Consent of Independent Auditors


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

We consent to incorporation by reference in the registration
statements (File Nos. 33-16194, 33-16195, 33-38855, 33-49392
and 33-63559) on Form S-8 of USMX, INC. of our report dated
March 1, 1996, relating to the consolidated statements of
financial position of USMX, INC. and subsidiaries as of
December 31, 1995 and 1994, and  the related consolidated
statements of operations, stockholder' 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
March 28, 1996