WESTMORELAND COAL CO
SC 13D, 1999-03-09
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                               UNITED STATES
                    SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                          Washington, D.C. 20549

                               SCHEDULE 13D


                 Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
                               
                         Westmoreland Coal Company
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                            (Name of Issuer)

                  Common Stock, par value $2.50 per share
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                         (Title of Class of Securities)

                                 960878106
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                              (CUSIP Number)

                          Frank E. Williams, Jr.   
                          2789-B Hartland Road
                       Falls Church, Virginia 22043
                              (703) 641-4612
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   (Name, Address and Telephone Number of Person Authorized to 
                Receive Notices and Communications)

                            March 8, 1999
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       (Date of Event which Requires Filing of this Statement)

If the filing person has previously filed a statement on 
Schedule 
13G to report the acquisition which is the subject of this 
Schedule 13D, and is filing this schedule because of Rule 13d-
1(b)(3) or (4), check the following box |_|.

Note: Schedules filed in paper format shall include a signed 
original and five copies of the schedule, including all 
exhibits. 
See Rule 13d-7(b) for other parties to whom copies are to be 
sent.

*The remainder of this cover page shall be filled out for a 
reporting person's initial filing on this form with respect to 
the subject class of securities, and for any subsequent 
amendment containing information which would alter
disclosures provided in a prior cover page.

The information required on the remainder of this cover page 
shall 
not be deemed to be "filed" for the purpose of Section 18 of the 
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 ("Act") or otherwise subject to 
the liabilities of that section of the Act but shall be subject 
to all other provisions of the Act (however, see the Notes).
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CUSIP No. 960878106


1       NAME OF REPORTING PERSON  Frank E. Williams, Jr.
        S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON
        ###-##-####

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2       CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP 
        (See Instructions)(a) |X| (b) |_|

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3       SEC USE ONLY

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4       SOURCE OF FUNDS (See Instructions)
        PF

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5       CHECK IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED 
PURSUANT TO ITEMS 2(d) or 2(e) |_|

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6       CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
        United States

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                      7      SOLE VOTING POWER
                             275,893
                      
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     NUMBER OF        8      SHARED VOTING POWER
       SHARES                0
    BENEFICIALLY       
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      OWNED BY
        EACH          9      SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
     REPORTING               275,893
       PERSON
        WITH          
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                      10     SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
                             0

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11      AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING 
PERSON
        275,893

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12      CHECK IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES 
CERTAIN 
SHARES 
        (See Instructions) |_|

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13      PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)
        3.92%

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14      TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON (See Instructions)
        IN

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1       NAME OF REPORTING PERSON  R. Bentley Offutt
        S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON
        ###-##-####

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2       CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP 
        (See Instructions)(a) |X| (b) |_|

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3       SEC USE ONLY

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4       SOURCE OF FUNDS (See Instructions)
        PF

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5       CHECK IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED 
PURSUANT TO ITEMS 2(d) or 2(e) |_|

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6       CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
        United States

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                      7      SOLE VOTING POWER
                             50,000
                      
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     NUMBER OF        8      SHARED VOTING POWER
       SHARES                149,400
    BENEFICIALLY      
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      OWNED BY
        EACH          9      SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
     REPORTING               50,000
       PERSON
        WITH
                      
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                      10     SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
                             149,400

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11      AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING 
PERSON
        199,400

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- -
12      CHECK IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES 
CERTAIN 
SHARES 
        (See Instructions) |_|

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- -13      PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)
        2.86%

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14      TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON (See Instructions)
        IN



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1       NAME OF REPORTING PERSON  Guy Orlando Dove, III
        S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON
        ###-##-####

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2       CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP 
        (See Instructions)(a) |X| (b) |_|

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3       SEC USE ONLY

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4       SOURCE OF FUNDS (See Instructions)
        PF, AF

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5       CHECK IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED 
PURSUANT TO ITEMS 2(d) or 2(e) |_|


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6       CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
        United States

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                      7      SOLE VOTING POWER
                             232,154
                      
