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<CONFORMED-NAME>US ENERGY CORP
<CIK>0000101594
<ASSIGNED-SIC>1000
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<STATE-OF-INCORPORATION>WY
<FISCAL-YEAR-END>0531
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<BUSINESS-ADDRESS>
<STREET1>877 NORTH 8TH WEST
<STREET2>GLEN L LARSEN BLDG
<CITY>RIVERTON
<STATE>WY
<ZIP>82501
<PHONE>3078569271
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<STREET1>877 NORTH 8TH WEST
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<ZIP>82501
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<FORMER-CONFORMED-NAME>WESTERN STATES MINING INC
<DATE-CHANGED>19851229
</FORMER-COMPANY>
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<REPORTING-OWNER>
<COMPANY-DATA>
<CONFORMED-NAME>HERRON HAROLD F
<CIK>0001065873
<ASSIGNED-SIC>
<RELATIONSHIP>DIRECTOR
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<STREET1>877 NORTH 8TH WEST
<CITY>RIVERTON
<STATE>WY
<ZIP>82501
<PHONE>3078569271
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<TYPE>4
<SEQUENCE>1
<DESCRIPTION>FORM 4 -     JUNE 1998
<TEXT>

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM 4
STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP
( ) Check this box if no longer subject to Section 16.
Form 4 or Form 5 obligations may continue. See Instructions 1(b).
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person
       HERRON, HAROLD F.
       877 NORTH 8TH WEST
       RIVERTON, WY  82501
   USA
2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
       U.S. ENERGY CORP.
       USEG
3. IRS or Social Security Number of Reporting Person (Voluntary)
   
