DOMINION RESOURCES BLACK WARRIOR TRUST
10-Q, 2000-05-10
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                                  UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549

                                    Form 10-Q

[X]             Quarterly Report Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)
                     of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
                  For the quarterly period ended March 31, 2000

                                       or

[ ]            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: 001-11335

                     DOMINION RESOURCES BLACK WARRIOR TRUST
             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

         Delaware                                             75-6461716
(State or other jurisdiction                               (I.R.S. Employer
     or incorporation or                                  Identification No.)
       organization)

                              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  X  No
                                              ---    ---

     Number of units of beneficial interest outstanding at May 5, 2000:
7,850,000



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                         PART I - FINANCIAL INFORMATION

Item 1. Financial Statements.

     The condensed financial statements included herein have been prepared by
Bank of America, N.A., as Trustee (the "Trustee") of Dominion Resources Black
Warrior 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. The
condensed financial statements of the Trust presented herein are unaudited
except for the balances as of December 31, 1999, and, therefore, are subject to
year-end adjustments. It is suggested that these condensed financial statements
be read in conjunction with the financial statements and notes thereto in the
Trust's Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1999. The December
31, 1999 balance sheet is derived from the audited balance sheet as of that
date. In the opinion of the Trustee, all adjustments consisting of normal
recurring adjustments necessary to present fairly the assets, liabilities and
trust corpus of the Trust as of March 31, 2000, the distributable income for the
three-month periods ended March 31, 2000 and 1999 and the changes in trust
corpus for the three-month periods ended March 31, 2000 and 1999, have been
included. The distributable income for such interim periods are not necessarily
indicative of the distributable income for the full year.

     The condensed financial statements as of March 31, 2000 and for the
three-month periods ended March 31, 2000 and 1999 included herein have been
reviewed by Deloitte & Touche LLP, independent certified public accountants, as
stated in their report appearing herein.


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                         INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS' REPORT

Unit Holders of Dominion
 Resources Black Warrior Trust
 and Bank of America, N.A., Trustee

We have reviewed the accompanying condensed statement of assets, liabilities and
trust corpus of the Dominion Resources Black Warrior Trust as of March 31, 2000,
and the related condensed statements of distributable income and changes in
trust corpus for the three-month periods ended March 31, 2000 and 1999. These
financial statements are the responsibility of the Trustee.

We conducted our review in accordance with standards established by the American
Institute of Certified Public Accountants. A review of interim financial
information consists principally of applying analytical procedures to financial
data and of making inquiries of persons responsible for financial and accounting
matters. It is substantially less in scope than an audit conducted in accordance
with auditing standards generally accepted in the United States of America 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 condensed financial statements, these condensed
financial statements have been prepared on a modified cash basis of accounting,
which is a comprehensive basis of accounting other than accounting principles
generally accepted in the United States of America.

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

We have previously audited, in accordance with auditing standards generally
accepted in the United States of America the statement of assets, liabilities
and trust corpus of Dominion Resources Black Warrior Trust as of December 31,
1999, 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 9, 2000, 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,
1999, 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/ Deloitte & Touche LLP

Dallas, Texas
May 8, 2000


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DOMINION RESOURCES BLACK WARRIOR TRUST

CONDENSED STATEMENTS OF ASSETS,
LIABILITIES AND TRUST CORPUS

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<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                    March 31, 2000    December 31, 1999
                                                    --------------    -----------------
                                                     (unaudited)

<S>                                                  <C>                 <C>
ASSETS

Cash and cash equivalents                            $    62,970         $   124,159
Royalty interests in
  gas properties (less accumulated
  amortization of $82,951,515
  at March 31, 2000 and $80,544,548
  at December 31, 1999)                               72,865,985          75,272,952
                                                     -----------         -----------
TOTAL ASSETS                                         $72,928,955         $75,397,111
                                                     ===========         ===========

LIABILITIES AND TRUST CORPUS

Trust administration expenses payable                $   156,680         $   123,931

Trust corpus -
         7,850,000 units of
         beneficial interest
         authorized, issued and
         outstanding                                  72,772,275          75,273,180
                                                     -----------         -----------

TOTAL LIABILITIES
         AND TRUST CORPUS                            $72,928,955         $75,397,111
                                                     ===========         ===========
</TABLE>

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed financial
statements.

