Consent of Independent Auditors
                              
                              
                              
                              
                              
To the Stockholders and Board of Directors
USMX, INC.:

   
We consent to incorporation by reference in amendment No. 1
of the registration statement (No. 333-03561) on Form S-3 of 
USMX, INC. of our report dated March 1, 1996, relating to the
cosolidated statements of financial position of USMX, INC.
and subsidiaries as of December 31, 1995 and 1994, and the 
related consolidated statements of operations, stockholders'
equity, and cash flows for each of the years in the three-
year period ended December 31, 1995, which report appears
in the December 31, 1995 annual report on Form 10-K of USMX, INC.

Our report refers to a change in the method of accounting
for income taxes in 1993.


                    KPMG Peat Marwick LLP


Denver, Colorado
June 13, 1996