4. Statement for Month/Year
       JUNE 1998
5. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Year)
   
6. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable)
   (X) Director (X) 10% Owner (X) Officer (give title below) ( ) Other
   (specify below)
   VICE PRESIDENT
7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)
   (X) Form filed by One Reporting Person
   ( ) Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
 Table I -- Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned                                                 |
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________|
1. Title of Security       |2.    |3.    |4.Securities Acquired (A)         |5.Amount of        |6.Dir |7.Nature of Indirect       |
                           | Transaction |  or Disposed of (D)              |  Securities       |ect   |  Beneficial Ownership     |
                           |      |      |                                  |  Beneficially     |(D)or |                           |
                           |      |    | |                  | A/|           |  Owned at         |Indir |                           |
                           | Date |Code|V|    Amount        | D |    Price  |  End of Month     |ect(I)|                           |
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________|
<S>                        <C>    <C>  <C><C>               <C> <C>         <C>                 <C>    <C>
    $.01 PAR VALUE COMMON S|N/A   |    | |NONE              |   |N/A        |52,486             |D     |                           |
TOCK                       |      |    | |                  |   |           |                   |      |                           |
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    $.01 PAR VALUE COMMON S|N/A   |    | |NONE              |   |N/A        |21,013             |D (a) |                           |
TOCK                       |      |    | |                  |   |           |                   |      |                           |
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    $.01 PAR VALUE COMMON S|N/A   |    | |NONE              |   |N/A        |2,895              |I (b) |BY WIFE                    |
TOCK                       |      |    | |                  |   |           |                   |      |                           |
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    $.01 PAR VALUE COMMON S|N/A   |    | |NONE              |   |NIL        |6,231              |I (c) |ESOP BENEF.                |
TOCK                       |      |    | |                  |   |           |                   |      |                           |
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    $.01 PAR VALUE COMMON S|N/A   |    | |NONE              |   |NIL        |64,651             |I (d) |RELATIVES' ESOP            |
TOCK                       |      |    | |                  |   |           |                   |      |                           |
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    $.01 PAR VALUE COMMON S|N/A   |    | |NONE              |   |N/A        |155,811            |I (e) |ESOP TRUSTEE               |
TOCK                       |      |    | |                  |   |           |                   |      |                           |
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    $.01 PAR VALUE COMMON S|N/A   |    | |NONE              |   |N/A        |12,000             |I (f) |CUSTODIAL                  |
TOCK                       |      |    | |                  |   |           |                   |      |                           |
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    $.01 PAR VALUE COMMON S|N/A   |    | |NONE              |   |N/A        |125,556            |I (g) |BY PLATEAU                 |
TOCK                       |      |    | |                  |   |           |                   |      |                           |
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    $.01 PAR VALUE COMMON S|N/A   |    | |NONE              |   |N/A        |12,612             |I (h) |BY RUBY                    |
TOCK                       |      |    | |                  |   |           |                   |      |                           |
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    $.01 PAR VALUE COMMON S|N/A   |    | |NONE              |   |N/A        |1,581              |I (i) |BY NWG                     |
TOCK                       |      |    | |                  |   |           |                   |      |                           |
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___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________|
<CAPTION>
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
 Table II -- Derivative Securitites Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned                                                   |
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________|
1.Title of Derivative |2.Con-  |3.   |4.    |5.Number of De |6.Date Exer|7.Title and Amount  |8.Price|9.Number    |10.|11.Nature of|
  Security            |version |Transaction | rivative Secu |cisable and|  of Underlying     |of Deri|of Deriva   |Dir|Indirect    |
                      |or Exer |     |      | rities Acqui  |Expiration |  Securities        |vative |tive        |ect|Beneficial  |
                      |cise    |     |      | red(A) or Dis |Date(Month/|                    |Secu   |Securities  |(D)|Ownership   |
                      |Price of|     |      | posed of(D)   |Day/Year)  |                    |rity   |Benefi      |or |            |
                      |Deriva- |     |      |               |Date |Expir|                    |       |ficially    |Ind|            |
                      |tive    |     |      |           | A/|Exer-|ation|   Title and Number |       |Owned at    |ire|            |
                      |Secu-   |     |    | |           | D |cisa-|Date |   of Shares        |       |End of      |ct |            |
                      |rity    |Date |Code|V|  Amount   |   |ble  |     |                    |       |Month       |(I)|            |
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________|
<S>                   <C>      <C>   <C>  <C><C>        <C> <C>   <C>   <C>          <C>     <C>     <C>          <C> <C>
STOCK OPTION (RIGHT TO|$2.90/SH|NONE |    | |-0- -0-    |A,D|04/15|04/14|COMMON STOCK|11,000 |N/A    |11,000      |D  |            |
 BUY)                 |        |     |    | |           |   |/92  |/02  |            |       |       |            |   |            |
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STOCK OPTION (RIGHT TO|$6.00/SH|150,0|J (j| |150,000    |A  |06/15|06/15|COMMON STOCK|150,000|N/A    |150,000     |D  |            |
 BUY)                 |        |00   |)   | |           |   |/98  |/08  |            |       |       |            |   |            |
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                      |        |     |    | |           |   |     |     |            |       |       |            |   |            |
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________|
</TABLE>
Explanation of Responses:
a)   Includes 18,900 shares and 2,113  subject to forfeiture.  The 18,900 
shares, issued under the USEG Restricted Stock Bonus Plan, are deemed 
"earned out" by the Reorting Person: (i) if he is continuously employed by USEG 
until he retires; (ii) if he becomes disabled; (iii) upon his death, or (iv) if 
the shares are claimed within three years following the occurrence of (i), (ii) 
or (iii).  The 2,113 shares, issued under the 1996 Stock Award program, 
vest at the rate of 20% each year over a five year period and are subject to 
the forfeiture conditions noted previously.  The treasurer of USEG holds 
the shares in trust for the benefit of the Reporting Person, while the 
non-employee directors of USEG exercise shared voting and dispositive rights 
over all 21,013 shares.  The shares do not come under the control of the 
Reporting Person until termination of employment.  The total number of 
shares is presently reported; distributions to the Reporting Person will not be 
separately reported.  The acqusitions of the shares by the Reporting 
Person from both the Bonus Plan and the Award Program are exempt under Rule 
16-b3.
b)   Consists of shares held directly by the Reporting Person's 
wife.
c)   Consists of shares held in the U.S. Energy Corp. Employee Stock Ownership 
Plan ( the "ESOP") in an account established for the benefit of the 
Reporting 
Person.
d)   Consists of shares held in ESOP accounts established to benefit members of 
the Reporting Person's "immediate family", as that term is defined in 
Rule 16 (a-1(e), in accordance with Rule 
16a-8(b)(2).
e)   Consists of shares held in the ESOP which are not allocated to accounts 
established for the benefit of specific plan participants.  The Reporting 
Person, as an ESOP Trustee, exercises the voting powers with respect to such 
unallocated shares.
f)   Consists of shares indirectly held by the Reporting Person through his 
minor children.  The Reporting Person is Custodian over 3,000 shares, while 
his brother-in-law, Mark J. Larsen, is Custodian over 9,000 shares for the 
children under the Wyoming Uniform Transfers to Minors Act.
g)   Consists of shares held by Plateau Resources Limited ("Plateau"), a 
wholly-owned subsidiary of USEG.  The Reporting Person is an officer and 
director of both USEG and Plateau.  The Reporting Person is not a controlling 
shareholder of Plateau, and therefore the Reporting Person does not 
have a pecuniary interest in the USEG shares held by Plateau, under Rule 
16a-1(a)(2)(iii).
h)   Consists of shares held by Ruby Mining Company ("Ruby") a subsidiary of 
USEG.  The Reporting Person is an officer and director of both USEG 
and Ruby.  The Reporting Person is not a controlling shareholder of Ruby, and 
therefore the Reporting Person does not have a pecuniary interest in 
the USEG shares held by Ruby, under Rule 
16a-1(a)(2)(iii).
i)   Consists of shares held by Northwest Gold, Inc. ("NWG"), a subsidiary of 
USEG.  The Reporting Person is an officer and director of both USEG and 
NWG.  The Reporting Person is not a controlling shareholder of NWG, and 
therefore the Reporting Person does not have a pecuniary interest in the 
USEG shares held by NWG, under Rule 
16a-1(a)(2)(iii).
j)    Granted by board of directors of issuer for no 
consideration.
NOTE:    Pursuant to SEC Rule 16a-1(a)(2), information on Plateau, Ruby and NWG 
is not required, however, Registrant has undertaken
              comprehensive disclosure and reports shares held by Plateau, NWG 
and Ruby as indirectly owned by the Reporting Person.
              The Reporting Person disclaims beneficial and pecuniary interest 
in the shares reported under footnotes b, d, e, f, g, h and  i.
SIGNATURE OF REPORTING PERSON
   /s/   HAROLD F. HERRON
DATE
        07/13/98

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