EXHIBIT 23.3



                  CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT PETROLEUM ENGINEERS



Board of Directors
Miller Exploration Company
Traverse City, Michigan

     We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference of our estimates
contained in the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31,
1998, into Miller Exploration Company's Registration Statement on Form S-3 filed
as of October 15, 1999.

                                    S. A. HOLDITCH & ASSOCIATES, INC.



                                    By /S/ Joseph H. Frantz Jr.
                                    Its VICE PRESIDENT - EASTERN DIVISION

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

October 15, 1999