<ARTICLE> 5
<LEGEND>
This schedule contains summary financial information extracted from
Freeport-McMoRan Sulphur Inc. unaudited financial statements at June 30,
1998 and for the six months then ended, and is qualified in its entirety
by reference to such financial statements.
</LEGEND>
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