Exhibit 24.1

                               POWER OF ATTORNEY

                  Arch Coal, Inc.--S-3 Registration Statement

      Each of the undersigned directors of Arch Coal, Inc., a Delaware
corporation ("Arch Coal"), do hereby constitute and appoint Robert G. Jones and
Janet L. Horgan, or either of them, the undersigned's true and lawful attorneys
and agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution in each, to
execute, file and deliver a Registration Statement on Form S-3 (or other
appropriate form), together with any and all exhibits and other documentation,
with respect to an offering of one or more debt, equity, hybrid or convertible
securities of Arch Coal, in our name and on our behalf in our capacities as
directors of Arch Coal, and to do any and all acts or things, in our name and
on our behalf in our capacities as directors, which said attorneys and agents,
or either of them or any substitute, may deem necessary or advisable to enable
Arch Coal to comply with the Securities Act of 1933 and any rules, regulations
and requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission in connection with
the Registration Statement (including without limitation executing, filing and
delivering any amendments to the Registration Statement, including any post-
effective amendments), as fully to all intent and purposes as the undersigned
might or could do in person; and each of the undersigned does hereby ratify and
confirm all that said attorneys and agents, or either of them or any
substitute, shall do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. This Power of
Attorney may be executed in any number of counterparts.

      Witness the due execution hereof as of March 26, 2001.
                       
/s/ Philip W. Block
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Philip W. Block

/s/ James R. Boyd
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James R. Boyd

/s/ Frank M. Burke
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Frank M. Burke

/s/ Thomas L. Feazell
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Thomas L. Feazell

/s/ Douglas H. Hunt
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Douglas H. Hunt



                               

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Robert L. Hintz

/s/ James L. Parker
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James L. Parker

/s/ A. Michael Perry
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A. Michael Perry

/s/ Theodore D. Sands
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Theodore D. Sands

/s/ Ignacio Dominguez Urquijo
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Ignacio Dominguez Urquijo