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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

Form 10-Q


þ		Quarterly Report Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

For the quarterly period ended September 30, 2005


o		Transition Report Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

For the transition period from to

Commission File Number: 1-11608

WILLIAMS COAL SEAM GAS ROYALTY TRUST

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)


Delaware		75-6437433
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)		(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

Trust Division
Bank of America, N.A.
901 Main Street
17th Floor
Dallas, Texas 75202
(Address of principal executive offices)
(Zip code)

(214) 209-2400
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports) and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes þ No o

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an accelerated filer (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). Yes þ Noo

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). Yes o No þ

Number of units of beneficial interest outstanding at November 1, 2005: 9,700,000

TABLE OF CONTENTS


PART I FINANCIAL INFORMATION
	Item 1. Financial Statements
	Item 2. Trustee's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
	Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk
	Item 4. Controls and Procedures
PART II OTHER INFORMATION
	Items 1 through 5
	Item 6. Exhibits
SIGNATURES
INDEX TO EXHIBITS
Letter Re: Unaudited Interim Financial Information
Certification by VP and Administrator - Section 302
Certificate by Bank of America - Section 906

PART I — FINANCIAL INFORMATION

Item 1. Financial Statements.

The financial statements included herein have been prepared by Bank of America, N.A., as Trustee (the “Trustee”) of Williams Coal Seam Gas Royalty Trust (the “Trust”), pursuant to the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission. Certain information and footnote disclosures normally included in annual financial statements have been condensed or omitted pursuant to such rules and regulations, although the Trustee believes that the disclosures are adequate to make the information presented not misleading. It is suggested that these condensed financial statements be read in conjunction with the financial statements and notes thereto included in the Trust’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2004 (the “2004 Annual Report”). The December 31, 2004 balance sheet is derived from the audited balance sheet of that date. In the opinion of the Trustee, all adjustments, consisting only of normal recurring adjustments, necessary to present fairly the assets, liabilities and trust corpus of the Trust as of September 30, 2005, the distributable income for the three-month and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2005 and 2004, and the changes in trust corpus for the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2005 and 2004, have been included. The distributable income for such interim periods is not necessarily indicative of the distributable income for the full year.

The financial statements as of September 30, 2005, and for the three-month and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2005 and 2004 included herein have been reviewed by Ernst & Young LLP, an independent registered public accounting firm, as stated in their report appearing herein.

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

The Trustee
Williams Coal Seam Gas Royalty Trust

We have reviewed the condensed statement of assets, liabilities and trust corpus of the Williams Coal Seam Gas Royalty Trust as of September 30, 2005, and the related condensed statements of distributable income for the three-month and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2005 and 2004, and the condensed statements of changes in trust corpus for the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2005 and 2004. These financial statements are the responsibility of the Trustee’s management.

We conducted our reviews in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). A review of interim financial information consists principally of applying analytical procedures and making inquiries of persons responsible for financial and accounting matters. It is substantially less in scope than an audit conducted in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board, the objective of which is the expression of an opinion regarding the financial statements taken as a whole. Accordingly, we do not express such an opinion.

As described in Note 2 to the financial statements, these financial statements have been prepared on a modified cash basis of accounting, which is a comprehensive basis of accounting other than U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.

Based on our reviews, we are not aware of any material modifications that should be made to the condensed financial statements referred to above for them to be in conformity with the basis of accounting described in Note 2.

We have previously audited, in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States), the statement of assets, liabilities and trust corpus of the Williams Coal Seam Gas Royalty Trust as of December 31, 2004, and the related statements of distributable income and changes in trust corpus for the year then ended not presented herein, and in our report dated March 11, 2005, we expressed an unqualified opinion on those financial statements. In our opinion, the information set forth in the accompanying condensed statement of assets, liabilities and trust corpus as of December 31, 2004, is fairly stated, in all material respects, in relation to the statement of assets, liabilities and trust corpus from which it has been derived.

/s/ Ernst & Young LLP

Tulsa, Oklahoma
November 7, 2005

WILLIAMS COAL SEAM GAS ROYALTY TRUST

CONDENSED STATEMENTS OF ASSETS, LIABILITIES AND TRUST CORPUS (UNAUDITED)


	September 30,		December 31,
	2005		2004
	(Unaudited)
ASSETS

Current Assets — cash and cash equivalents	$	71,794	$	105,497

Royalty interests in oil and gas properties (less accumulated amortization of $127,864,917 at September 30, 2005 and $126,354,339 at December 31, 2004) (Note 2)		10,701,746		12,212,324


TOTAL ASSETS	$	10,773,540	$	12,317,821


LIABILITIES AND TRUST CORPUS

Current Liabilities:

Accounts payable	$	39,426	$	32,751

Trust corpus — 9,700,000 units of beneficial interest authorized and outstanding (Note 2)		10,734,114		12,285,070


TOTAL LIABILITIES AND TRUST CORPUS	$	10,773,540	$	12,317,821

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements. See accountants’ review report.

