CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME - USD ($) $ in Thousands		3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
		Jun. 30, 2015	Jun. 30, 2014	Jun. 30, 2015	Jun. 30, 2014
SALES AND OPERATING REVENUES:
Coal sales		$ 567,288	$ 575,191	$ 1,085,027	$ 1,100,736
Transportation revenues		7,780	5,810	14,928	11,815
Other sales and operating revenues		29,551	17,463	64,964	27,847
Total revenues	[1]	604,619	598,464	1,164,919	1,140,398
EXPENSES:
Operating expenses (excluding depreciation, depletion and amortization)		375,065	352,893	709,427	675,135
Transportation expenses		7,780	5,810	14,928	11,815
Outside coal purchases		2	2	324	4
General and administrative		18,040	20,268	35,303	38,167
Depreciation, depletion and amortization		79,801	67,052	158,069	133,893
Total operating expenses		480,688	446,025	918,051	859,014
INCOME FROM OPERATIONS		123,931	152,439	246,868	281,384
Interest expense (net of interest capitalized for the three and six months ended June 30, 2015 and 2014 of $154, $61, $366 and $833, respectively)		(8,306)	(8,748)	(16,274)	(16,811)
Interest income		605	417	1,136	806
Equity in loss of affiliates, net		(22,142)	(7,373)	(31,828)	(13,614)
Other income		177	323	295	629
INCOME BEFORE INCOME TAXES		94,265	137,058	200,197	252,394
INCOME TAX EXPENSE		8		6
NET INCOME		94,257	137,058	200,191	252,394
LESS: NET INCOME ATTRIBUTABLE TO NONCONTROLLING INTERESTS		(33,307)	(59,711)	(73,711)	(107,600)
NET INCOME ATTRIBUTABLE TO ALLIANCE HOLDINGS GP, L.P. ("NET INCOME OF AHGP")		$ 60,950	$ 77,347	$ 126,480	$ 144,794
BASIC AND DILUTED NET INCOME OF AHGP PER LIMITED PARTNER UNIT (in dollars per unit)		$ 1.02	$ 1.29	$ 2.11	$ 2.42
DISTRIBUTIONS PAID PER LIMITED PARTNER UNIT (in dollars per unit)		$ 0.9375	$ 0.8475	$ 1.8525	$ 1.675
WEIGHTED AVERAGE NUMBER OF UNITS OUTSTANDING - BASIC AND DILUTED (in units)		59,863,000	59,863,000	59,863,000	59,863,000

[1] Revenues included in the Other and Corporate column are primarily attributable to the Matrix Group revenues, Mt. Vernon transloading revenues, Wildcat Insurance revenues and brokerage coal sales.