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EFFECTIVENESS DATE:		20041122

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			MITCHAM INDUSTRIES INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000926423
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	SERVICES-EQUIPMENT RENTAL & LEASING, NEC [7359]
		IRS NUMBER:				760210849
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			TX
		FISCAL YEAR END:			0131

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		S-8
		SEC ACT:		1933 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	333-120663
		FILM NUMBER:		041160980

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		8141 SH 75 SOUTH
		STREET 2:		PO BOX 1175
		CITY:			HUNTSVILLE
		STATE:			TX
		ZIP:			77342
		BUSINESS PHONE:		9362912277

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		P O BOX 1175
		CITY:			HUNTSVILLE
		STATE:			TX
		ZIP:			77342
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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>As filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission on November&nbsp;22, 2004</B>



<P align="right" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Registration No.&nbsp;333-________</B>



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<P align="center" style="font-size: 14pt"><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549</B>
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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>______________________</B>


<P align="center" style="font-size: 18pt"><B>FORM S-8</B>

<P align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT<BR>
UNDER<BR>
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</B>


<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>______________________</B>


<P align="center" style="font-size: 24pt"><B>MITCHAM INDUSTRIES, INC.</B>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">(exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)</DIV>

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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>Texas</B><BR>
(State or other jurisdiction<BR>
of incorporation or organization)
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>76-0210849</B><BR>
(I.R.S. Employer<BR>
Identification Number)</TD>
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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>8141 SH 75 South<BR>
P.O. Box 1175<BR>
Huntsville, Texas 77342<BR>
(281)&nbsp;353-4475</B><BR>
(Address, including Zip Code,<BR>
of Principal Executive Offices)



<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>______________________</B>



<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>MITCHAM INDUSTRIES, INC. AMENDED AND RESTATED 1998 STOCK AWARDS PLAN</B><BR>
(Full title of the Plan)



<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>______________________</B>



<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Christopher C. Siffert<BR>
Corporate Controller<BR>
8141 SH 75 South<BR>
P.O. Box 1175<BR>
Huntsville, Texas 77342<BR>
281-353-4475</B><BR>
(Name, Address, including Zip Code, and Telephone Number,<BR>
including Area Code, for Agent for Service)



<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>______________________</B>



<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B><I>Copy to:</I></B>



<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>T. Mark Kelly<BR>
Christopher S. Collins<BR>
Vinson &#038; Elkins L.L.P.<BR>
2300 First City Tower<BR>
1001 Fannin<BR>
Houston, Texas 77002-6760<BR>
(713)&nbsp;758-2222</B>



<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE</B><BR>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Proposed Maximum</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Proposed Maximum</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Amount of</B></TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Offering Price</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Aggregate Offering</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Registration</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="left"><B>Securities to be Registered</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Registered (1)</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Per Share (1)</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Price (2)</B></TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Common Stock, $0.01 par value per share
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top"> 400,000 Shares
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">$</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">7.90</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">$</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">3,160,000</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">$</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">401</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>This registration statement shall also cover any additional shares of
Common Stock that become issuable under the Mitcham Industries, Inc.
Amended and Restated 1998 Stock Awards Plan being registered pursuant to
this registration statement by reason of any stock dividend, stock split,
recapitalization or any other similar transaction effected without the
receipt of consideration which results in an increase in the number of the
registrant&#146;s outstanding shares of Common Stock.</TD>
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    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="left">(2)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the amount of the
registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(h) under the Securities Act, based
upon the average of the high and low prices of the Registrant&#146;s Common
Stock reported by the National Association of Securities Dealers Automated
Quotation National Market System on November&nbsp;17, 2004.</TD>
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<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#000">STATEMENT UNDER GENERAL INSTRUCTION E&#151;REGISTRATION OF<BR> ADDITIONAL SHARES</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#001">PART II</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#002">INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#003">Item&nbsp;8. Exhibits.</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#004">SIGNATURES</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#005">INDEX TO EXHIBITS</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="h20446exv5w1.htm">Opinion of Vinson & Elkins L.L.P.</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="h20446exv23w2.htm">Consent of Hein & Associates LLP</A></TD></TR>
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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>STATEMENT UNDER GENERAL INSTRUCTION E&#151;REGISTRATION OF<BR>
ADDITIONAL SHARES</B>



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;This Registration Statement on Form S-8 is being filed by Mitcham
Industries, Inc. (the &#147;Registrant&#148;) to register an additional 400,000 shares of
common stock of the Registrant, $0.01 par value (the &#147;Common Stock&#148;), which may
be issued pursuant to awards granted to certain employees, consultants and
non-employee directors of the Company under the Registrant&#146;s Amended and
Restated 1998 Stock Awards Plan (the &#147;Plan&#148;). Pursuant to General Instruction
E of Form S-8, the contents of the Registrant&#146;s Registration Statement on Form
S-8, Registration No.&nbsp;333-67208, filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission (the &#147;Commission&#148;) on August&nbsp;9, 2001, are hereby incorporated in
this Registration Statement by reference to the extent not replaced hereby.

