(5) Other Long-Term Assets and Other Income (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2012

Schedule of Other Assets, Noncurrent [Table Text Block]

	September 30,  2012		December 31, 2011
Other assets:
Advance coal royalties	$	3,241	$	3,205
Marketable equity securities available for sale at fair value (restricted)*		3,633		2,326
Miscellaneous		1,893		763
	$	8,767	$	6,294

Schedule of Other Nonoperating Income (Expense) [Table Text Block]

	Nine months ended September 30,
	2012		2011
Other income:
MSHA reimbursements	$	4,236	$	1,900
Other		702		49
	$	4,938	$	1,949