WILLIAMS COAL SEAM GAS ROYALTY TRUST

CONDENSED STATEMENTS OF DISTRIBUTABLE INCOME (UNAUDITED)


	THREE MONTHS			THREE MONTHS
	ENDED			ENDED
	September 30, 2005			September 30, 2004
Royalty income (Note 2)	$	3,663,181		$	4,128,702
Interest income		6,970			2,865

Total		3,670,151			4,131,567

General and administrative expenses (Note 4)		(178,916	)		(149,266	)

Distributable income	$	3,491,235		$	3,982,301


Distributable income per unit (9,700,000 units) (Note 2)	$	.36		$	.41

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements. See accountants’ review report.

WILLIAMS COAL SEAM GAS ROYALTY TRUST

CONDENSED STATEMENTS OF DISTRIBUTABLE INCOME (UNAUDITED)


	NINE MONTHS			NINE MONTHS
	ENDED			ENDED
	September 30, 2005			September 30, 2004
Royalty income (Note 2)	$	10,661,304		$	11,652,389
Interest income		18,615			6,309

Total		10,679,919			11,658,698

General and administrative expenses (Note 4)		(769,475	)		(621,385	)

Distributable income	$	9,910,444		$	11,037,313


Distributable income per unit (9,700,000 units) (Note 2)	$	1.02		$	1.14

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements. See accountants’ review report.

WILLIAMS COAL SEAM GAS ROYALTY TRUST

NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (UNAUDITED)

TRUST ORGANIZATION AND PROVISIONS

Williams Coal Seam Gas Royalty Trust (the “Trust”) was formed as a Delaware business trust pursuant to the terms of the Trust Agreement of Williams Coal Seam Gas Royalty Trust (as amended, the “Trust Agreement”) entered into effective as of December 1, 1992, by and among Williams Production Company, a Delaware corporation (“WPC”), as trustor; The Williams Companies, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Williams”), as sponsor; Bank of America, N.A. (as successor to NationsBank of Texas, N.A.), a national banking association (the “Trustee”) and Chemical Bank Delaware, a Delaware banking corporation (the “Delaware Trustee”). The trustees are independent financial institutions.

The Trust was formed to acquire and hold certain net profits interests (the “Royalty Interests”) in proved natural gas properties located in the San Juan Basin of New Mexico and Colorado (the “Underlying Properties”) owned by WPC. The Trust was initially created effective as of December 1, 1992, with a $100 contribution by WPC. On January 21, 1993, the Royalty Interests were conveyed to the Trust by WPC pursuant to the Net Profits Conveyance (the “Conveyance”) entered into effective as of October 1, 1992, by and among WPC, Williams, the Trustee and the Delaware Trustee, in consideration for all the 9,700,000 authorized units of beneficial interest in the Trust (“Units”). WPC transferred its Units by dividend to its parent, Williams, which sold an aggregate of 5,980,000 Units to the public through various underwriters in January and February 1993 (the “Public Offering”). Subsequently, Williams sold to the public an additional 151,209 Units. During the second quarter of 1995, Williams transferred its remaining Units to Williams Holdings of Delaware, Inc. (“WHD”), a separate holding company for Williams’ non-regulated businesses. Effective July 31, 1999, WHD was merged into Williams, and by operation of the merger, Williams assumed all assets, liabilities and obligations of WHD, including without limitation ownership of WHD’s Units. Effective August 11, 2000, Williams sold its Units to Quatro Finale IV LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“QFIV”), in a privately negotiated transaction. Williams retained the voting rights and retained a “call” option on the transferred Units, and QFIV was granted a “put” option on the Units. Through a series of exercises of its call option, Williams reacquired an aggregate of 3,568,791 Units from December 2001 through June 2003. Williams has informed the Trustee that it has subsequently sold 2,779,500 of these Units through November 1, 2005 and owned a remaining 789,291 Units as of such date.

Effective May 1, 1997, WPC sold the Underlying Properties subject to and burdened by the Royalty Interests to Quatro Finale LLC, an unaffiliated Delaware limited liability company. Ownership of the Underlying Properties reverted back to WPC effective February 1, 2001, pursuant to the terms of the May 1, 1997 transaction. Pursuant to a Purchase and Sale Agreement dated March 14, 2001 (the “2001 Transaction Agreement”), and effective March 1, 2001, WPC sold the Underlying Properties subject to and burdened by the Royalty Interests to Quatro Finale V LLC, an unaffiliated Delaware limited liability company. The sale of the

Underlying Properties is expressly permitted under the Trust Agreement. Effective January 1, 2003, ownership of the Underlying Properties once again reverted back to WPC after it exercised its right to repurchase interests in the Underlying Properties from Quatro Finale V LLC pursuant to the 2001 Transaction Agreement.