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     NUMBER OF        8      SHARED VOTING POWER
       SHARES                10,000
    BENEFICIALLY     
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      OWNED BY
        EACH          9      SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
     REPORTING               232,154
       PERSON
        WITH
                      
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                      10     SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
                             0

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11      AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING 
PERSON
        242,154

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12      CHECK IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES 
CERTAIN 
SHARES 
        (See Instructions) |_|

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13      PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)
        3.46%

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14      TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON (See Instructions)

        IN,AF



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1       NAME OF REPORTING PERSON  Wynnefield Partners Small Cap 
Value L.P.
        S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON
        13-3688497

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2       CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP 
        (See Instructions)(a) |X| (b) |_|

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3       SEC USE ONLY

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4       SOURCE OF FUNDS (See Instructions)
        WC

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5       CHECK IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED 
PURSUANT TO ITEMS 2(d) or 2(e) |_|

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6       CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
        Delaware

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                      7      SOLE VOTING POWER
                             346,290
                      
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     NUMBER OF        8      SHARED VOTING POWER
       SHARES                0
    BENEFICIALLY       
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      OWNED BY
        EACH          9      SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
     REPORTING               346,290
       PERSON
        WITH          
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                      10     SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
                             0

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11      AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING 
PERSON
        346,290

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12      CHECK IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES 
CERTAIN 
SHARES 
        (See Instructions) |_|

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13      PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)
        4.95%

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14      TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON (See Instructions)
        PN




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1       NAME OF REPORTING PERSON  Wynnefield Partners Small Cap 
Value L.P. I
        S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON
        13-3953291

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2       CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP 
        (See Instructions)(a) |X| (b) |_|

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3       SEC USE ONLY

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4       SOURCE OF FUNDS (See Instructions)
        WC

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5       CHECK IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED 
PURSUANT TO ITEMS 2(d) or 2(e) |_|

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6       CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
        Delaware

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                      7      SOLE VOTING POWER
                             245,791
                      
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     NUMBER OF        8      SHARED VOTING POWER
       SHARES                0
    BENEFICIALLY      
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      OWNED BY
        EACH          9      SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
     REPORTING               245,791
       PERSON
        WITH
                      
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                      10     SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
                             0

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11      AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING 
PERSON
        245,791

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12      CHECK IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES 
CERTAIN 
SHARES 
        (See Instructions) |_|

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13      PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)
        3.51%

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14      TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON (See Instructions)
        PN




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1       NAME OF REPORTING PERSON  Wynnefield Small Cap Value 
Offshore Fund Ltd
        S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON

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2       CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP 
        (See Instructions)(a) |X| (b) |_|

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3       SEC USE ONLY

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4       SOURCE OF FUNDS (See Instructions)
        WC

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5       CHECK IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED 
PURSUANT TO ITEMS 2(d) or 2(e) |_|


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6       CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
        Cayman Islands

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                      7      SOLE VOTING POWER
                             146,800
                      
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     NUMBER OF        8      SHARED VOTING POWER
       SHARES                0
    BENEFICIALLY     
- ---------------------------------------------          	OWNED BY
        EACH          9      SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
     REPORTING               146,800
       PERSON
        WITH
                      
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                      10     SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
                             0

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11      AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING 
PERSON
        146,800

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12      CHECK IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES 
CERTAIN 
SHARES 
        (See Instructions) |_|

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13      PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)
        2.10%

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14      TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON (See Instructions)
        PN


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AS TO ALL REPORTING PERSONS:

Item 1.   Security and Issuer.

