EXHIBIT 24.1


                       POWER OF ATTORNEY
                       -----------------

          BE IT KNOWN: That the undersigned, in his capacity or
capacities as an officer and/or a member of the Board of Directors
of Freeport-McMoRan Inc., a Delaware corporation and Administrative
Managing General Partner of Freeport-McMoRan Resource Partners,
Limited Partnership ("FRP"), does hereby make, constitute and
appoint JAMES R. MOFFETT, and CHARLES W. GOODYEAR, and each of them
acting individually, his true and lawful attorney-in-fact with
power to act without the others and with full power of
substitution, to execute, deliver and file, for and on behalf of
him, in his name and in his capacity or capacities as aforesaid, an
Annual Report of FRP on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31,
1995, and any amendment or amendments thereto and any other
document in support thereof or supplemental thereto, and the
undersigned hereby grants to said attorneys, and each of them, full
power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing
whatsoever that said attorney or attorneys may deem necessary or
advisable to carry out fully the intent of the foregoing as the
undersigned might or could do personally or in the capacity or
capacities as aforesaid, hereby ratifying and confirming all acts
and things which said attorney or attorneys may do or cause to be
done by virtue of this Power of Attorney.

          EXECUTED this 6th day of February, 1996.




                              /s/ Rene L. Latiolais
                              --------------------- 
                              Rene L. Latiolais




                         POWER OF ATTORNEY
                         -----------------

          BE IT KNOWN: That the undersigned, in his capacity as an
officer of Freeport-McMoRan Resource Partners, Limited Partnership
("FRP"), does hereby make, constitute and appoint JAMES R. MOFFETT,
and RENE L. LATIOLAIS, and each of them acting individually, his
true and lawful attorney-in-fact with power to act without the
others and with full power of substitution, to execute, deliver and
file, for and on behalf of him, in his name and in his capacity or
capacities as aforesaid, an Annual Report of FRP on Form 10-K for
the year ended December 31, 1995, and any amendment or amendments
thereto and any other document in support thereof or supplemental
thereto, and the undersigned hereby grants to said attorneys, and
each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and
every act and thing whatsoever that said attorney or attorneys may
deem necessary or advisable to carry out fully the intent of the
foregoing as the undersigned might or could do personally or in the
capacity or capacities as aforesaid, hereby ratifying and
confirming all acts and things which said attorney or attorneys may
do or cause to be done by virtue of this Power of Attorney.

          EXECUTED this 6th day of February, 1996.




                              /s/ Charles W. Goodyear
                              -----------------------               
                              Charles W. Goodyear




                        POWER OF ATTORNEY
                        -----------------

          BE IT KNOWN: That the undersigned, in her capacity as an
officer of Freeport-McMoRan Resource Partners, Limited Partnership
("FRP"), does hereby make, constitute and appoint JAMES R. MOFFETT,
RENE L. LATIOLAIS and CHARLES W. GOODYEAR, and each of them acting
individually, her true and lawful attorney-in-fact with power to
act without the others and with full power of substitution, to
execute, deliver and file, for and on behalf of her, in her name
and in her capacity or capacities as aforesaid, an Annual Report of
FRP on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1995, and any
amendment or amendments thereto and any other document in support
thereof or supplemental thereto, and the undersigned hereby grants
to said attorneys, and each of them, full power and authority to do
and perform each and every act and thing whatsoever that said
attorney or attorneys may deem necessary or advisable to carry out
fully the intent of the foregoing as the undersigned might or could
do personally or in the capacity or capacities as aforesaid, hereby
ratifying and confirming all acts and things which said attorney or
attorneys may do or cause to be done by virtue of this Power of
Attorney.

          EXECUTED this 7th day of March, 1996.




                              /s/ Nancy D. Bonner
                              -------------------
                              Nancy D. Bonner




                        POWER OF ATTORNEY
                        -----------------

          BE IT KNOWN: That the undersigned, in his capacity or
capacities as an officer and/or a member of the Board of Directors
of Freeport-McMoRan Inc., a Delaware corporation and Administrative
Managing General Partner of Freeport-McMoRan Resource Partners,
Limited Partnership ("FRP"), does hereby make, constitute and
appoint JAMES R. MOFFETT, RENE L. LATIOLAIS and CHARLES W.
GOODYEAR, and each of them acting individually, his true and lawful
attorney-in-fact with power to act without the others and with full
power of substitution, to execute, deliver and file, for and on
behalf of him, in his name and in his capacity or capacities as
aforesaid, an Annual Report of FRP on Form 10-K for the year ended
December 31, 1995, and any amendment or amendments thereto and any
other document in support thereof or supplemental thereto, and the
undersigned hereby grants to said attorneys, and each of them, full
power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing
whatsoever that said attorney or attorneys may deem necessary or
advisable to carry out fully the intent of the foregoing as the
undersigned might or could do personally or in the capacity or
capacities as aforesaid, hereby ratifying and confirming all acts
and things which said attorney or attorneys may do or cause to be
done by virtue of this Power of Attorney.

