UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, DC 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Patriot Coal Corporation

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

Delaware		001-33466		20-5622045
(State or other jurisdiction		(Commission		(I.R.S. Employer
of incorporation)		File Number)		Identification No.)

12312 Olive Boulevard, Suite 400				63141
St. Louis, Missouri				(Zip Code)
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (314) 275-3600

Not Applicable
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

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Item 8.01. Other Events

On April 28, 2010, Patriot Coal Corporation (“Patriot” or the “Company”) entered into an Underwriting Agreement incorporating the Company’s Debt Underwriting Agreement Standard Provisions (together, the “Agreement”), with Citigroup Global Markets Inc. and Banc of America Securities LLC, as representatives of the several underwriters named in Schedule II thereto (collectively, the “Underwriters”), for the sale by Patriot of $250 million aggregate principal amount of 8.25% senior notes due 2018 (the “Notes”). The Notes will be issued at a price of 99.279% of their principal amount. The Notes will be jointly and severally guaranteed, on an unsecured basis, by all of Patriot’s existing and future subsidiaries that are guarantors to Patriot’s revolving credit facility. The Notes were sold pursuant to Patriot’s Registration Statement on Form S-3 (Registration No. 333-165052), as amended (the “Registration Statement”). The foregoing description does not purport to be a complete statement of the parties’ rights and obligations under the Agreement. The Agreement is filed as Exhibit 1.1 to this Form 8-K, which exhibit is incorporated by reference in its entirety into the Registration Statement. The description of the material terms of the Agreement is qualified in its entirety by reference to such exhibit.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Other Exhibits

(d) Exhibits

Exhibit No.		Description
1.1		Underwriting Agreement, dated April 28, 2010, among Patriot Coal Corporation and Citigroup Global Markets Inc. and Banc of America Securities LLC, as representatives of the several underwriters named in Schedule II thereto (including the Company’s Debt Underwriting Agreement Standard Provisions).

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

Dated: May 4, 2010

EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit No.		Description
1.1		Underwriting Agreement, dated April 28, 2010, among Patriot Coal Corporation and Citigroup Global Markets Inc. and Banc of America Securities LLC, as representatives of the several underwriters named in Schedule II thereto (including the Company’s Debt Underwriting Agreement Standard Provisions).