EXHIBIT 23.1






INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' CONSENT

We consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration
Statement of
Kinark Corporation on Form S-8 of our reports dated February 27,
1996, except
as to the second paragraph of the Long-Term Debt footnote for
which the date is
April 1, 1996 (which expresses an unqualified opinion and
includes explanatory
paragraphs relating to the adoption of Statement of Financial
Accounting
Standards No. 109, and the acquisition of Rogers Galvanizing
Company and the
related private placement financing that occurred subsequent to
December 31,
1995), appearing in the Annual Report on Form 10-K of Kinark
Corporation for
the year ended December 31, 1995, as amended.



/s/ Deloitte & Touche LLP
Tulsa, Oklahoma
October 18, 1996