          EXECUTED this 6th day of February, 1996.




                              /s/ Richard C. Adkerson
                              -----------------------                 
                              Richard C. Adkerson




                       POWER OF ATTORNEY
                       -----------------

          BE IT KNOWN: That the undersigned, in his capacity or
capacities as an officer and/or a member of the Board of Directors
of Freeport-McMoRan Inc., a Delaware corporation and Administrative
Managing General Partner of Freeport-McMoRan Resource Partners,
Limited Partnership ("FRP"), does hereby make, constitute and
appoint JAMES R. MOFFETT, RENE L. LATIOLAIS and CHARLES W.
GOODYEAR, and each of them acting individually, his true and lawful
attorney-in-fact with power to act without the others and with full
power of substitution, to execute, deliver and file, for and on
behalf of him, in his name and in his capacity or capacities as
aforesaid, an Annual Report of FRP on Form 10-K for the year ended
December 31, 1995, and any amendment or amendments thereto and any
other document in support thereof or supplemental thereto, and the
undersigned hereby grants to said attorneys, and each of them, full
power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing
whatsoever that said attorney or attorneys may deem necessary or
advisable to carry out fully the intent of the foregoing as the
undersigned might or could do personally or in the capacity or
capacities as aforesaid, hereby ratifying and confirming all acts
and things which said attorney or attorneys may do or cause to be
done by virtue of this Power of Attorney.

          EXECUTED this 6th day of February, 1996.




                              /s/ Robert W. Bruce III
                              -----------------------
                              Robert W. Bruce III




                        POWER OF ATTORNEY
                        -----------------

          BE IT KNOWN: That the undersigned, in his capacity or
capacities as an officer and/or a member of the Board of Directors
of Freeport-McMoRan Inc., a Delaware corporation and Administrative
Managing General Partner of Freeport-McMoRan Resource Partners,
Limited Partnership ("FRP"), does hereby make, constitute and
appoint JAMES R. MOFFETT, RENE L. LATIOLAIS and CHARLES W.
GOODYEAR, and each of them acting individually, his true and lawful
attorney-in-fact with power to act without the others and with full
power of substitution, to execute, deliver and file, for and on
behalf of him, in his name and in his capacity or capacities as
aforesaid, an Annual Report of FRP on Form 10-K for the year ended
December 31, 1995, and any amendment or amendments thereto and any
other document in support thereof or supplemental thereto, and the
undersigned hereby grants to said attorneys, and each of them, full
power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing
whatsoever that said attorney or attorneys may deem necessary or
advisable to carry out fully the intent of the foregoing as the
undersigned might or could do personally or in the capacity or
capacities as aforesaid, hereby ratifying and confirming all acts
and things which said attorney or attorneys may do or cause to be
done by virtue of this Power of Attorney.

          EXECUTED this 6th day of February, 1996.




                              /s/ Thomas B. Coleman
                              --------------------- 
                              Thomas B. Coleman




                       POWER OF ATTORNEY
                       -----------------

          BE IT KNOWN: That the undersigned, in his capacity or
capacities as an officer and/or a member of the Board of Directors
of Freeport-McMoRan Inc., a Delaware corporation and Administrative
Managing General Partner of Freeport-McMoRan Resource Partners,
Limited Partnership ("FRP"), does hereby make, constitute and
appoint JAMES R. MOFFETT, RENE L. LATIOLAIS and CHARLES W.
GOODYEAR, and each of them acting individually, his true and lawful
attorney-in-fact with power to act without the others and with full
power of substitution, to execute, deliver and file, for and on
behalf of him, in his name and in his capacity or capacities as
aforesaid, an Annual Report of FRP on Form 10-K for the year ended
December 31, 1995, and any amendment or amendments thereto and any
other document in support thereof or supplemental thereto, and the
undersigned hereby grants to said attorneys, and each of them, full
power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing
whatsoever that said attorney or attorneys may deem necessary or
advisable to carry out fully the intent of the foregoing as the
undersigned might or could do personally or in the capacity or
capacities as aforesaid, hereby ratifying and confirming all acts
and things which said attorney or attorneys may do or cause to be
done by virtue of this Power of Attorney.

          EXECUTED this 6th day of February, 1996.