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DOMINION RESOURCES BLACK WARRIOR TRUST

CONDENSED STATEMENTS OF DISTRIBUTABLE INCOME (UNAUDITED)

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<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                    For                 For
                                                 the Three           the Three
                                                Months Ended        Months Ended
                                               March 31, 2000      March 31, 1999
                                               --------------      --------------

<S>                                              <C>                <C>
Royalty income                                   $ 5,413,907        $ 4,858,538
Interest income                                       19,419             13,059
                                                 -----------        -----------
                                                   5,433,326          4,871,597
General and administrative
        expenses                                    (231,826)          (199,565)
                                                 -----------        -----------
Distributable income                             $ 5,201,500        $ 4,672,032
                                                 ===========        ===========
Distributable income
        per unit (7,850,000 units)               $       .66        $       .60
                                                 ===========        ===========
</TABLE>

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed financial
statements.


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DOMINION RESOURCES BLACK WARRIOR TRUST

CONDENSED STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN TRUST CORPUS (UNAUDITED)

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<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                 For              For
                                              the Three         the Three
                                             Months Ended      Months Ended
                                            March 31, 2000    March 31, 1999
                                            --------------    --------------

<S>                                          <C>               <C>
Trust corpus, beginning of period            $ 75,273,180      $ 85,533,029
Amortization of royalty interests              (2,406,967)       (2,871,425)
Distributable income                            5,201,500         4,672,032
Distributions to unitholders                   (5,295,438)       (4,712,022)
                                             ------------      ------------
Trust corpus, end of period                  $ 72,772,275      $ 82,621,614
                                             ============      ============
Distributions per unit (7,850,000 units)     $        .67      $        .60
                                             ============      ============
</TABLE>

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed financial
statements.


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DOMINION RESOURCES BLACK WARRIOR TRUST

NOTES TO CONDENSED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (UNAUDITED)

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1.   TRUST ORGANIZATION AND PROVISIONS

     Dominion Resources Black Warrior Trust (the "Trust") was formed as a
Delaware business trust pursuant to the terms of the Trust Agreement of Dominion
Resources Black Warrior Trust (as amended, the "Trust Agreement") entered into
effective as of May 31, 1994, by and among Dominion Black Warrior Basin, Inc.,
an Alabama corporation (the "Company"), as grantor, Dominion Resources, Inc., a
Virginia corporation ("Dominion Resources"), and Bank of America, N.A., a
national banking association (the "Trustee"), and Mellon Bank (DE) National
Association, a national banking association (the "Delaware Trustee"), as
trustees. The trustees are independent financial institutions.

     The Trust is a grantor trust formed to acquire and hold certain overriding
royalty interests (the "Royalty Interests") burdening proved natural gas
properties located in the Pottsville coal formation of the Black Warrior Basin,
Tuscaloosa County, Alabama (the "Underlying Properties") owned by the Company.
The Trust was initially created by the filing of its Certificate of Trust with
the Delaware Secretary of State on May 31, 1994. In accordance with the Trust
Agreement, the Company contributed $1,000 as the initial corpus of the Trust. On
June 28, 1994, the Royalty Interests were conveyed to the Trust by the Company
pursuant to the Overriding Royalty Conveyance (the "Conveyance") dated effective
as of June 1, 1994, from the Company to the Trust, in consideration for all the
7,850,000 authorized units of beneficial interest ("Units") in the Trust. The
Company transferred its Units to its parent, Dominion Energy, Inc., a Virginia
corporation, which in turn transferred such Units to its parent, Dominion
Resources, which sold 6,850,000 of such Units to the public through various
underwriters (the "Underwriters") in June 1994 and an additional 54,000 Units
through the Underwriters in August 1994 (collectively, the "Public Offering").
The remaining 946,000 Units held by Dominion Resources were sold to the public
through certain of the Underwriters in June 1995 pursuant to Post-Effective
Amendment No. 1 to the Form S-3 Registration Statement relating to the Units
(the "Post-Effective Amendment"). All of the production attributable to the
Underlying Properties is from the Pottsville coal formation and currently
constitutes coal seam gas that entitles the owners of such production, provided
certain requirements are met, to tax credits pursuant to Section 29 of the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, upon the production and sale of such
gas.