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    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Vinson &#038; Elkins L.L.P. (included in Exhibit&nbsp;5.1)</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.2*
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Hein &#038; Associates LLP</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">24.1*
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Registration Statement)</TD>
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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, Mitcham Industries,
Inc. certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of
the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration
Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly
authorized, in the City of Huntsville, State of Texas, on
November&nbsp;22, 2004.

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    <TD colspan="3">MITCHAM INDUSTRIES, INC.<BR>
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">By:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">/s/ Christopher C. Siffert&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2">Christopher C. Siffert&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2">Corporate Controller (Principal Accounting Officer)&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>POWER OF ATTORNEY</B>




<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each of the undersigned officers and
directors of MITCHAM INDUSTRIES, INC. (the &#147;Company&#148;) hereby constitutes and
appoints Christopher C. Siffert and Billy F. Mitcham, Jr., or either of them
(with full power to each of them to act alone), his true and lawful
attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution, for him and on his
behalf and in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign,
execute and file this Registration Statement under the Securities Act of 1933,
as amended, and any or all amendments (including, without limitation,
post-effective amendments), with all exhibits and any and all documents
required to be filed with respect thereto, with the Securities and Exchange
Commission or any regulatory authority, granting unto such 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 in order to effectuate the same, as fully to all intents and purposes
as he himself might or could do, if personally present, hereby ratifying and
confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, or their
substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this Registration
Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and
on November&nbsp;22, 2004.

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<TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/
Billy F. Mitcham, Jr.<hr size=1 noshade>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Billy F. Mitcham, Jr.
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director, President and Chief Executive Officer
(Principal Executive Officer)</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

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<TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/
Christopher C. Siffert<hr size=1 noshade>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Christopher C. Siffert
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Vice President and Corporate Controller
(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

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<TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/
Peter H. Blum<hr size=1 noshade>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Peter H. Blum
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Chairman of the Board of Directors</TD>
</TR>

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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/
R. Dean Lewis<hr size=1 noshade>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
R. Dean Lewis
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director</TD>
</TR>

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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

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<TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/
John F. Schwalbe<hr size=1 noshade>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
John F. Schwalbe
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director</TD>
</TR>

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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/
Robert P. Capps<hr size=1 noshade>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Robert P. Capps
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director</TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">Opinion of Vinson &#038; Elkins L.L.P. as to the legality of the shares being registered</TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top"><B>VINSON &#038; ELKINS L.L.P.<br></B>
2300 FIRST CITY TOWER<B><br></B>
1001 FANNIN STREET<B><br></B>
HOUSTON, TEXAS 77002-6760<B><br></B>
TELEPHONE (713)&nbsp;758-2222<B><br></B>
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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">November 22, 2004



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">Mitcham Industries, Inc.<BR>
8141 SH 75 South<BR>
P.O. Box 1175<BR>
Huntsville, Texas 77342


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">Ladies and Gentlemen:


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;We have acted as counsel for Mitcham Industries, Inc., a Texas corporation
(the &#147;Company&#148;), with respect to certain legal matters in connection with the
registration by the Company under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
&#147;Securities Act&#148;), of the offer and sale of 400,000 shares of common stock, par
value $0.01 per share, of the Company (the &#147;Common Stock&#148;) pursuant to the
Mitcham Industries, Inc. Amended and Restated 1998 Stock Awards Plan (the
&#147;Plan&#148;). The shares of Common Stock that are to be issued under the Plan are
referred to herein as the &#147;Shares.&#148;


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;In connection with the foregoing, we have examined or are familiar with
the Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation of the Company, the Second
Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Company, the corporate proceedings with
respect to the issuance of the Shares, the registration statement on Form S-8
filed in connection with the registration of the Shares (the &#147;Registration
Statement&#148;), and such other certificates, instruments and documents as we have
considered necessary or appropriate for purposes of this opinion.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Based upon the foregoing, we are of the opinion that when the Shares are
authorized and issued in accordance with the provisions of the Plan, the Shares
will be validly authorized, issued, fully paid and non-assessable.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The foregoing opinion is limited to the laws of the United States of
America and the State of Texas.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to the
Registration Statement. In giving this consent, we do not admit that we are
within the category of persons whose consent is required under Section&nbsp;7 of the
Securities Act and the rules and regulations thereunder.



<P align="left" style="margin-left:60%; font-size: 10pt">Very truly
yours,<br>
&nbsp;<BR>
/s/ Vinson &#38; Elkins L.L.P.



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<P align="right" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Exhibit&nbsp;23.2</B>



<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT
REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM</B>



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;We consent to incorporation by reference in the registration statement on
Form S-8 of Mitcham Industries, Inc. of our report dated May&nbsp;20,
2004, which
report appears in the January&nbsp;31, 2004 annual report on Form 10-K of Mitcham
Industries, Inc.

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<div align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">/s/ HEIN &#38; ASSOCIATES LLP<BR>
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<font size="2">HEIN &#38; ASSOCIATES LLP<BR>
Houston, Texas<BR>
November 22, 2004</font></div>



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