    This Statement relates to shares of common stock, par value 
$2.50 per share (the "Shares"), of Westmoreland Coal Company, a 
Delaware corporation (the "Issuer").  Included as shares of 
common 
stock owned in the figures set forth, except where specifically 
noted otherwise, are Depository Shares of Series A Convertible 
Exchangeable Preferred Stock, $1 par value per Preferred Share.  
Each Depository Share represents 1/4 share of the Preferred 
Stock, 
but each Depository Share is entitled to one vote on all matters 
presented to shareholders.  In addition, the Depository Shares 
are 
entitled  to elect two directors if the Company is in arrears on 
six or more Preferred Stock dividends, as it is at the date of 
this filing.  Each Depository Share is convertible into 
approximately 1.7077 shares of Common Stock, and the Common
Stock equivalents have been calculated on that basis.  The 
percentages of Common Stock owned have been calculated by 
dividing: (1) the number of Common shares thus calculated by (2)
the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock as shown on the 
issuer's most recent annual report on Form 10-K, plus the number.
of Common Stock equivalents attributed to the person or entity 
whose percentage is calculated.

     The principal executive offices of the Issuer are located 
at 14th floor, 2 North Cascade Avenue, Colorado Springs, 
Colorado 
80903.

     The aggregate number of shares beneficially owned by the 
members of the Group identified in this filing is 1,456,328, or 
20.9% of the Issuer's outstanding Common Stock and 15.7% of its 
Common Stock and Depository Shares combined. 

     The response to this Item 1 is applicable to and 
incorporated 
by reference into the response of each reporting person set 
forth 
below.   

Item 4.  Purpose of Transaction.

     The reporting persons (the "Group") have decided to work 
together to enhance shareholder value. The Group seeks to remove 
the present Board of Directors and to replace some or all that 
Board with nominees to be chosen by the Group, which in all 
likelihood will include members of the Group. The Group plans to 
solicit proxies to further that end. The specifics of the 
Group's intentions as to its nominees and the redirection of the 
Issuer's business activities will be included in proxy 
soliciting 
material to be furnished shareholders in conformance with 
Federal 
securities laws.

     The Group does not plan to acquire additional securities or 
dispose of securities presently owned. However, each member of 
the 
Group reserves the right to acquire additional securities or 
dispose of securities as market conditions may warrant. 

     The response to this Item 4 is applicable to and 
incorporated 
by reference into the response of each reporting person set 
forth 
below.   

Item 5(c)  Transactions in Securities in Past 60 Days

No person described in Item 5(a) of the Schedules below has had 
any transactions in the Issuer's securities in the past 60 days.

INFORMATION ABOUT EACH REPORTING PERSON FOLLOWS:

AS TO FRANK E. WILLIAMS, JR.:

Item 2.  Identity and Background.

(a)  Frank E. Williams, Jr.

(b)  His address is 2789 Hartland Road, Falls Church, Virginia 
     22043.

(c)  His principal occupation is Chairman of the Board of 
Williams
     Enterprises of Georgia, whose principal business is steel
     construction and whose address is 1285 Hawthorne Ave., P.O.
     Box 756, Smyrna, GA 30081.
     
(d)  During the last five years, neither he nor any person or 
&(e) entity listed in Item 5 below has not been convicted in a 
     criminal proceeding nor been a party to a civil 
     proceeding of a judicial or administrative body of competent
     jurisdiction and as a result of such proceeding was or is 
     subject to a judgment, decree or final order enjoining 
future            
     violations of, or prohibiting or mandating activities 
subject
     to, federal or state securities laws or finding any 
violation 
     with respect to such laws.

(f)  He is a United States citizen.


Item 3.  Source and Amount of Funds or Other Consideration

The shares were purchased from private funds of the Williams 
family and entities according to the amounts as shown in Item 5 
below.

Item 5.  Interest in Securities of the Issuer

See the Cover Page for information concerning the number and 
percentage of the outstanding shares beneficially owned by Mr. 
Williams.  Of the 275,893 shares shown as being beneficially 
owned 
by Mr. Williams, 211,000 shares are actually Common Stock and 
the 
remaining 64,893 shares are the calculated equivalent number of 
shares of Common Stock obtainable from the 38,000 Depository 
Shares which he owns. 