     Royalty income to the Trust is attributable to the sale of depleting
assets. All of the Underlying Properties consist of producing properties.
Accordingly, the proved reserves attributable to 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.

     The Trustee has all powers to collect and distribute proceeds received by
the Trust and to pay

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Trust liabilities and expenses. The Delaware Trustee has only such powers as are
set forth in the Trust Agreement or are required by law and is not empowered to
otherwise manage or take part in the management 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 or the Company's interest therein.

     The Trust is subject to termination under certain circumstances described
in the Trust Agreement. Upon the termination of the Trust, all Trust assets will
be sold and the net proceeds therefrom distributed to Unitholders.

     The only assets of the Trust, other than cash and temporary investments
being held for the payment of expenses and liabilities and for distribution to
Unitholders, are the Royalty Interests. The Royalty Interests consist of
overriding royalty interests burdening the Company's interest in the Underlying
Properties. The Royalty Interests generally entitle the Trust to receive 65
percent of the Company's Gross Proceeds (as defined below). The Royalty
Interests are non-operating interests and bear only expenses related to
property, production and related taxes (including severance taxes). "Gross
Proceeds" consist generally of the aggregate amounts received by the Company
attributable to the interests of the Company in the Underlying Properties from
the sale of coal seam gas at the central delivery points in the gathering system
for the Underlying Properties. The definitions, formulas and accounting
procedures and other terms governing the computation of the Royalty Interests
are set forth in the Conveyance.

     Because of the passive nature of the Trust and the restrictions and
limitations on the powers and activities of the Trustee contained in the Trust
Agreement, the Trustee does not consider any of the officers and employees of
the Trustee to be "officers" or "executive officers" of the Trust as such terms
are defined under applicable rules and regulations adopted under the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934.

2.   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 accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of
America. Preparation of the Trust's financial statements on such basis includes
the following:

o    Royalty income and interest income are recorded in the period in which
     amounts are received by the Trust rather than in the period of production
     and accrual, respectively.

o    General and administrative expenses recorded are based on liabilities paid
     and cash reserves established out of cash received.

o    Amortization of the Royalty Interests is calculated on a unit-of-production
     basis and charged directly to trust corpus when revenues are received.

o    Distributions to Unitholders are recorded when declared by the Trustee (see
     Note 4).

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     The financial statements of the Trust differ from financial statements
prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the
United States of America because royalty income is not accrued in the period of
production, general and administrative expenses recorded are based on
liabilities paid and cash reserves established rather than on an accrual basis,
and amortization of the Royalty Interests is not charged against operating
results.

     The net amount of royalty interests in gas properties is limited to the
fair value of these assets, which would likely be measured by discounting
projected cash flows attributable to the Trust's gas reserves plus the estimated
future Section 29 credits for federal income tax purposes. If the net cost of
royalty interests in gas properties exceeds the aggregate of these amounts, an
impairment provision is recorded and charged to the trust corpus.

3.   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 or state 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 will be taxed directly on his per Unit 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.

