    
        268



    
        330



(19%)



Income
before cumulative effect of change in accounting principle



         
8,127



 5,621



          45%



    
Cumulative effect of change in accounting principle



              
-



           (107)



             -











Net
Income



$        8,127



$        5,514



          47%



Operating Statistics:









Coal:









Royalty
coal tons produced by lessees (tons in thousands)



         7,953



6,423



         
24%



Average  royalty per ton



$         
2.12



$         
1.78



          19%












    Revenues. Our revenues in the first
quarter of 2004 were $18.0 million compared with $13.2 million for the same
period in 2003, an increase of $4.8 million, or 36%.  The increase in revenues primarily related to increased coal
royalties received from our lessees.



    Coal royalty
revenues for the three months ended March 31, 2004 were $16.9 million compared
with $11.5 million for the same period in 2003, an increase of $5.4 million, or
47%.  Average royalties per ton
increased to $2.12 in the first quarter of 2004 from $1.78 in the comparable
2003 period.  The increase in the
average royalty per ton was primarily due to increased production from three
lessees with higher royalty rates, decreased production from our New Mexico
property which has a lower royalty rate and stronger market conditions for coal
resulting in higher prices for coal sold by our lessees.  Production by our lessees increased by 1.6
million tons, or 24%, to 8.0 million tons in the first quarter of 2004 from 6.4
million tons in the first quarter of 2003. 
At a property level, these variances were primarily due to the following
factors:



        *       
Production on the Coal River property increased by 1.5
million tons, which resulted in an increase in revenues of $3.8 million.  One lessee, which utilizes longwall mining,
began mining on our property from an adjacent property during the first quarter
of 2004, which resulted in an additional 1.1 million tons of coal production,
or $2.6 million in revenues.  The
addition of a mine operator and a new mine by another of our lessees
contributed approximately 0.2 million tons of coal production, or $0.7 million
of revenue.  The commencement of
operations in July 2003 on our West Coal River property also contributed an
additional 0.1 million tons, or $0.3 million of revenue.  The remainder of the increase was primarily
due to higher royalty rates received. 
Increased demand in the region resulted in an 11% increase in the average
gross royalty per ton on the Coal River property, from $2.27 per ton in the
first quarter of 2003 to $2.51 per ton in the first quarter of 2004.



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        *        
Production on the Wise property increased by 0.4
million tons, which resulted in an increase in revenues of $1.4 million.  The increase was primarily due to additional
mining equipment being added by two of our lessees.  Additional production from one of our lessees with higher royalty
rates coupled with an increased demand in the region resulted in an 11% increase
in the average gross royalty per ton on the Coal River property, from $2.22 per
ton in the first quarter of 2003 to $2.47 per ton in the first quarter of 2004.



        *        
Production on the Spruce Laurel property increased by
0.1 million tons, which resulted in an increase in revenues of $0.5 million.
The increase was the result of increased demand in the region and higher
pricing.



    These
increases were offset, in part, by a decline in production from our New Mexico
property which was caused by a decrease in market share in a concentrated
market.



    Coal services
revenues were $0.8 million for the three months ended March 31, 2004 compared
with $0.5 million for the three months ended March 31, 2003, an increase of
$0.3 million, or 59%.  This increase was
the result of start-up operations at our West Coal River and Bull Creek
facilities in July 2003 and January 2004, respectively.



    Timber
revenues decreased to $0.2 million for the three months ended March 31, 2004
compared with $0.6 million in the first quarter of 2003, a decrease of $0.4
million, or 72%.  The decrease was due
to the timing of a parcel sale of our standing timber.



    Minimum
rental revenues decreased to zero for the three months ended March 31, 2004
from $0.6 million in the comparable period of 2003.  The $0.6 million recognized in the first quarter of 2003
primarily related to four leases. Each of these leases was sold and assigned to
a new lessee approved by us.  The new
lessees have different minimum rental recoupment terms than those which previously
existed in the leases, giving the lessees additional time to offset actual
production against minimum rental payments..



    Other income
primarily consists of land rental, overrides and wheelage income, which are
fees received by us for transportation across our surface property.  Other income increased to $0.2 millionfor the three months ended March 31,
2004, compared with $0.1 million for the same period in 2003, representing an
increase of 22%.  The $0.1 million
increase is primarily due to an increase in overriding royalty income we
received from a lessee on our Coal River property.



    Operating Costs and Expenses. Our aggregate operating costs and
expenses for the first quarter of 2004 were $8.8 million, compared with $7.2
million for the same period in 2003, an increase of $1.6 million, or 22%. The
increase in operating costs and expenses primarily related to increases in
royalty expenses and depreciation, depletion and amortization.