Of the Common shares beneficially owned by Mr. Williams, he owns 
directly 10,000 shares, 21,000 shares are owned by his wife, 
Billie Z. Williams, 40,000 shares by his father (for whom Mr. 
Williams has power of attorney as to the shares), F. Everett 
Williams, 135,000 shares by the William Family Limited 
Partnership, a Virginia entity, of which Mr. Williams is the 
general partner, 5,000 shares by the Williams Family Foundation, 
a Virginia charitable entity, of which Mr. Williams is the
president.  4,000 of the 38,000 Depository shares are owned by 
F. 
Everett Williams and 34,000 by the Williams Family Limited 
Partnership.

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AS TO R. BENTLEY OFFUTT:

Item 2.  Identity and Background   


     (a)  R. Bentley Offutt     

     (b)  His address is Offutt Securities, Inc., 11350 McCormick
          Road,  Executive Plaza III, Suite 901, Hunt Valley, 
          Maryland 21030.
    
     (c)  His principal occupation is that of institutional 
          research and brokerage at his firm, identified 
          immediately above.       
     
     (d)  During the last five years, he has not been convicted 
          in a criminal proceeding. 
     
     (e)  During the last five years he has not been a party to 
a 
          civil proceeding of a judicial or administrative body 
          of competent jurisdiction and as a result of such 
          proceeding  was or is subject to a judgment, decree 
          or final order enjoining future violations of, or 
          prohibiting or mandating activities subject to, 
          federal or state securities laws or finding any 
          violation with respect to such laws.

     (f)  He is a United States citizen.

Item 3.  Source and Amount of Funds or Other Consideration

     Mr. Offutt purchased the shares from his private funds.

Item 5.  Interest in Securities of the Issuer

     See the Cover Page for information concerning the number 
and 
percentage of the outstanding shares beneficially owned by Mr. 
Offutt.  The 149,400 shares shown as being beneficially owned by 
Mr. Offutt through shared voting and dispositive power are owned 
by his wife, Ann H. Offutt, 3515 Butler Road, Glyndon, Maryland 
21071. During the last five years, she has not been convicted in 
a 
criminal proceeding. During the last five years she has not been 
a 
party to a civil proceeding of a judicial or administrative body 
of competent jurisdiction and as a result of such proceeding was 
or is subject to a judgment, decree or final order enjoining 
future violations of, or prohibiting or mandating activities 
subject to, federal or state securities laws or finding any 
violation with respect to such laws.  She is a United States 
citizen.  Neither  Mr. Offutt nor his wife has had any 
transactions in securities of the Issuer within the past 60 days.


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AS TO GUY ORLANDO DOVE, III
 
Item 2.  Identity and Background
 
     (a)  Guy Orlando Dove, III 

     (b)  His address is 10 Jay Street, Middleburg, VA 
20118-0796.
    
     (c)  His principal occupation is that of Chairman of the 
          Board of Directors and Chief Executive Officer of 
          Pinnacle Oil Company, 10 Jay Street, Middleburg, 
          Va 20118-0796.
     
     (d)  During the last five years, he has not been convicted
          in a criminal proceeding. 
     
     (e)  During the last five years he has not been a party to
          a civil proceeding of a judicial or administrative 
          body of competent jurisdiction and as a result of 
          such proceeding was or is subject to a judgment, 
          decree or final order enjoining future violations 
          of, or prohibiting or mandating activities subject 
          to, federal or state securities laws or finding any 
          violation with respect to such laws.

     (f)  He is a United States citizen.

Item 3.  Source and Amount of Funds or Other Consideration

     Mr. Dove purchased 184,000 Common shares and 25,000 
Depository Shares from his private funds.  14,000 Common shares 
and 5,000 Depository Shares were purchased by his affiliate, 
Pinnacle Oil Company from its working capital.

Item 5.  Interest in Securities of the Issuer

     See the Cover Page for information concerning the number 
and 
percentage of the outstanding shares beneficially owned by Mr. 
Dove.  The 10,000 shares shown as being beneficially owned by 
Mr. 
Dove through shared voting power are owned by his adult 
children, 
Guy O. Dove, IV and Hilary P. Dove.  Of the 232,154 shares over 
which Mr. Dove has sole voting power, 184,000 are Common shares 
owned directly by him, 25,615.5 shares are the calculated 
equivalent number of shares of Common Stock obtainable from the 
15,000 Depository shares owned directly by him, 14,000 shares 
are 
Common Stock owned by Pinnacle Oil Company and 8538.5 are the 
calculated equivalent of number of shares of Common Stock 
obtainable from the 5,000 Depository shares owned by Pinnacle.