     Production from coal seam gas wells drilled after December 31, 1979 and
prior to January 1, 1993, is believed to qualify for the Federal income tax
credit for producing nonconventional fuels under Section 29 of the Internal
Revenue Code. This tax credit is calculated annually based on each year's
qualified production through the year 2002. Such credit, based on a Unitholder's
pro rata share of qualifying production, may not reduce his regular tax
liability (after the foreign tax credit and certain other non-refundable
credits) below his alternative minimum tax. Any part of the Section 29 credit
not allowed for the tax year solely because of this limitation is subject to
certain carryover provisions. The Trustee is provided Section 29 tax credit
information related to Trust Properties by Dominion Resources, which is then
passed along to the Unitholders. In 1997, the Tax Court upheld the Internal
Revenue Service ("IRS") position that nonconventional fuel such as coal seam gas
does not qualify for the Section 29 credit unless the producer received a formal
certification from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission ("FERC"). The FERC's
certification authority expired effective January 1, 1993. During March 1999,
the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit affirmed that decision. The
appeal (which is not binding as precedent) suggests that lack of a certification
from FERC may render the Section 29 credit unavailable in respect of production
from wells recompleted in a qualified formation after January 1, 1993, the date
that the FERC's certification authority expired (so that obtaining the requisite
determination for any such well was impossible). Many producers believe that
wells meeting the certification requirements are eligible for the Section 29
credits regardless of FERC certification. However, this position is not in
accordance with the IRS position, the decision of the Tax Court or the decision
of the U.S. Court of Appeals. The ability of the Trust to realize the carrying
value of its reserves and the ability of the Unitholders to utilize allocated
Section 29 credits could be in question with respect to any uncertificated
wells. In some cases the extent to which production from the various coal seam
gas

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wells in which the Trust holds an interest would qualify for the Section 29
credit under the standards applied in the appealed case is unclear, and the
Trustee has requested that Dominion Resources provide clarification and an
assessment of the effects of the foregoing, if any, on the Trust and its
Unitholders. Pending such clarification and assessment, or further developments,
or both, however, the availability of Section 29 credits to Unitholders in
respect of some portion of the Trust's coal seam gas production could be subject
to debate and challenge.

4.   DISTRIBUTIONS TO UNITHOLDERS

     The Trustee determines for each calendar 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 attributable to production from the Royalty Interests
during such quarter, provided that such cash is received by the Trust on or
before the last business day prior to the 45th day following the end of such
calendar quarter, plus the amount of interest expected by the Trustee to be
earned on such cash proceeds during the period between the date of receipt by
the Trust of such cash proceeds and the date of payment to the Unitholders of
such Quarterly Distribution Amount, plus all other cash receipts of the Trust
during such quarter (to the extent not distributed or held for future
distribution as a Special Distribution Amount (as defined below) or included in
the previous Quarterly Distribution Amount) (which might include sales proceeds
not sufficient in amount to qualify for a special distribution as described in
the next paragraph and interest), over the liabilities of the Trust paid during
such quarter and not taken into account in determining a prior Quarterly
Distribution Amount, 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. An amount which is not included
in the Quarterly Distribution Amount for a calendar quarter because such amount
is received by the Trust after the last business day prior to the 45th day
following the end of such calendar quarter will be included in the Quarterly
Distribution Amount for the next calendar quarter. The Quarterly Distribution
Amount for each quarter will be payable to Unitholders of record on the 60th day
following the end of such calendar quarter unless such day is not a business day
in which case the record date is the next business day thereafter. The Trustee
will distribute the Quarterly Distribution Amount for each calendar quarter on
or prior to 70 days after the end of such calendar quarter to each person who
was a Unitholder of record on the record date for such calendar quarter.

     The Royalty Interests may be sold under certain circumstances and will be
sold following termination of the Trust. A special distribution will be made of
undistributed net sales proceeds and other amounts received by the Trust
aggregating in excess of $10 million (a "Special Distribution Amount"). The
record date for a Special Distribution Amount will be the 15th day following the
receipt by the Trust of amounts aggregating a Special Distribution Amount
(unless such day is not a business day, in which case the record date will be
the next business day thereafter) unless such day is within 10 days or less
prior to the record date for a Quarterly Distribution Amount, in which case the
record date will be the date that 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.


