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                                                                    EXHIBIT 23.2

              CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS


The Board of Directors
Southern Mineral Corporation:

We consent to incorporation by reference in Amendment No. 1 to the Registration
Statement on Form S-4 of Southern Mineral Corporation of our report dated August
28, 1997 relating to the consolidated balance sheet of Southern Mineral
Corporation and subsidiaries as of December 31, 1996 and the related
consolidated statements of operations, stockholders' equity and cash flows for
the year then ended, which report appears in the December 31, 1996 annual report
on Form 10-KSB/A of Southern Mineral Corporation.

                                         
                                         /s/ KPMG PEAT MARWICK LLP

Houston, Texas
December 22, 1997