     During the last five years, none of these persons or 
entities  
has been convicted in a criminal proceeding been a party to a 
civil proceeding of a judicial or administrative body of 
competent 
jurisdiction and as a result of such proceeding was or is 
subject 
to a judgment, decree or final order enjoining future violations 
of, or prohibiting or mandating activities subject to, federal 
or 
state securities laws or finding any violation with respect to 
such laws.  Mr. Dove's son and daughter are United States 
citizens.  None of these persons or entities has had a 
transaction 
in securities of the Issuer within the past 60 days.

   
AS TO WYNNEFIELD PARTNERS SMALL CAP VALUE L.P. I, WYNNEFIELD 
PARTNERS SMALL CAP VALUE L.P., AND WYNNEFIELD SMALL CAP OFFSHORE 
FUND LTD (THE "REPORTING PERSONS"):

Item 2.  Identity and Background

     (a) The persons filing this statement are Wynnefield 
Partners 
Small Cap Value L.P.  I, a limited partnership organized under 
the 
laws of the State of Delaware  ("Partnership I"), Wynnefield 
Partners Small Cap Value L.P., a limited partnership  organized 
under the laws of the State of Delaware  ("Partnership"), and 
Wynnefield  Small Cap Offshore Fund Ltd, a partnership organized 
under the laws of the Cayman Islands  ("Offshore  Fund"), 
(Partnership I, Partnership and Offshore Fund, collectively, the 
"Reporting Person").

      Wynnefield Capital Management, LLC, a limited liability 
company organized under the laws of New York is the 
general partner of Partnership and Partnership I, and Wynnefield 
Capital, Inc., a corporation organized under the laws of 
Delaware is the general partner of Offshore Fund.  Nelson 
Obus Joshua H. Landes and Robert Melnick are the members of 
the limited liability company and Messrs. Obus and Landes are 
the 
stockholders, directors and officers of the corporation.  

    Messrs. Obus, Landes and Melnick are citizens of the 
United States.

     (b) The address of Messrs. Obus and Landes and Melnick
and each Reporting Person's principal business and principal
office is One Penn Plaza, Suite 4720, New York, New York 10119.

     (c) The principal  business of each Reporting Person is 
that 
of acting as a private investment firm.

     (d) During the last five years, no entity or natural person 
named in response to this Item has been convicted in a criminal 
proceeding.

     (e) During the last five years, no entity or natural person 
named in response to this Item has been a party to a civil 
proceeding of a judicial or administrative body of competent 
jurisdiction and as a result of such proceeding was or is 
subject 
to a judgment, decree or final order enjoining future violations 
of,  or prohibiting or mandating activities subject to, 
federal or state securities laws or finding any violation with 
respect to such laws.

Item 3.  Source and Amount of Funds or Other Consideration.

    482,700  Shares of the Issuer were purchased by the 
Partnership for cash aggregating $676,279.40, including 
commissions.  The cash was provided from the working capital of 
the Partnership.  10,000 Shares of the Issuer were 
purchased by Channel for cash aggregating $34,030.50, including 
commissions, which was provided from its working capital.

     50,000 Shares of the Issuer were purchased by the 
Partnership 
for cash aggregating $27,000 including commissions. The cash was 
provided from the working capital of the Partnership. 160,000 
Shares of the Issuer were purchased by the Offshore Fund for 
cash 
aggregating $86,825.00, including commissions, which was 
provided 
from its working capital.