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

     The Trust makes quarterly cash distributions to holders of units of
beneficial interest ("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 certain
overriding royalty interests (the "Royalty Interests") burdening certain proved
natural gas properties located in the Pottsville coal formation of the Black
Warrior Basin, Tuscaloosa County, Alabama (the "Underlying Properties"). The
Royalty Interests owned by the Trust burden the interest in the Underlying
Properties that is owned by Dominion Black Warrior Basin, Inc. (the "Company"),
an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Dominion Resources, Inc. ("Dominion
Resources").

     Production from coal seam gas wells drilled after December 31, 1979 and
prior to January 1, 1993, is believed to qualify for the Federal income tax
credit for producing nonconventional fuels under Section 29 of the Internal
Revenue Code. This tax credit is calculated annually based on each year's
qualified production through the year 2002. Such credit, based on a Unitholder's
pro rata share of qualifying production, may not reduce his regular tax
liability (after the foreign tax credit and certain other non-refundable
credits) below his alternative minimum tax. Any part of the Section 29 credit
not allowed for the tax year solely because of this limitation is subject to
certain carryover provisions. The Trustee is provided Section 29 tax credit
information related to Trust Properties by Dominion Resources, which is then
passed along to the Unitholders. In 1997, the Tax Court upheld the Internal
Revenue Service ("IRS") position that nonconventional fuel such as coal seam gas
does not qualify for the Section 29 credit unless the producer received a formal
certification from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission ("FERC"). The FERC's
certification authority expired effective January 1, 1993. During March 1999,
the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit affirmed that decision. The
appeal (which is not binding as precedent) suggests that lack of a certification
from FERC may render the Section 29 credit unavailable in respect of production
from wells recompleted in a qualified formation after January 1, 1993, the date
that the FERC's certification authority expired (so that obtaining the requisite
determination for any such well was impossible). Many producers believe that
wells meeting the certification requirements are eligible for the Section 29
credits regardless of FERC certification. However, this position is not in
accordance with the IRS position, the decision of the Tax Court or the decision
of the U.S. Court of Appeals. The ability of the Trust to realize the carrying
value of its reserves and the ability of the Unitholders to utilize allocated
Section 29 credits could be in question with respect to any uncertificated
wells. In some cases the extent to which production from the various coal seam
gas wells in which the Trust holds an interest would qualify for the Section 29
credit under the standards applied in the appealed case is unclear, and the
Trustee has requested that Dominion Resources provide clarification and an
assessment of the effects of the foregoing, if any, on the Trust and its
Unitholders. Pending such clarification and assessment, or further developments,
or both, however, the availability of Section 29 credits to Unitholders in
respect of some portion of the Trust's coal seam gas production could be subject
to debate and challenge.

     Distributable income of the Trust consists of the excess of royalty income
plus interest income over the organizational 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 of Dominion Resources Black
Warrior Trust (as amended, the "Trust Agreement") until its subsequent
distribution to Unitholders.

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     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 they are paid or reserves are established for them.
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 paid by the Trust during such quarter. The amount of cash available for
distribution to Unitholders is determined as adjusted for changes in reserves
for unpaid liabilities in accordance with the provisions of the Trust Agreement.
(See Note 4 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.)

Three Month Period Ended March 31, 2000 Compared to Three Month Period Ended
March 31, 1999

     The Trust's Royalty Interests consist of overriding royalty interests
burdening the Company's interest in the Underlying Properties. The Royalty
Interests generally entitle the Trust to receive 65 percent of the Company's
Gross Proceeds (as defined below) during the preceding calendar quarter. The
Royalty Interests are non-operating interests and bear only expenses related to
property, production and related taxes (including severance taxes). "Gross
Proceeds" consist generally of the aggregate amounts received by the Company
attributable to the interests of the Company in the Underlying Properties from
the sale of coal seam gas at the central delivery points in the gathering system
for the Underlying Properties. The definitions, formulas and accounting
procedures and other terms governing the computation of the Royalty Interests
are set forth in the Overriding Royalty Conveyance from the Company to the
Trust.