The Trustee has the power to collect and distribute the proceeds received by the Trust and to pay Trust liabilities and expenses. The Delaware Trustee has only such powers as are set forth in the Trust Agreement and is not empowered to otherwise manage or take part in the business of the Trust. The Royalty Interests are passive in nature and neither the Delaware Trustee nor the Trustee has any control over or any responsibility relating to the operation of the Underlying Properties.

The Trust will terminate no later than December 31, 2012, subject to earlier termination under certain circumstances described in the Trust Agreement (the “Termination Date”). Cancellation of the Trust will occur on or following the Termination Date when all Trust assets have been sold and the net proceeds therefrom distributed to holders of Units in the Trust (“Unitholders”).

The only assets of the Trust, other than cash and cash equivalents being held for the payment of expenses and liabilities and for distribution to Unitholders, are the Royalty Interests. The Royalty Interests consist primarily of a net profits interest (the “NPI”) in the Underlying Properties. The NPI generally entitles the Trust to receive 60 percent of the NPI Net Proceeds, as defined below, attributable to (i) gas produced and sold from WPC’s net revenue interests (working interests less lease burdens) in the properties in which WPC has a working interest (the “WI Properties”) and (ii) the revenue stream received by WPC attributable to its 35 percent NPI in 5,348 gross acres in La Plata County, Colorado (the “Farmout Properties”).

The Royalty Interests also include a 20 percent interest in WPC’s Infill Net Proceeds from the sale of production since well spacing rules have been effectively modified and additional wells have been drilled on producing drilling blocks on the WI Properties (the “Infill Wells”) during the term of the Trust. “Infill Net Proceeds” consists generally of the aggregate proceeds, based on the price at the wellhead, of gas produced from WPC’s net revenue interest in any Infill Wells less certain taxes and costs.

The WI Properties contain 458 infill locations designated as proved locations according to U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) guidelines. As of September 30, 2005, 284 infill locations are proved developed producing and 174 locations are proved undeveloped. Infill drilling is expected to be substantially completed by the end of 2006.

As of September 30, 2005, the Infill Net Profit Costs exceed the Infill Net Profit Gross Proceeds by $8,066,831. The Trust will not be liable for such excess costs, and such excess costs will hereafter constitute Excess Infill Net Profit Costs until recovered by WPC. The Trust will not receive its 20 percent interest in WPC’s Infill Net Proceeds until such time as the Infill Net Profits Gross Proceeds exceeds the Infill Net Profit Costs on an aggregate basis. The complete definitions of Infill Net Proceeds, Infill Net Profit Costs, Excess Infill Net Profit Costs, and Infill Net Profit Gross Proceeds are set forth in the Conveyance.

BASIS OF ACCOUNTING

The financial statements of the Trust are prepared on a modified cash basis and are not intended to present financial position and results of operations in conformity with United States Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (“GAAP”). Preparation of the Trust’s financial statements on such basis includes the following:

	•		Revenues are recognized in the period in which amounts are received by the Trust. General and administrative expenses are recognized on an accrual basis.

	•		Amortization of the Royalty Interests is calculated on a unit-of-production basis and charged directly to trust corpus.

	•		Distributions to Unitholders are recorded when declared by the Trustee (See Note 5).

	•		Loss contingencies are recognized in the period in which amounts are paid by the Trust.

The financial statements of the Trust differ from financial statements prepared in accordance with GAAP because royalty income is not accrued in the period of production, amortization of the Royalty Interests is not charged against operating results, and loss contingencies are not charged to operating results until paid. This comprehensive basis of accounting other than GAAP corresponds to the accounting permitted for royalty trusts by the SEC, as specified by Staff Accounting Bulletin Topic 12:E, Financial Statements of Royalty Trusts.

FEDERAL INCOME TAXES

The Trust is a grantor trust for Federal income tax purposes. As a grantor trust, the Trust is not required to pay Federal income taxes. Accordingly, no provision for income taxes has been made in these financial statements.

Because the Trust is treated as a grantor trust, and because a Unitholder is treated as directly owning an interest in the Royalty Interests, each Unitholder is taxed directly on his per Unit pro rata share of income attributable to the Royalty Interests consistent with the Unitholder’s method of accounting and without regard to the taxable year or accounting method employed by the Trust.

RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

Williams provides accounting, bookkeeping and informational services to the Trust in accordance with an Administrative Services Agreement effective December 1, 1992. The fee is $50,000 per quarter, escalating 3 percent each October 1 commencing October 1, 1993. Aggregate fees incurred by the Trust to Williams for the quarters ended September 30, 2005 and 2004 represent the third quarter fees. The Trust paid to Williams for the third quarter of 2005 $71,288 as compared to $69,212 for the third quarter of 2004, and for the nine month period ended September 30, 2005 $213,864 as compared to $207,635 for the nine month period ended

September 30, 2004. Substantially all production from the WI Properties is sold to a Williams’ subsidiary. Additionally, all royalty income is received from Williams.

DISTRIBUTIONS TO UNITHOLDERS

The Trustee determines for each quarter the amount of cash available for distribution to Unitholders. Such amount (the “Quarterly Distribution Amount”) is an amount equal to the excess, if any, of the cash received by the Trust, on or prior to the last day of the month following the end of each calendar quarter from the Royalty Interests, plus, with certain exceptions, any other cash receipts of the Trust during such quarter, over the liabilities of the Trust paid during such quarter, subject to adjustments for changes made by the Trustee during such quarter in any cash reserves established for the payment of contingent or future obligations of the Trust.

The Trustee distributes the Quarterly Distribution Amount within 60 days after the end of each calendar quarter to each person who was a Unitholder of record on the associated record date (i.e., the 45th day following the end of each calendar quarter or if such day is not a business day, the next business day thereafter), together with interest estimated to be earned on such amount from the date of receipt thereof by the Trustee to the payment date.

In addition to the regular quarterly distributions, under certain circumstances specified in the Trust Agreement (such as upon a purchase price adjustment, if any, or pursuant to the sale of a Royalty Interest), the Trust would make a special distribution (a “Special Distribution Amount”). A Special Distribution Amount would be made when amounts received by the Trust under such circumstances aggregated in excess of $9,000,000. The record date for a Special Distribution Amount will be the 15th day following receipt of amounts aggregating a Special Distribution Amount by the Trust (unless such day is not a business day in which case the record date will be the next business day thereafter or unless such day is within 10 days of the record date for a Quarterly Distribution Amount in which case the record date will be the date as is established for the next Quarterly Distribution Amount). Distribution to Unitholders of a Special Distribution Amount will be made no later than 15 days after the Special Distribution Amount record date.

6.		SUBSEQUENT EVENTS

		Subsequent to September 30, 2005, the Trust declared the following distribution:


Quarterly
Record	Payment	Distribution
Date	Date	per Unit
November 14, 2005	November 29, 2005	$	.379323

The distribution per unit was $.379323 attributable to the third quarter of 2005 (paid in the fourth quarter of 2005) as compared to $.357841 attributable to the second quarter of 2005 (paid in the third quarter of 2005). The increase in distributions is mainly the result of higher

natural gas prices during the three month period ended September 30, 2005 as compared to the three month period ended June 30, 2005.

CONTINGENCIES

WPX Gas Resources Company (“WPX Gas Resources,” as successor in interest to Williams Gas Marketing Company), purchases natural gas produced from the WI Properties (except for certain small volumes) at the wellhead under the terms of a gas purchase contract dated October 1, 1992, as amended (the “Gas Purchase Contract”). The Gas Purchase Contract provides for a pricing mechanism during an initial 5-year period, which expired on December 31, 1997, and continuing for one or more consecutive additional 1-year terms unless and until WPX Gas Resources exercises its annual option, exercisable 15 days prior to the end of each contract year, to discontinue purchasing gas under the pricing mechanism of the Gas Purchase Contract and instead purchase gas at a monthly market-based price. WPX Gas Resources has not exercised this option and therefore the pricing mechanism will continue to remain in effect through at least December 31, 2005.

Under the pricing mechanism of the Gas Purchase Contract, when the market price is less than $1.70 per MMBtu (the “Minimum Purchase Price”), the Trust will be paid the Minimum Purchase Price for the gas and an account (the “Price Credit Account”) will be maintained to identify the accrued and unrecouped amount of payments made to the Trust in excess of the market price. Any amounts in the Price Credit Account are subject to future recoupment when the market price exceeds the Minimum Purchase Price. As of September 30, 2005, there were no remaining unrecouped price credits in the Price Credit Account. To the extent there may in the future be a balance in the Price Credit Account, the entitlement to recoup price credits means that if and when the index price is above the Minimum Purchase Price, future royalty income paid to the Trust would be reduced until such time as such Price Credit Account is once again reduced to zero. Corresponding cash distributions to Unitholders would also be reduced.

While the terms of the Gas Purchase Agreement pricing mechanism remain in place and no balance exists in the Price Credit Account, when the market price for natural gas exceeds $1.94 price per MMBtu, the Trust receives only 50 percent of the excess of the market price over the $1.94 price per MMBtu before reduction for gathering, processing and certain other costs. For production months in the first nine months of 2005, the index price remained above the Minimum Purchase Price.