     The source of the $183,600 used by Partnership  I to  
purchase 20,400 depository shares, which are convertible into 
34,844 shares of Common Stock, was its working capital.  The 
source of the $153,000 used by Partnership to purchase
17,000  depository  shares,  which are convertible  into 29,037
shares of Common Stock, was its working capital.  The source of 
the $81,000 used by Offshore Fund to purchase 9,000 depository 
shares, which are convertible into 15,372 shares of
Common Stock, was its working capital.  No funds were borrowed 
by any of Partnership I,  Partnership or Offshore Fund in 
connection with its purchases of depository shares.

Item 5.  Interest in Securities of the Issuer.

     (a) As of the date of this filing: Partnership I is the 
beneficial owner of 245,791 shares of Common Stock, or 3.53% of 
the  outstanding  Common Stock; Partnership is the beneficial 
owner of 346,290 shares of Common Stock, or 4.97% of the 
outstanding Common Stock;  Offshore Fund is the beneficial owner 
of 146,800 shares of Common Stock, or 2.11% of the outstanding  
Common Stock; and the Reporting Person is the beneficial owner 
of 738,881 shares of Common Stock, or 10.61% of the outstanding 
Common Stock.

     (b) As of the date of this filing: Partnership I has the 
sole 
power to vote, or to direct the vote of, 245,791 shares of 
Common 
Stock and the sole power to dispose of, or to direct the 
disposition of, 245,791 shares of Common Stock; Partnership has 
the sole power to vote, or to direct the vote of, 346,290
shares of Common Stock and the sole power to dispose of, or to 
direct  the disposition of, 346,290 shares of Common Stock; 
Offshore Fund has the sole power to vote, or to direct the vote 
of, 146,800 shares of Common Stock and the sole power to dispose 
of, or to direct the disposition of, 146,800 shares of Common
Stock; and the Reporting Person has the sole power to vote, or 
to 
direct the vote of, 738,881 shares of Common Stock and the sole 
power to dispose of, or to direct the disposition of, 738,881 
shares of Common Stock.

     (c)  No entity or natural person named in response to this 
Item has had any transactions in the Issuer's securities during 
the past 60 days.


AS TO ALL MEMBERS OF THE GROUP INCLUDED IN THIS FILING:

Item 6. Contracts, Arrangements, Understandings or Relationships 
with Respect to Securities of the Issuer

      Other than the understanding that each person or entity 
named in Item 2 of the above schedules will direct their votes 
to 
elect a new board of directors to be selected by consensus, 
there 
are no contracts, understandings or relationships with respect 
to 
securities of the Issuer.

Item 7.  Material to Be Filed as Exhibits.

None




                              SIGNATURES

     After reasonable inquiry and to the best of my knowledge 
and belief, I certify that the information  set forth in this 
statement is true, complete and correct.

       Date:  March    8, 1999    /S/Frank E. Williams, Jr.
                                    __________________________
                                      Frank E. Williams, Jr.

       Date:  March    8, 1999    /S/R. Bentley Offutt
                                    __________________________
                                      R. Bentley Offutt

       Date:  March    8, 1999    /S/Guy O. Dove, III
                                   ___________________________
                                      Guy O. Dove, III   

       Date:  March    8, 1999    WYNNEFIELD PARTNERS SMALL CAP
                                   VALUE L.P. I

                                   By: WYNNEFIELD CAPITAL 
                                       MANAGEMENT, LLC,
                                       as general partner


                                       By:   /S/ NELSON OBUS
                                             ---------------
                                               Nelson Obus
                                             Managing Member

        Date:  March    8, 1999   WYNNEFIELD PARTNERS SMALL CAP
                                   VALUE L.P.
  
                                   By: WYNNEFIELD CAPITAL 
                                       MANAGEMENT, LLC,
                                       as general partner


                                       By:  /S/ NELSON OBUS
                                            ---------------
                                              Nelson Obus
                                            Managing Member

        Date:  March   8, 1999   WYNNEFIELD SMALL CAP VALUE 
                                  OFFSHORE FUND LTD

                                   By: WYNNEFIELD CAPITAL, INC.,
                                       as general partner


                                       By:  /S/ NELSON OBUS
                                            ---------------
                                              Nelson Obus
                                               President





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