                              /s/ Robert A. Day
                              -----------------
                              Robert A. Day




                        POWER OF ATTORNEY
                        -----------------

          BE IT KNOWN: That the undersigned, in his capacity or
capacities as an officer and/or a member of the Board of Directors
of Freeport-McMoRan Inc., a Delaware corporation and Administrative
Managing General Partner of Freeport-McMoRan Resource Partners,
Limited Partnership ("FRP"), does hereby make, constitute and
appoint JAMES R. MOFFETT, RENE L. LATIOLAIS and CHARLES W.
GOODYEAR, and each of them acting individually, his true and lawful
attorney-in-fact with power to act without the others and with full
power of substitution, to execute, deliver and file, for and on
behalf of him, in his name and in his capacity or capacities as
aforesaid, an Annual Report of FRP on Form 10-K for the year ended
December 31, 1995, and any amendment or amendments thereto and any
other document in support thereof or supplemental thereto, and the
undersigned hereby grants to said attorneys, and each of them, full
power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing
whatsoever that said attorney or attorneys may deem necessary or
advisable to carry out fully the intent of the foregoing as the
undersigned might or could do personally or in the capacity or
capacities as aforesaid, hereby ratifying and confirming all acts
and things which said attorney or attorneys may do or cause to be
done by virtue of this Power of Attorney.

          EXECUTED this 6th day of February, 1996.




                              /s/ William B. Harrison, Jr.
                              ---------------------------- 
                              William B. Harrison, Jr.




                        POWER OF ATTORNEY
                        -----------------

          BE IT KNOWN: That the undersigned, in his capacity or
capacities as an officer and/or a member of the Board of Directors
of Freeport-McMoRan Inc., a Delaware corporation and Administrative
Managing General Partner of Freeport-McMoRan Resource Partners,
Limited Partnership ("FRP"), does hereby make, constitute and
appoint JAMES R. MOFFETT, RENE L. LATIOLAIS and CHARLES W.
GOODYEAR, and each of them acting individually, his true and lawful
attorney-in-fact with power to act without the others and with full
power of substitution, to execute, deliver and file, for and on
behalf of him, in his name and in his capacity or capacities as
aforesaid, an Annual Report of FRP on Form 10-K for the year ended
December 31, 1995, and any amendment or amendments thereto and any
other document in support thereof or supplemental thereto, and the
undersigned hereby grants to said attorneys, and each of them, full
power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing
whatsoever that said attorney or attorneys may deem necessary or
advisable to carry out fully the intent of the foregoing as the
undersigned might or could do personally or in the capacity or
capacities as aforesaid, hereby ratifying and confirming all acts
and things which said attorney or attorneys may do or cause to be
done by virtue of this Power of Attorney.

          EXECUTED this 6th day of February, 1996.




                              /s/ Henry A. Kissinger
                              ----------------------
                              Henry A. Kissinger




                        POWER OF ATTORNEY
                        -----------------

          BE IT KNOWN: That the undersigned, in his capacity or
capacities as an officer and/or a member of the Board of Directors
of Freeport-McMoRan Inc., a Delaware corporation and Administrative
Managing General Partner of Freeport-McMoRan Resource Partners,
Limited Partnership ("FRP"), does hereby make, constitute and
appoint JAMES R. MOFFETT, RENE L. LATIOLAIS and CHARLES W.
GOODYEAR, and each of them acting individually, his true and lawful
attorney-in-fact with power to act without the others and with full
power of substitution, to execute, deliver and file, for and on
behalf of him, in his name and in his capacity or capacities as
aforesaid, an Annual Report of FRP on Form 10-K for the year ended
December 31, 1995, and any amendment or amendments thereto and any
other document in support thereof or supplemental thereto, and the
undersigned hereby grants to said attorneys, and each of them, full
power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing
whatsoever that said attorney or attorneys may deem necessary or
advisable to carry out fully the intent of the foregoing as the
undersigned might or could do personally or in the capacity or
capacities as aforesaid, hereby ratifying and confirming all acts
and things which said attorney or attorneys may do or cause to be
done by virtue of this Power of Attorney.

          EXECUTED this 6th day of February, 1996.