The majority of the production attributable to the Trust is within Federal units. Unit participating areas are formed by pooling production from the participating area. Entitlement to the pooled production is based on each party’s acreage in the participating area divided by the total participating acreage. Wells drilled outside the participating area may create an enlargement to the participating area and a revision of the Unit ownership entitlement. The Bureau of Land Management (“BLM”) must approve Unit participating area expansions. The effective date for Unit expansions is retroactive to the date the well creating the expansion was tested. For the three month and nine month periods ended September 30, 2005, retroactive adjustments were processed on certain federal units. These retroactive adjustments included a favorable impact from unit expansions and an unfavorable impact from additional adjustments related to the correction of estimates to actual. The net effect of these retroactive adjustments

increased royalty income by approximately $103,117 and $477,483 for the three month and nine month periods ended September 30, 2005 respectively. In the prior year, similar retroactive adjustments were processed on certain federal units resulting from a payout determination and unit expansions. The net effect of these retroactive adjustments increased royalty income by approximately $408,270 and $493,970 for the three month and nine month periods ended September 30, 2004 respectively. The revenues presented in the accompanying statements of distributable income are on an entitlement basis and reflect the most recent BLM participating area approvals at September 30, 2005 and 2004 respectively. There are pending or anticipated applications or approvals for additional participating area enlargements that could impact future operating results.

On January 5, 2001, the State of New Mexico, acting under authority of the Minerals Management Service (“MMS”), a subagency of the United States Department of the Interior, presented WPC with an Audit Issue Letter for the alleged underpayment of royalties in the amount of $948,501, on gas produced from the Underlying Properties due to Federal royalty owners during the time period from January 1992 through December 1996. MMS regulations permit a lessee to deduct from its gross proceeds its reasonable actual costs of transportation and processing to transport the gas from the lease to the point of sale in calculating the market value of its production. The State of New Mexico claims that certain costs of removing and transporting carbon dioxide gas are not deductible. On March 22, 2001, WPC responded to the Audit Issue Letter and contested the State of New Mexico’s claim for additional royalties as being contrary to law. In early November 2001, WPC received from the MMS an Order to Report and Pay Additional Royalties and Perform Restructured Accounting on subsequent periods. The order was dated October 30, 2001. The order requires WPC (1) to pay additional royalties of $943,964 on production related to the audit period of January 1, 1992 through December 31, 1996; (2) to pay an estimated incremental royalty amount of $991,549 for production covering January 1, 1997 through March 31, 2001; and (3) to perform a restructured accounting and pay an additional royalty for months after March 2001. On January 30, 2002, WPC filed its Statement of Reasons in support of its earlier appeal of the Audit Issue Letter. Applying the MMS methodology asserted by the State of New Mexico could potentially result in negative adjustments to amounts previously paid to the Trust of approximately $5,300,000, including interest. On November 1, 2004, WPC received notice that its appeal was denied in part by the MMS. On January 14, 2005, WPC filed a Complaint for Review of Agency Action and Declaratory Relief requesting the United States District Court for the District of New Mexico hold unlawful and set aside the Assistant Secretary’s October 2004 decision. A separate but similar matter has been determined unfavorably against another major oil and gas producer in the D.C. circuit court. If either WPC proceeds with its lawsuit and loses or determines to settle the claims, then this would result in an adjustment to royalty income otherwise payable from WPC to the Trust and a corresponding decrease in distributions to Unitholders, which could eliminate entirely such distributions for one or more future quarterly periods.

Item 2. Trustee’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.

The Trust makes quarterly cash distributions to Unitholders. The only assets of the Trust, other than cash and cash equivalents being held for the payment of expenses and liabilities and

for distribution to Unitholders, are the Royalty Interests. The Royalty Interests owned by the Trust burden the Underlying Properties, which are owned by WPC and not the Trust.

Distributable income of the Trust generally consists of the excess of royalty income plus interest income over the general and administrative expenses of the Trust. Upon receipt by the Trust, royalty income is invested in short-term investments in accordance with the Trust Agreement until its subsequent distribution to Unitholders.

The amount of distributable income of the Trust for any quarter may differ from the amount of cash available for distribution to Unitholders in such quarter due to differences in the treatment of the expenses of the Trust in the determination of those amounts. The financial statements of the Trust are prepared on a modified cash basis pursuant to which the expenses of the Trust are recognized when incurred whereas royalty income is recognized when received. Consequently, the reported distributable income of the Trust for any quarter is determined by deducting from the income received by the Trust the amount of expenses incurred by the Trust during such quarter. The amount of cash available for distribution to Unitholders, however, is determined in accordance with the provisions of the Trust Agreement and reflects the deduction from the income actually received by the Trust of the amount of expenses actually paid by the Trust and adjustments for changes in reserves for unpaid liabilities. See Note 5 to the financial statements of the Trust appearing elsewhere in this Form 10-Q for additional information regarding the determination of the amount of cash available for distribution to Unitholders.

