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Exhibit 24.1
Power of Attorney
     KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS: That each of the undersigned directors and/or officers of Arch Coal, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), hereby constitutes and appoints Steven F. Leer, John T. Drexler and Robert G. Jones, and each of them, his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power to act without the other, to sign the Company’s registration statement on Form S-8 and any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) thereto, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and all documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and to do and perform any and all other acts and things requisite and necessary to be done in connection with the foregoing as fully as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
     DATED: December 31, 2008
     
Signatures   Capacity
 
   
/s/ Steven F. Leer
 
Steven F. Leer
  Chairman and Chief Executive Officer 
 
   
/s/ James R. Boyd
 
James R. Boyd
  Director 
 
   
/s/ Frank M. Burke
 
Frank M. Burke
  Director 
 
   
/s/ John W. Eaves
 
John W. Eaves
  President, Chief Operating Officer and Director 
 
   
/s/ Patricia F. Godley
 
Patricia F. Godley
  Director 
 
   
/s/ Douglas H. Hunt
 
Douglas H. Hunt
  Director 
 
   
/s/ Brian J. Jennings
 
Brian J. Jennings
  Director 
 
   
/s/ Thomas A. Lockhart
 
Thomas A. Lockhart
  Director 
 
   
/s/ A. Michael Perry
 
A. Michael Perry
  Director 
 
   
/s/ Robert G. Potter
 
Robert G. Potter
  Director 
 
   
/s/ Theodore D. Sands
 
Theodore D. Sands
  Director 
 
   
/s/ Wesley M. Taylor
 
Wesley M. Taylor
  Director