POWER OF ATTORNEY



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                                                                      Exhibit 25
                  ATLAS-ENERGY FOR THE NINETIES-PUBLIC #8 LTD.
                                POWER OF ATTORNEY


KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each of the undersigned officers and/or
directors of Atlas Resources, Inc., a Pennsylvania corporation which has
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, under the provisions of
the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, a Registration Statement on Form SB-2
relating to certain securities of Atlas-Energy for the Nineties-Public #8
Ltd., constitutes and appoints James R. O'Mara and Tony C. Banks, his/her
true and lawful attorney-in-fact, with full power of substitution and
resubstitution and with full power to act without another, for him/her and in
his/her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign such
Registration Statement, and any and all amendments, including pre-effective
amendments and post-effective amendments thereto, and to file the same, with
all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the
Securities and Exchange Commission and all states and other jurisdictions
wherein such Registration Statement and amendments thereto may be filed for
securities compliance measures, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and
agents, and each of them full power and authority to do and perform each and
every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the
premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he/she might or could do in
person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and
agents, or his/her substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be
done by virtue hereof.



                                   
Dated:    September 24, 1999              /s/ Charles T. Koval
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                                      Charles T. Koval, Chairman of the Board and a Director


Dated:    September 24, 1999              /s/ James R. O'Mara
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                                      James R. O'Mara, President, Chief Executive Officer and a Director


Dated:    September 24, 1999              /s/ Tony C. Banks
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                                      Tony C. Banks, Senior Vice President of Finance, Principal Financial
                                      Officer, and a Director


Dated:    September 24, 1999              /s/ Frank P. Carolas
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                                      Frank P. Carolas, Vice President of Land and Geology


Dated:    September __, 1999
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                                      Jeffrey C. Simmons, Vice President of Production


Dated:    September 24, 1999              /s/ William R. Seiler
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                                      William R. Seiler, Vice President and Controller



                                                                      Exhibit 25

                  ATLAS-ENERGY FOR THE NINETIES-PUBLIC #8 LTD.
                                POWER OF ATTORNEY


KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each of the undersigned officers and/or
directors of Atlas Resources, Inc., a Pennsylvania corporation which has
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, under the provisions of
the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, a Registration Statement on Form SB-2
relating to certain securities of Atlas-Energy for the Nineties-Public #8
Ltd., constitutes and appoints James R. O'Mara and Tony C. Banks, his/her
true and lawful attorney-in-fact, with full power of substitution and
resubstitution and with full power to act without another, for him/her and in
his/her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign such
Registration Statement, and any and all amendments, including pre-effective
amendments and post-effective amendments thereto, and to file the same, with
all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the
Securities and Exchange Commission and all states and other jurisdictions
wherein such Registration Statement and amendments thereto may be filed for
securities compliance measures, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and
agents, and each of them full power and authority to do and perform each and
every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the
premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he/she might or could do in
person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and
agents, or his/her substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be
done by virtue hereof.



                                   
Dated:    September __, 1999
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                                      Charles T. Koval, Chairman of the Board and a Director


Dated:    September __, 1999
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                                      James R. O'Mara, President, Chief Executive Officer and a Director


Dated:    September __, 1999
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                                      Tony C. Banks, Senior Vice President of Finance, Principal Financial
                                      Officer, and a Director


Dated:    September __, 1999
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                                      Frank P. Carolas, Vice President of Land and Geology


Dated:    September 22, 1999              /s/ Jeffrey C. Simmons
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                                      Jeffrey C. Simmons, Vice President of Production


Dated:    September __, 1999
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                                      William R. Seiler, Vice President and Controller