Exhibit 24.2
                                                                                
    
                        CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS     
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We consent to the reference to our firm under the caption "Experts" and to the
use of our report dated November 6, 1996 except as to information presented in
Notes 1 and 5, for which the date is November 30, 1996, in the Registration
Statement (Form F-4, Registration No. 333-19013) and related combined
Prospectus/Proxy Statement and all amendments thereto of Alliance Resources Plc
and LaTex Resources, Inc. filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
     

    
                                               BRISCOE & BURKE
                                         Certified Public Accountants     


        
March 12, 1997
Tulsa, Oklahoma