As described in Note 7 to the financial statements of the Trust appearing elsewhere in this Form 10-Q, future distributable income of the Trust could be adversely affected by the resolution with the State of New Mexico of the matter regarding the deductibility of certain costs of removing and transporting carbon dioxide gas. Unitholders should carefully review the more detailed discussion concerning this in Note 7.

Three Months and Nine Months Ended September 30, 2005 Compared to Three Months and Nine Months Ended September 30, 2004

For the quarter ended September 30, 2005, royalty income received by the Trust amounted to $3,663,181 as compared to $4,128,702 received for the same quarter in 2004. The decrease in royalty income is primarily due to lower production offset by higher natural gas prices. Production related to the royalty income received by the Trust in the third quarter of 2005 was 1,363,285 MMBtu as compared to 1,745,534 MMBtu for the same quarter in 2004. These production quantities include the effects of significant retroactive adjustments as described in Note 7 to the financial statements of the Trust appearing elsewhere in this Form 10-Q. These retroactive adjustments result from unit expansions on certain Federal Units. Royalty income for the nine months ended September 30, 2005 was $10,661,304 as compared to $11,652,389 for the same period in 2004. Production related to the royalty income received by the Trust for the nine months ended September 30, 2005 was 4,087,177 MMBtu as compared to 4,823,143 MMBtu for the nine months ended September 30, 2004. As described above in Note 7, these production quantities include the effects of retroactive adjustments. The decrease in production volume was offset by higher natural gas prices compared to the previous year. The effects of this resulted in lower royalty income for the nine months ended September 30, 2005. Interest income for the three month and nine month periods ended September 30, 2005 was significantly higher due to

higher interest rates compared to the same periods in 2004. General and administrative expenses for the three month period ended September 30, 2005 increased by $29,650 compared to the same period in 2004. General and administrative expenses for the nine month period ended September 30, 2005 increased by $148,090 compared to the same period in 2004 primarily due to compliance with Sarbanes-Oxley 404 Regulations.

Distributable income for the quarter ended September 30, 2005 was $3,491,235 or $.36 per Unit compared to $3,982,301 or $.41 per Unit for the same quarter in 2004. This decrease was the result of lower production volumes offset by higher natural gas prices. A distribution of $0.357841 per Unit was made on August 29, 2005 to Unitholders of record on August 15, 2005. Distributable income for the nine months ended September 30, 2005 was $9,910,444 or $1.02 per Unit as compared to $11,037,313 or $1.14 per Unit for the same period in 2004. This decrease was the result of lower production volumes offset by higher natural gas prices in 2005 than in 2004.

Because the Trust incurs administrative expenses throughout a quarter but receives its royalty income only once in a quarter, the Trustee established in the first quarter of 1993 a cash reserve for the payment of expenses and liabilities of the Trust. The Trustee thereafter has adjusted the amount of such reserve in certain quarters as required for the payment of the Trust’s expenses and liabilities, in accordance with the provisions of the Trust Agreement. The Trustee anticipates that it will maintain for the foreseeable future a cash reserve that will fluctuate as expenses are paid and royalty income is received.

Royalty income to the Trust is attributable to the sale of depleting assets. All of the Underlying Properties burdened by the Royalty Interests consist of producing properties. Accordingly, the proved reserves attributable to WPC’s interest in the Underlying Properties are expected to decline substantially during the term of the Trust and a portion of each cash distribution made by the Trust will, therefore, be analogous to a return of capital. Accordingly, cash yields attributable to the Units are expected to decline over the term of the Trust.

Royalty income received by the Trust in a given calendar quarter will generally reflect the sum of (i) proceeds from the sale of gas produced from the WI Properties during the preceding calendar quarter, plus (ii) cash received by WPC with respect to the Farmout Properties either (a) during the preceding calendar quarter or (b) if received in sufficient time to be paid to the Trust, in the month immediately following such calendar quarter. Accordingly, the royalty income included in distributable income for the quarter ended September 30, 2005, was based on production volumes and natural gas prices for the period April 2005 through June 2005, as shown in the table below. Due to delays associated with the receipt of income related to the Farmout Properties, the Trust’s royalty income for the third quarter of 2005 reflects estimated production volumes from the Farmout Properties for the months of March 2005 through May 2005, as shown in the table below. The production volumes included in the table below are for production attributable to net profits of the Underlying Properties, and not for production attributable to the Trust’s Royalty Interests.