    Royalty expenses were $1.6 million for the three months ended March 31,
2004 compared with $0.3 million for the three months ended March 31, 2003, an
increase of $1.3 million, or 394%.  This
increase was the result of an increase in production by lessees on subleased
properties, primarily on our Coal River property.  Production on subleased properties increased to 1.5 million tons
in the first quarter of 2004 from 0.3 million tons in the first quarter of
2004, representing a 1.2 million ton increase, or 433%.



    Operating expenses decreased by 74%, to $0.1 million in the first quarter
of 2004, compared with $0.5 million in the same period of 2003.  The $0.5 million
paid in the first quarter of 2003 consisted primarily of
maintenance costs incurred in connection with idled mines located on our West Coal
River property, which is part of our Coal River property.  We leased our West Coal River property in
May 2003, and maintenance costs were assumed by the new lessee as of that
date.



    Taxes other than income for the
three months ended March 31, 2004 and 2003 remained relatively constant at $0.3
million for both periods.



    General and
administrative expenses increased $0.2 million, or 9%, to $2.0 million in the
first quarter of 2004, from $1.8 million in the same period of 2003. The
increase was primarily attributable to costs related to a secondary public
offering for the sale of common units held by an affiliate, Peabody Energy
Corporation ("Peabody").



    Depreciation,
depletion and amortization for the three months ended March 31, 2004 was $4.8
million compared with $4.2 million for the same period of 2003, an increase
of  $0.6 million or 13%.  This increase was a result of increased
production by most of our lessees over the comparable periods, partially offset
by less production from our New Mexico property which has a higher cost basis.



    Interest Expense. Interest expense was $1.3 million for the three
months ended March 31, 2004 compared with $0.8 million for the same period in
2003, an increase of $0.5 million, or 69%. The increase was primarily due to
our closing of a private placement of $90 million senior unsecured notes (the "Notes")
payable in March 2003, which bear interest at a fixed rate of 5.77% and mature in
2013. 



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 Prior to the private placement,
the $90.0 million was included on our revolving credit facility, which bears
interest at the Eurodollar rate plus an applicable margin which ranges from
1.25% to 2.25%.



    Interest Income. Interest income for the three months ended March
31, 2004 and 2003 remained relatively constant at $0.3 million for both
periods.



Liquidity and Capital
Resources



        Since the Partnership's inception in
2001, cash generated from operations and our borrowing capacity, supplemented
with the issuance of new common units, have been sufficient to meet our
scheduled distributions, working capital requirements and capital expenditures.
Our primary cash requirements consist of distributions to our general partner
and unitholders, normal operating expenses, interest and principal payments on
our long-term debt and acquisitions of new assets or businesses.



        Cash Flows. Net cash provided by
operating activities was $10.3 million in the first quarter of 2004 and $8.4
million in first quarter of 2003. The overall increase in cash provided by
operations for the three months ended March 31, 2004 compared to the same
period in 2003 was largely due to increased production by our lessees and
higher average gross royalties per ton.



        Net cash used in investing activities
was $0.2 million in the first quarter of 2004 and $1.1 million in first quarter
of 2003. Cash used in investing activities for the three months ended March 31,
2004 primarily related to the completion of a new coal loading facility on our
Coal River property in West Virginia. 
Net cash used in for the three months ended March 31, 2003 primarily
related to additional expenditures to complete an acquisition in
December 2002.



        Net cash used in financing activities
was $9.7 million in the first quarter of 2004 and $7.5 million in first quarter
of 2003. Cash used in investing activities for the three months ended March 31,
2004 was for distributions paid to partners. 
Net cash used in financing activities for the three months ended March
31, 2003 included distributions to partners of $8.0 million and debt issuance
costs of $1.4 million, offset by net borrowings on the senior notes.



    Long-Term Debt.  As of March 31, 2004, we had outstanding borrowings of $92.5
million, consisting of $2.5 million borrowed against our $100.0 million
revolving credit facility and $90.0 million attributable to our senior
unsecured notes.



    Hedging Activities. In March 2003, we entered into an interest rate
swap agreement with a notional amount of $30 million, to hedge a portion of the
fair value of the Notes. This swap is designated as a fair value hedge and has
been reflected as a decrease in long-term debt of $13,000 as of March 31, 2004.
Under the terms of the interest rate swap agreement, the counterparty pays us a
fixed annual rate of 5.77% on a total notional amount of $30 million, and we
pay the counterparty a variable rate equal to the floating interest rate which
will be determined semi-annually and will be based on the six month London
Interbank Offering Rate plus 2.36%.



