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Exhibit 21.1

List of Subsidiaries

        The following is a complete list of the direct and indirect subsidiaries of Cloud Peak Energy Inc., a Delaware corporation, including their respective states of incorporation, as of February 13, 2013:

Name
  Jurisdiction   Ownership  

Antelope Coal LLC

  Delaware     100 %

Arrowhead I LLC

  Delaware     100 %

Arrowhead II LLC

  Delaware     100 %

Arrowhead III LLC

  Delaware     100 %

Big Metal Coal Co. LLC

  Delaware     100 %

Caballo Rojo Holdings LLC

  Delaware     100 %

Caballo Rojo LLC

  Delaware     100 %

Cloud Peak Energy Finance Corp. 

  Delaware     100 %

Cloud Peak Energy Logistics LLC

  Oregon     100 %

Cloud Peak Energy Receivables LLC

  Delaware     100 %

Cloud Peak Energy Resources LLC

  Delaware     100 %

Cloud Peak Energy Services Company

  Delaware     100 %

Cordero Mining Holdings LLC

  Delaware     100 %

Cordero Mining LLC

  Delaware     100 %

Cordero Oil and Gas LLC

  Delaware     100 %

Decker Coal Company

  Unincorporated     50 %

Kennecott Coal Sales LLC

  Oregon     100 %

Montana Royalty Company Ltd. 

  Unincorporated     50 %

NERCO Coal LLC

  Delaware     100 %

NERCO Coal Sales LLC

  Tennessee     100 %

NERCO LLC

  Delaware     100 %

Prospect Land and Development LLC

  Oregon     100 %

Resource Development LLC

  Washington     100 %

Sequatchie Valley Coal Corporation

  Tennessee     100 %

Spring Creek Coal LLC

  Delaware     100 %

The Interstate Ditch Company

  Wyoming     59.68 %

Venture Fuels Partnership

  Colorado     50 %

Western Minerals LLC

  Oregon     100 %

Wyoming Quality Healthcare Coalition, LLC

  Delaware     33.3 %

Youngs Creek Holdings I LLC

  Delaware     100 %

Youngs Creek Holdings II LLC

  Delaware     100 %

Youngs Creek Mining Company, LLC

  Delaware     100 %



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