EXHIBIT 24(a)

INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' CONSENT
 
 
We consent to the incorporation by reference in this
Registration Statement No. 33-23671 of Continental Materials
Corporation and subsidiaries on Form S-8 of our report dated
March 4, 1996, relating to the financial statements of Oracle
Ridge Mining Partners, (which expresses an unqualified opinion
and includes an emphasis of a matter paragraph relating to the
production at the mine being halted in February 1996, as the
partners reassess their plans for the mine, including a
possible sale to a third party), appearing in this Annual
Report on Form 10-k of Continental Materials Corporation and
subsidiaries for the year ended December 31, 1995.



DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP
Tucson, Arizona
March 27, 1996