    Future
Capital Needs and Commitments
.  For the remainder of 2004, we anticipate
making additional capital expenditures, excluding acquisitions, of
approximately $0.1 million for coal services related projects and other
property and equipment.  Part of our
strategy is to make acquisitions which increase cash available for distribution
to our unitholders. Our ability to make these acquisitions in the future will
depend in part on the availability of debt financing and on our ability to
periodically use equity financing through the issuance of new units. Since
completing a large acquisition in late 2002, our ability to incur additional
debt has been restricted due to limitations in our debt instruments.  As of March 31, 2004, we had approximately
$26 million of borrowing capacity available under our revolving credit
facility.  This limitation may have the
effect of necessitating the issuance of new units, as opposed to using debt, to
fund acquisitions in the future.



    We currently believe that we
will continue to have adequate liquidity to fund future recurring operating and
investing activities.  Short-term cash
requirements, such as operating expenses and quarterly distributions to our
general partner and unitholders, are expected to be funded through operating
cash flows.  Long-term cash requirements
for asset acquisitions are expected to be funded by several sources, including cash
flows from operating activities, borrowings under credit facilities and the
issuance of additional equity and debt securities.  Our ability to complete future debt and equity offerings will
depend on various factors, including prevailing market conditions, interest
rates and our financial condition and credit rating at the time.



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Environmental



    Surface Mining Valley Fills
Over the course of the last several years, opponents of surface mining
have filed three lawsuits challenging the legality of permits authorizing the
construction of valley fills for the disposal of coal mining overburden under
federal and state laws applicable to surface mining activities.  Although two of these challenges were
successful in the United States District Court for the Southern District of
West Virginia (the "District Court"), the United States Court of
Appeals for the  Fourth Circuit
overturned both of those decisions in Bragg v. Robertson in 2001 and in
Kentuckians For The Commonwealth v. Rivenburgh in 2003.



    On October 23, 2003, a third
lawsuit involving the disposal of coal mining overburden was filed in the
District Court.  In this case, Ohio
Valley Environmental Coalition v. Bulen, several public interest group
plaintiffs have alleged that the Army Corps of Engineers violated the Clean
Water Act ("CWA") and other federal regulations when it issued
Nationwide Permit 21, a general permit for the disposal of coal mining
overburden into United States waters. 
This most recent suit also challenges certain individual discharge
authorizations in West Virginia, including several involving the mining
activities of the Partnership's lessees. 
If the plaintiffs prevail in this latest lawsuit, lessees who have
received authorization for discharges pursuant to Nationwide Permit 21 could be
prevented from undertaking future discharges until they receive individual CWA
permits, and future operations could require individual permits.  Obtaining these individual permits is likely
to substantially increase both the time and the costs of obtaining CWA permits
for our lessees and other coal mining operators throughout the industry where
any such unfavorable ruling may be applied. 
These increases could adversely affect our coal royalty revenues.  Although the Partnership expects that any ruling
for the plaintiffs would be appealed to the Fourth Circuit, the coal mining
industry, including the operations of our lessees, could be significantly
adversely impacted by the initial effects of an adverse decision while any
appeal is pending.



    Mine Health and Safety Laws.The operations of our lessees are subject to stringent health and safety standards that have
been imposed by federal legislation since the adoption of the Mine Health and
Safety Act of 1969. The Mine Health and Safety Act of 1969 resulted in
increased operating costs and reduced productivity. The Mine Safety and Health
Act of 1977, which significantly expanded the enforcement of health and safety
standards of the Mine Health and Safety Act of 1969, imposes comprehensive
health and safety standards on all mining operations. In addition, as part of
the Mine Health and Safety Acts of 1969 and 1977, the Black Lung Acts require
payments of benefits by all businesses conducting current mining operations to
coal miners with black lung and to some beneficiaries of a miner who dies from
this disease.



    Environmental.  The operations of
our lessees are subject to environmental laws and regulations adopted by
various governmental authorities in the jurisdictions in which these operations
are conducted. The terms of the Partnership's coal property leases impose
liability for all environmental and reclamation liabilities arising under those
laws and regulations on the relevant lessees. The lessees are required to be
bonded and have indemnified the Partnership against any and all future
environmental liabilities. The Partnership regularly visits the properties
subject to our leases to generally observe our lessees' compliance with
environmental laws and regulations, as well as to review mining activities.
Management believes that the Partnership's lessees will be able to comply with
existing regulations and does not expect any material impact on its financial
condition or results of operations as a result of environmental regulations.



   We have
some reclamation bonding requirements with respect to certain of our unleased
and inactive properties.  As of March
31, 2004, the Partnership's environmental liabilities totaled $1.6
million.



