SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF

THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported) March 15, 2005 (March 10, 2005)

MASSEY ENERGY COMPANY

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware	1-7775	95-0740960
(State or other jurisdiction of Incorporation)	(Commission File No.)	(I.R.S. Employer Identification Number)

4 North 4th Street, Richmond, Virginia	23219
(Address of principal executive offices)	(Zip Code)

Registrant^’s telephone number, including area code: (804) 788-1800

N/A

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

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Item 1.01. Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

Base Salaries

On March 10, 2005, the Compensation Committee of the Registrant’s Board of Directors approved base salaries, effective March 16, 2005, for the executive officers named in the 2004 Proxy Statement, other than Don L. Blankenship, in the amounts indicated below:

Name	Base Salary Amount
H. Drexel Short, Jr.	$	310,500
Baxter F. Phillips, Jr.	$	300,000
J. Christopher Adkins	$	274,275

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.

	MASSEY ENERGY COMPANY
Date: March 15, 2005	By:	/s/ Thomas J. Dostart
	Name:	Thomas J. Dostart
	Title:	Vice President, General Counsel & Secretary