	Three Months			Three Months
	Ended			Ended
	June 30, 2005			June 30, 2004
Production (MMBtu) (1)
WI Properties		3,359,651	(2)		3,857,349	(3)
Farmout Properties		718,385			866,571

Blanco Hub Spot Price ($/MMBtu) (4)	$	5.96		$	5.08

Net Wellhead Price WI Properties ($/MMBtu) (6)	$	2.68		$	2.38


(1)		Million British Thermal Units.

(2)		Includes favorable retroactive adjustments of 67,343 MMBtu.

(3)		Includes favorable retroactive adjustments of 139,816 MMBtu.

(4)		Weighted average of estimates for the months included in the period presented.

Production from the WI Properties is generally sold by WPC to WPX Gas Resources pursuant to the Gas Purchase Contract that provides certain protections for WPC and Unitholders by providing that WPX Gas Resources will purchase gas from WPC at a minimum purchase price of $1.70 even when the applicable index price (which is equal to 97% of the Blanco Hub Spot Price) falls below $1.70 per MMBtu, provided that WPX Gas Resources is entitled to accrue price credits in the amount of any excess of the minimum price so paid over the applicable index price. When the applicable index price exceeds $1.70 per MMBtu, WPX Gas Resources is entitled to recoup any price credits previously accrued. When the applicable index price is greater than $1.94 per MMBtu, the Gas Purchase Contract protects and benefits WPX Gas Resources by allowing it to purchase gas from WPC at a contract price equal to $1.94 per MMBtu plus only 50 percent of the difference between the applicable index price and $1.94 per MMBtu. The Gas Purchase Contract also provides that the price paid for gas by WPX Gas Resources is reduced by the amount of gathering, processing and certain other costs paid by WPX Gas Resources. See “Item 2 Properties — The Royalty Interests — Gas Purchase Contract” in the 2004 Annual Report for detailed information about the Gas Purchase Contract and its impact on Trust income.

The initial five-year term of the pricing provision (“Primary Term”) of the Gas Purchase Contract expired on December 31, 1997. Following the expiration of the Primary Term, the pricing provision will continue in effect for one or more consecutive additional one-year terms (each such term a “Contract Year”) unless and until WPX Gas Resources exercises its annual option, exercisable 15 days prior to the end of each Contract Year, to discontinue purchasing gas from WPC under the pricing provision of the Gas Purchase Contract and instead purchase gas at a monthly price equal to the index price of 97% of the Blanco Hub Spot Price. WPX has not yet exercised this option and the pricing mechanism of the Primary Term therefore has been and will continue to remain in effect through at least December 31, 2005.

For the nine months ended September 30, 2005, which is based on production volumes and natural gas prices for the nine months ended June 30, 2005, the Blanco Hub Spot Price was above $2.00 per MMBtu, and therefore the applicable index price under the Gas Purchase Contract, which is equal to 97% of the Blanco Hub Spot Price, was above $1.94 per MMBtu through such period. In general, under the Gas Purchase Contract, the Trust only receives the benefit of 50 percent of any amount by which the applicable index price exceeds $1.94 per MMBtu. Consequently, pursuant to the terms of the Gas Purchase Contract, WPX Gas Resources paid WPC an amount for gas purchased equal to $1.94 per MMBtu, less the costs paid by WPX Gas Resources to gather and process such gas and deliver it to specified delivery points plus 50 percent of the excess of the applicable index price over $1.94 per MMBtu. The Blanco Hub Spot Price remained above $2.00 per MMBtu in October 2005.

The information in this Form 10-Q concerning production and prices relating to the Underlying Properties is based on information prepared and furnished by WPC to the Trustee. The Trustee has no control over and no responsibility relating to the operation of the Underlying Properties.

Gulf of Mexico Hurricanes

In late August and September 2005, hurricanes in the Gulf of Mexico disrupted a significant portion of U.S. oil and gas production, leading to higher prices. The duration of these higher prices cannot be predicted. These increased prices will affect distributions to Unitholders beginning with the fourth quarter of 2005 distribution. The Trust does not have properties in the affected areas, so the Trustee believes that the effect on the Trust with respect to any disruption in production will be minimal, if at all.

Forward-Looking Statements

This report on Form 10-Q includes “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, which are intended to be covered by the safe harbor created thereby. All statements other than statements of historical fact included in this Form 10-Q, including, without limitation, statements contained in this “Trustee’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” regarding the Trust’s financial position and industry conditions, are forward-looking statements. Although the Trustee believes that the expectations reflected in such forward-looking statements are reasonable, it can give no assurance that such expectations will prove to have been correct.

Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk.

