UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                              WASHINGTON, DC 20549

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                                   FORM 8-K/A

                           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 1, 2004

                          COMMISSION FILE NO.: 0-26823

                        ALLIANCE RESOURCE PARTNERS, L.P.
             (EXACT NAME OF REGISTRANT AS SPECIFIED IN ITS CHARTER)


            DELAWARE                                  73-1564280
(STATE OR OTHER JURISDICTION OF                     (IRS EMPLOYER
 INCORPORATION OR ORGANIZATION)                   IDENTIFICATION NO.)


           1717 SOUTH BOULDER AVENUE, SUITE 600, TULSA, OKLAHOMA 74119
             (ADDRESS OF PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICES AND ZIP CODE)

                                 (918) 295-7600
              (REGISTRANT'S TELEPHONE NUMBER, INCLUDING AREA CODE)

      This current report on Form 8-K/A amends and supplements the current
report filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 12, 2004,
which relates to the mine fire that occurred at our Dotiki mine on February 11,
2004.

ITEM 5.     OTHER EVENTS AND REGULATION FD DISCLOSURE

      On March 1, 2004, Alliance Resource Partners, L.P. (the "Partnership"),
announced by press release that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Webster County
Coal, LLC, has made substantial progress in its efforts to extinguish a mine
fire that temporarily idled the Dotiki mine following the occurrence of a mine
fire on February 11, 2004. A copy of the Partnership's press release is attached
hereto as Exhibit 99.1.

ITEM 7.     FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS

      (c)   EXHIBITS

            99.1  Alliance Resource Partners, L.P. press release dated as of
                  March 1, 2004.


                                   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, thereunto duly authorized.

      ALLIANCE RESOURCE PARTNERS, L.P.

By:   Alliance Resource Management GP, LLC,
      its managing general partner


By:   /s/ Joseph W. Craft III
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      Joseph W. Craft III
      President and Chief Executive Officer

Date: March 2, 2004

                                  EXHIBIT INDEX

*     99.1    Alliance Resource Partners, L.P. press release dated as of
              March 1, 2004

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*     Filed herewith.