    Recent Accounting Pronouncements



    Based on the application of certain
provisions of Statement of Financial Accounting Standards ("SFAS")
No. 141, "Business Combinations," and SFAS No. 142, "Goodwill
and Other Intangible Assets," the Partnership has classified costs
associated with the leasing of coal reserves acquired after June 30, 2001 as an
intangible asset on the balance sheet, apart from other capitalized property
costs.  The amount capitalized related
to a mineral right represents its fair value at the time such right was acquired
less accumulated amortization.  The transition
provisions of SFAS No. 141 and SFAS No. 142 only require the reclassification
of amounts acquired after the June 30,2001 effective date, unless previously
maintained records make it possible to reclassify rights acquired prior to that
date.  Prior to June 30, 2001, the
Partnership did not separately allocate acquisition costs between owned mineral
interests (tangible property) and leased mineral rights (intangible property),
as such interests were part of the same coal seams.  Accordingly, the Partnership only classified coal mineral rights
acquired after June 30, 2001 as an intangible asset in the accompanying
consolidated balance sheet.



    In April 2004, the Financial
Accounting Standards Board ("FASB") issued a FASB Staff Position,
which amends certain sections of SFAS No. 141 and No. 142 relating to the
characterization of mineral rights. 
Beginning in the second quarter of 2004, the Partnership will reclassify
our leased mineral rights to tangible property and discontinue amortization on
a prospective basis.



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Item 3.  Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures
about Market Risk



    Market risk is the risk of
loss arising from adverse changes in market rates and prices. The principal
market risks to which we are exposed are interest rate risk and coal price
risks.



    As
of  March 31, 2004, $90.0 million of our
borrowings were financed with debt which has a fixed interest rate throughout
its term.  In conjunction with this
financing, we executed an interest rate derivative transaction for one-third of
the amount financed to hedge the fair value. 
The interest rate swap is accounted for as a fair value hedge
in compliance with SFAS No. 133, "Accounting for Derivative Instruments
and Hedging Activities," as amended by SFAS No. 137 and SFAS No. 138. The
debt we incur in the future under our credit facility will bear variable
interest at either the applicable base rate or a rate based on LIBOR.



      We
are also indirectly exposed to the credit risk our lessees if our lessees do
not manage their operations well or if there is a significant decline in coal
prices, our lessees may not be able to pay their debts as they become due or
our coal royalty revenues could decrease due to lower production volumes.



Forward-Looking Statements



      Statements included in this report which
are not historical facts (including any statements concerning plans and
objectives of management for future operations or economic performance, or
assumptions related thereto) are forward-looking statements. In addition, the
Partnership and its representatives may from time to time make other oral or
written statements which are also forward-looking statements.



        Such
forward-looking statements include, among other things, statements regarding
development activities, capital expenditures, acquisitions and dispositions,
expected commencement dates of coal mining, projected quantities of future coal
production by the Partnership's lessees and costs and expenditures as well as
projected demand or supply for coal, which will affect sales levels, prices and
royalties realized by the Partnership.



        These
forward-looking statements are made based upon management's current plans,
expectations, estimates, assumptions and beliefs concerning future events
impacting the Partnership and therefore involve a number of risks and
uncertainties. The Partnership cautions that forward-looking statements are not
guarantees and that actual results could differ materially from those expressed
or implied in the forward-looking statements.



        Important
factors that could cause the actual results of operations or financial
condition of the Partnership to differ include, but are not necessarily limited
to: the cost of finding new coal reserves; the ability to acquire new coal
reserves on satisfactory terms; the price for which such reserves can be sold;
the volatility of commodity prices for coal; the risks associated with having
or not having price risk management programs; the Partnership's ability to
lease new and existing coal reserves; the ability of lessees to produce sufficient
quantities of coal on an economic basis from the Partnership's reserves; the
ability of lessees to obtain favorable contracts for coal produced from the
Partnership's reserves; competition among producers in the coal industry
generally; the extent to which the amount and quality of actual production
differs from estimated mineable and merchantable coal reserves; unanticipated
geological problems; availability of required materials and equipment; the
occurrence of unusual weather or operating conditions including force majeure
events; the failure of equipment or processes to operate in accordance with
specifications or expectations; delays in anticipated start-up dates;
environmental risks affecting the mining of coal reserves; the timing of
receipt of necessary governmental permits; labor relations and costs;
accidents; changes in governmental regulation or enforcement practices,
especially with respect to environmental, health and safety matters, including
with respect to emissions levels applicable to coal-burning power generators;
risks and uncertainties relating to general domestic and international economic
(including inflation and interest rates) and political conditions; the
experience and financial condition of the Partnership's lessees, including
their ability to satisfy their royalty, environmental, reclamation and other
obligations to the Partnership and others; changes in financial market
conditions; and other risk factors detailed in the Partnership's Securities and
Exchange commission filings. Many of such factors are beyond the Partnership's
ability to control or predict. Readers are cautioned not to put undue reliance
on forward-looking statements.



