CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT PETROLEUM ENGINEERS AND GEOLOGISTS
            ---------------------------------------------------------


We  hereby consent to the filing of the Annual Report on Form 10-K, for the year
ended  December  31, 2003, for Crested Corp. in accordance with the requirements
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, with the inclusion in such Annual Report
of  our  Rocky  Mountain  Gas,  Inc.  reserve  report  incorporated therein, and
references  to  our  name  in  the  form  and  context  in  which  they  appear.


                                       NETHERLAND,  SEWELL  &  ASSOCIATES,  INC.


                                    By: /s/  Frederic  D.  Sewell
                                        ----------------------------------------
                                        Frederic  D.  Sewell
                                        Chairman  and  Chief  Executive  Officer


Dallas,  Texas
March  26,  2004