EXHIBIT 99.2

                            KING RANCH ENERGY, INC.

                                WRITTEN CONSENT

     Unless otherwise indicated below, the undersigned, a holder of record of
shares of Class A Common Stock, par value $.01 per share, of King Ranch Energy,
Inc. (the "Corporation"), hereby waives notice of a meeting and hereby consents
to the following action:

(1)  ADOPTION OF THE AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER, DATED AS OF JULY 27, 1999,
     AMONG KING RANCH, INC., THE CORPORATION, ST. MARY LAND & EXPLORATION
     COMPANY AND ST. MARY ACQUISITION CORPORATION, AND THE TRANSACTIONS
     CONTEMPLATED BY SUCH AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER

       _____ FOR               _____ AGAINST               _____ ABSTAIN

     In the absence of a denotation that you do not consent or that you abstain
being indicated above, the undersigned hereby consents to the action listed
above.

     THE UNDERSIGNED UNDERSTANDS AND ACKNOWLEDGES THAT (1) EXECUTION AND
DELIVERY OF THIS CONSENT CONSTITUTES A WAIVER OF THE UNDERSIGNED=S RIGHT TO
DEMAND APPRAISAL OF SHARES OF CLASS A AND CLASS B COMMON STOCK OF THE
CORPORATION, IF ANY, HELD BY THE UNDERSIGNED, PURSUANT TO SECTION 262 OF THE
GENERAL CORPORATION LAW OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE, (2) IF THE UNDERSIGNED
PREVIOUSLY DELIVERED A DEMAND FOR APPRAISAL WITH RESPECT TO ANY SUCH SHARES, THE
EXECUTION AND DELIVERY OF THIS CONSENT CONSTITUTES A WITHDRAWAL OF SUCH DEMAND
AND (3) THE UNDERSIGNED HAS RECEIVED THE CONSENT STATEMENT AND THE NOTICE OF
DISTRIBUTION AND STOCKHOLDER FORUM OF THE CORPORATION (WITH A COPY OF SECTION
262 OF THE GENERAL CORPORATION LAW OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE ATTACHED THERETO),
DATED OCTOBER ___, 1999.

Shares of Class A Common Stock

Owned:________________________

               (Please sign exactly as your name appears below)


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Dated: _________