     The Trust received royalty income amounting to $5,413,907 during the first
quarter of 2000 compared to $4,858,538 during the first quarter of 1999. This
revenue was derived from the receipt of cash on production of 2,205 Mmcf at an
average price received of $2.46 per mcf after deducting production taxes of
$326,595 compared to 2,505 Mmcf with an average price of $1.94 per mcf after
deducting production taxes of $276,070 in the first quarter of 1999. For the
three-month period ended March 31, 2000, the Trust was positively impacted by
the increase in natural gas prices which was offset by the decline in production
as compared with the three month period ending March 31, 1999. These prices are
influenced by many factors such as seasonal temperatures, domestic demand and
other factors that are beyond the control of the Trustee. The decrease in
production is attributed to normal depletion of existing available reserves.
Production taxes are based on revenues rather than production volumes.
Accordingly, production taxes did not fluctuate proportionately to the decrease
in volumes.

     Administrative expenses during the first quarter of 2000 amounted to
$231,826 compared to $199,565 in the comparable period in 1999. For this period,
these expenses were primarily related to administrative services provided by
Dominion Resources and the Trustee and Mellon Bank (DE) National Association, a
national banking association, and the preparation of year-end reports for
submission to the Securities and Exchange Commission and to Unitholders during
the period.


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     Distributable income for the first quarter of 2000 was $5,201,500, or $.66
per Unit, compared to distributable income for the first quarter of 1999 of
$4,672,032, or $.60 per Unit. The Trust made a distribution on March 10, 2000 of
$.674578 per Unit compared to a distribution of $.600257 per Unit made during
the first quarter of 1999.

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. 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 Trust invests in no derivative financial instruments, and has no
foreign operations or long-term debt instruments. The Trust is a passive entity
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 which 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 which could expose
the Trust or Unitholders to any foreign currency related market risk.


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                           PART II - OTHER INFORMATION


Item 6. Exhibits and Reports on Form 8-K.

     (a) Exhibits

         27         Financial Data Schedule

     (b) No reports on Form 8-K were filed during the quarter for which this
report is filed.


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                                   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.


                                       DOMINION RESOURCES BLACK WARRIOR
                                       TRUST

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



                                       By: /s/ Ron E. Hooper
                                           -------------------------------------
                                           Ron E. Hooper
                                           Vice President

Date: May 10, 2000

               (The Trust has no directors or executive officers.)



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<PAGE>   16


                               INDEX TO EXHIBITS


<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
      Exhibit
      Number        Description
      -------       -----------

<S>                 <C>
         27         Financial Data Schedule
</TABLE>

<TABLE> <S> <C>

<ARTICLE> 5

<S>                             <C>
<PERIOD-TYPE>                   3-MOS
<FISCAL-YEAR-END>                          DEC-31-2000
<PERIOD-START>                             JAN-01-2000
<PERIOD-END>                               MAR-31-2000
<CASH>                                          62,970
<SECURITIES>                                         0
<RECEIVABLES>                                        0
<ALLOWANCES>                                         0
<INVENTORY>                                          0
<CURRENT-ASSETS>                                62,970
<PP&E>                                     155,817,500
<DEPRECIATION>                              82,951,515
<TOTAL-ASSETS>                              72,928,955
<CURRENT-LIABILITIES>                          156,680
<BONDS>                                              0
                                0
                                          0
<COMMON>                                             0
<OTHER-SE>                                  72,772,275
<TOTAL-LIABILITY-AND-EQUITY>                72,928,955
<SALES>                                      5,413,907
<TOTAL-REVENUES>                             5,433,326
<CGS>                                                0
<TOTAL-COSTS>                                  231,826
<OTHER-EXPENSES>                                     0
<LOSS-PROVISION>                                     0
<INTEREST-EXPENSE>                                   0
<INCOME-PRETAX>                              5,201,500
<INCOME-TAX>                                         0
<INCOME-CONTINUING>                                  0
<DISCONTINUED>                                       0
<EXTRAORDINARY>                                      0
<CHANGES>                                            0
<NET-INCOME>                                 5,201,500
<EPS-BASIC>                                        .66
<EPS-DILUTED>                                      .66


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