Exhibit 10.13 TREND MINING COMPANY 401 Front Avenue Suite 1, Second Floor Coeur d'Alene, ID 83814 Telephone (208) 664-8095 * Facsimile (208) 667-9616 www.trendmining.com September 6, 2001 RE: Short term loan agreement Kurt J. Hoffman hereby agrees to...

                                                                   Exhibit 10.13

                              TREND MINING COMPANY
                     000 Xxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxx 0, Xxxxxx Xxxxx
                             Xxxxx x'Xxxxx, XX 00000
               Telephone (000) 000-0000 * Facsimile (000) 000-0000
                               xxx.xxxxxxxxxxx.xxx



September 6, 2001



RE:  Short term loan agreement





Xxxx X. Xxxxxxx hereby agrees to loan Trend Mining Company $14,000
(fourteen-thousand dollars) for use in operating capital and to cover
maintenance fee payments. Said loan will be repaid within 14 days of the date of
this agreement with funds that are to be wired to Trend Mining Company's account
from an insider stock sale.



Accepted,                                        Agreed,


/s/ Xxxx X. Xxxx                                 /s/ Xxxx X. Xxxxxxx
Xxxx X. Xxxx                                     Xxxx X. Xxxxxxx
CFO-Sec/Treas
Trend Mining Company