The only assets of and sources of income to the Trust are the Royalty Interests, which generally entitle the Trust to receive a share of the net profits from natural gas production from

the Underlying Properties. Consequently, the Trust’s financial results can be significantly affected by fluctuations in natural gas prices and the Trust has commodity price risk exposure associated with the natural gas markets in the United States. The Trust does not engage in any hedging activities to manage its price risk associated with natural gas production from the Underlying Properties. The Royalty Interests do not entitle the Trust to control or influence the operation of the Underlying Properties or the sale of gas produced therefrom. Natural gas produced from the WI Properties, which comprises the majority of production attributable to the Royalty Interests, is currently sold by WPC pursuant to the terms of the Gas Purchase Contract. Although the Trust is not a party to the Gas Purchase Contract, the Gas Purchase Contract may significantly impact revenues to the Trust. Although the Gas Purchase Contract mitigates the risk to the Trust of low gas prices, it also limits the ability of the Trust to benefit from the effects of higher gas prices, particularly to the extent a balance exists in the Price Credit Account. See “Item 2 Properties — The Royalty Interests — Gas Purchase Contract” in the 2004 Annual Report for detailed information about the Gas Purchase Contract and its impact on the Trust and Unitholders.

The assets of the Trust are passive in nature, and other than the Trust’s ability to periodically borrow money as necessary to pay expenses, liabilities and obligations of the Trust that cannot be paid out of cash held by the Trust, the Trust is prohibited from engaging in borrowing transactions. The amount of any such borrowings is unlikely to be material to the Trust. The Trust periodically holds short-term investments acquired with funds held by the Trust pending distribution to Unitholders and funds held in reserve for the payment of Trust expenses and liabilities. Because of the short-term nature of these borrowings and investments and certain limitations upon the types of such investments that may be held by the Trust, the Trustee believes that the Trust is not subject to any material interest rate risk. The Trust does not engage in transactions in foreign currencies that could expose the Trust or Unitholders to any foreign currency related market risk.

Item 4. Controls and Procedures.

As of the end of the period covered by this report, the Trustee carried out an evaluation of the effectiveness of the design and operation of the Trust’s disclosure controls and procedures pursuant to Exchange Act Rule 13a-15 and 15d-15. Based upon that evaluation, the Trustee concluded that the Trust’s disclosure controls and procedures are effective in timely alerting the Trustee to material information relating to the Trust required to be included in the Trust’s periodic filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. In its evaluation of disclosure controls and procedures, the Trustee has relied, to the extent considered reasonable, on information provided by WPC. There has not been any change in the Trust’s internal control over financial reporting during the period covered by this report that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the Trust’s internal control over financial reporting.

PART II — OTHER INFORMATION

Items 1 through 5.

Not applicable.

Item 6. Exhibits.

The exhibits listed below are filed as part of this report:


EXHIBIT NUMBER		EXHIBIT

15.1 —		Letter regarding unaudited interim financial information dated November 7, 2005, from the Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm which acknowledges awareness of the use in registration statement of a report on unaudited interim financial information.

31.1 —		Certification by Ron E. Hooper, Senior Vice President and Administrator of Bank of America, Trustee of Williams Coal Seam Gas Royalty Trust, dated November 8, 2005, and submitted pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a) and pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

32.1 —		Certificate by Bank of America, Trustee of Williams Coal Seam Gas Royalty Trust, dated November 8, 2005, and submitted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (18 U.S.C. Section 1350).

INDEX TO EXHIBITS


EXHIBIT NUMBER		EXHIBIT

15.1 —		Letter regarding unaudited interim financial information dated November 7, 2005, from the Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm which acknowledges awareness of the use in registration statement of a report on unaudited interim financial information.

31.1 —		Certification by Ron E. Hooper, Senior Vice President and Administrator of Bank of America, Trustee of Williams Coal Seam Gas Royalty Trust, dated November 8, 2005, and submitted pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a) and pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

32.1 —		Certificate by Bank of America, Trustee of Williams Coal Seam Gas Royalty Trust, dated November 8, 2005, and submitted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (18 U.S.C. Section 1350).


	NINE MONTHS			NINE MONTHS
	ENDED			ENDED
	September 30, 2005			September 30, 2004
Trust corpus, beginning of period	$	12,285,070		$	14,638,833

Amortization of royalty interests (Note 2)		(1,510,578	)		(1,828,672	)

Distributable income		9,910,444			11,037,313
Distributions to Unitholders (Note 5)		(9,950,822	)		(10,973,687	)

Trust corpus, end of period	$	10,734,114		$	12,873,787


Distributions per unit (9,700,000 units) (Note 5)	$	1.03		$	1.13


WILLIAMS COAL SEAM GAS ROYALTY TRUST

By:	BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., Trustee

		By:	/s/ RON E. HOOPER

			Ron E. Hooper
			Senior Vice President and Administrator

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