Exhibit 23.1

                  CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT PETROLEUM ENGINEERS

Board of Directors
Miller Exploration Company
Traverse City, Michigan

   We hereby consent to the references to our firm (previously S. A. Holditch &
Associates) and to our reserve estimates contained in the Annual Report on Form
10-K of Miller Exploration Company for the year ended December 31, 2001. Our
estimates of the proved reserves of Miller Exploration Company are contained in
our report entitled "Miller Exploration Company, A Reserve and Economic
Evaluation of Certain Oil and Gas Interests in 18 Antrim Shale Gas Projects, As
of January 1, 1999". We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference of our
estimates contained in the Annual Report on Form 10-K into Miller Exploration
Company's Registration Statement on Forms S-8 (Nos. 333-70247, 333-70249, and
333-70251).

                             Holditch-Reservoir Technologies Consulting Services

                             By: /s/ JOSEPH H. FRANTZ, JR.
                             Its: Operations Manager - Eastern U.S.

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
March 15, 2002