POWER OF ATTORNEYPOWER OF ATTORNEY


            KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned hereby
constitutes and appoints Charles A. Bittenbender, Suzanne S. Taylor, Mary D.
Maloney and Thomas C. Daniels and each of them as the true and lawful attorney
or attorneys-in-fact, with full power of substitution and revocation, for the
undersigned and in the name, place and stead of the undersigned, in any and all
capacities, to execute, on behalf of the undersigned, any and all statements or
reports under Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended,
with respect to the beneficial ownership of shares of Class A Common Stock, par
value $1.00 per share, of NACCO Industries, Inc. (the ?Company?) and Class B
Common Stock, par value $1.00 per share, of the Company, including, without
limitation, all initial statements of beneficial ownership on Form 3, all
statements of changes of beneficial ownership on Form 4 and all annual
statements of beneficial ownership on Form 5 and any and all other documents
that may be required, from time to time, to be filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission, to execute any and all amendments or supplements to any
such statements or forms, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and
other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, granting to said attorney or attorneys-in-fact, and each of them,
full power and authority to do so and perform each and every act and thing
requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all
intents and purposes as the  undersigned might or could do in person, hereby
ratifying and confirming all that said attorney or attorneys-in-fact or any of
them or their substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by
virtue hereof.


      /s/Lauren E. Miller 05/19/2009