        While
the Partnership periodically reassesses material trends and uncertainties
affecting the Partnership's results of operations and financial condition in
connection with the preparation of Management's Discussion and Analysis of
Results of Operations and Financial Condition and certain other sections
contained in the Partnership's quarterly, annual or other reports filed with
the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Partnership does not intend to
review or update any particular forward-looking statement, whether as a result
of new information, future events or otherwise.



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Item 4.  Controls and Procedures



(a)
Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures:



     The Partnership, under the supervision,
and with the participation, of its management, including its principal
executive officer and principal financial officer, performed an evaluation of
the design and operation of the Partnership's disclosure controls and
procedures (as defined Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15(d)-15(e)) as of the
end of the period covered by this report. 
Based on that evaluation, the general partner's principal executive
officer and principal financial officer concluded that such disclosure controls
and procedures are effective to ensure that material information relating to
the Partnership, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is accumulated and
communicated to the Partnership's management and made known to the principal
executive officer and principal financial officer, particularly during the
period for which this periodic report was being prepared.



(b) Changes
in Internal Controls



     No
changes were made in the Partnership's internal control over financial
reporting during our last fiscal quarter that have materially affected, or are
reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial
reporting.



PART II.   Other Information



Items 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 are not applicable and have been omitted.



Item 6. Exhibits and Reports on Form 8-K



(a)           Exhibits



12                  Statement
of Computation of Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges



31.1         
Certification Pursuant to 18
U.S.C. Section 1350, as Adopted Pursuant to Section 302 of the                 
Sarbanes-Oxley
Act of 2003



31.2                Certification Pursuant to 18
U.S.C. Section 1350, as Adopted Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley
Act of 2003



32.1                Certification Pursuant to 18
U.S.C. Section 1350, as Adopted Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley
Act of 2003



32.2                Certification Pursuant to 18
U.S.C. Section 1350, as Adopted Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley
Act of 2003



(b)                
Reports on Form 8-K:



    On March 30,
2004, the Partnership filed a Current Report on Form 8-K/A that amended the
underwriting agreement and the press release relating to the pricing of 500,000
common units which were previously filed as Exhibit 1.1 and Exhibit 99.1,
respectively, to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed on March 29, 2004. This
amendment to the Current Report on Form 8-K dated March 25, 2004 was filed for
the purpose of filing Exhibit 5.1, Exhibit 8.1 and Exhibit 23.1.



    On March 29, 2004, the Partnership filed a Current Report on
Form 8-K that announced Penn Virginia Resource Partners, L.P. entered into an
underwriting agreement between the Partnership, Penn Virginia Resource GP, LLC,
Penn Virginia Operating Co., LLC, Peabody Energy Corporation, Peabody Natural
Resources Company (the "Selling Unitholder") and Lehman Brothers Inc.
(the "Underwriter"), pursuant to which the Selling Unitholder will
sell 500,000 common units representing limited partner interests in the
Partnership pursuant to an effective shelf registration statement on Form S-3
(Registration No. 333-106239), as amended and supplemented by the prospectus
supplement dated March 25, 2004. The Selling Unitholder also granted the
Underwriter a 30-day option to purchase up to an additional 75,000 common
units.



    On
March 25, 2004, the Partnership filed a Current Report on Form 8-K that
announced Peabody Natural Resources Company, an affiliate of Peabody Energy
Corporation (NYSE: BTU), had advised PVR that it proposed to offer to sell in
an underwritten public offering 500,000 of its 1,611,851 common units, plus up
to 75,000 common units subject to an over-allotment option.



    On March 23, 2004, the Partnership
filed a Current Report on Form 8-K that presented the audited balance sheet of
the general partner as of  December 31,
2003.



    On February 12, 2004, the
Partnership filed a Current Report on Form 8-K announcing its financial results
for the year ended December 31, 2003.





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SIGNATURES









































Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the Registrant has duly caused this report



to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto
duly authorized.














































PENN VIRGINIA RESOURCE PARTNERS, L.P.





































Date:



May 7,
2004                                        
   





By:



/s/ Frank A. Pici                                             

















Frank A. Pici, Vice President and

















Chief Financial Officer















































Date:



May 7,
2004                                        





By:



/s/ Forrest W. McNair

















Forrest W. McNair, Vice President and

















Controller