Exhibit 99.2


                            CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO
                             18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,
                             AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
                  SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002


In connection with the Annual Report of Texas Pacific Land Trust (the "Trust")
on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2002 as filed with the Securities
and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the "Report"), David M. Peterson,
Chief Financial Officer of the Trust, certifies, to the best of his knowledge,
pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the
Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:


         (1) The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or
15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

         (2) The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all
material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the
Trust.

                                                  TEXAS PACIFIC LAND TRUST
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                                                        (Registrant)


                                            By  /s/  David M. Peterson
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                                            David M. Peterson, Assistant General
                                            Agent and Chief Financial Officer
Date:    March 27, 2003