                              /s/ Bobby Lee Lackey
                              --------------------          
                              Bobby Lee Lackey




                        POWER OF ATTORNEY
                        -----------------

          BE IT KNOWN: That the undersigned, in her capacity or
capacities as an officer and/or a member of the Board of Directors
of Freeport-McMoRan Inc., a Delaware corporation and Administrative
Managing General Partner of Freeport-McMoRan Resource Partners,
Limited Partnership ("FRP"), does hereby make, constitute and
appoint JAMES R. MOFFETT, RENE L. LATIOLAIS and CHARLES W.
GOODYEAR, and each of them acting individually, her true and lawful
attorney-in-fact with power to act without the others and with full
power of substitution, to execute, deliver and file, for and on
behalf of her, in her name and in her capacity or capacities as
aforesaid, an Annual Report of FRP on Form 10-K for the year ended
December 31, 1995, and any amendment or amendments thereto and any
other document in support thereof or supplemental thereto, and the
undersigned hereby grants to said attorneys, and each of them, full
power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing
whatsoever that said attorney or attorneys may deem necessary or
advisable to carry out fully the intent of the foregoing as the
undersigned might or could do personally or in the capacity or
capacities as aforesaid, hereby ratifying and confirming all acts
and things which said attorney or attorneys may do or cause to be
done by virtue of this Power of Attorney.

          EXECUTED this 6th day of February, 1996.




                              /s/ Gabrielle K. McDonald
                              -------------------------                    
                              Gabrielle K. McDonald




                        POWER OF ATTORNEY
                        -----------------

          BE IT KNOWN: That the undersigned, in his capacity or
capacities as an officer and/or a member of the Board of Directors
of Freeport-McMoRan Inc., a Delaware corporation and Administrative
Managing General Partner of Freeport-McMoRan Resource Partners,
Limited Partnership ("FRP"), does hereby make, constitute and
appoint JAMES R. MOFFETT, RENE L. LATIOLAIS and CHARLES W.
GOODYEAR, and each of them acting individually, his true and lawful
attorney-in-fact with power to act without the others and with full
power of substitution, to execute, deliver and file, for and on
behalf of him, in his name and in his capacity or capacities as
aforesaid, an Annual Report of FRP on Form 10-K for the year ended
December 31, 1995, and any amendment or amendments thereto and any
other document in support thereof or supplemental thereto, and the
undersigned hereby grants to said attorneys, and each of them, full
power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing
whatsoever that said attorney or attorneys may deem necessary or
advisable to carry out fully the intent of the foregoing as the
undersigned might or could do personally or in the capacity or
capacities as aforesaid, hereby ratifying and confirming all acts
and things which said attorney or attorneys may do or cause to be
done by virtue of this Power of Attorney.

          EXECUTED this 6th day of February, 1996.




                              /s/ George Putnam
                              -----------------
                              George Putnam




                        POWER OF ATTORNEY
                        -----------------

          BE IT KNOWN: That the undersigned, in his capacity or
capacities as an officer and/or a member of the Board of Directors
of Freeport-McMoRan Inc., a Delaware corporation and Administrative
Managing General Partner of Freeport-McMoRan Resource Partners,
Limited Partnership ("FRP"), does hereby make, constitute and
appoint JAMES R. MOFFETT, RENE L. LATIOLAIS and CHARLES W.
GOODYEAR, and each of them acting individually, his true and lawful
attorney-in-fact with power to act without the others and with full
power of substitution, to execute, deliver and file, for and on
behalf of him, in his name and in his capacity or capacities as
aforesaid, an Annual Report of FRP on Form 10-K for the year ended
December 31, 1995, and any amendment or amendments thereto and any
other document in support thereof or supplemental thereto, and the
undersigned hereby grants to said attorneys, and each of them, full
power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing
whatsoever that said attorney or attorneys may deem necessary or
advisable to carry out fully the intent of the foregoing as the
undersigned might or could do personally or in the capacity or
capacities as aforesaid, hereby ratifying and confirming all acts
and things which said attorney or attorneys may do or cause to be
done by virtue of this Power of Attorney.

          EXECUTED this 6th day of February, 1996.




                              /s/ B. M. Rankin, Jr.
                              ---------------------           
                              B. M. Rankin, Jr.




                        POWER OF ATTORNEY
                        -----------------

          BE IT KNOWN: That the undersigned, in his capacity or
capacities as an officer and/or a member of the Board of Directors
of Freeport-McMoRan Inc., a Delaware corporation and Administrative
Managing General Partner of Freeport-McMoRan Resource Partners,
Limited Partnership ("FRP"), does hereby make, constitute and
appoint JAMES R. MOFFETT, RENE L. LATIOLAIS and CHARLES W.
GOODYEAR, and each of them acting individually, his true and lawful
attorney-in-fact with power to act without the others and with full
power of substitution, to execute, deliver and file, for and on
behalf of him, in his name and in his capacity or capacities as
aforesaid, an Annual Report of FRP on Form 10-K for the year ended
December 31, 1995, and any amendment or amendments thereto and any
other document in support thereof or supplemental thereto, and the
undersigned hereby grants to said attorneys, and each of them, full
power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing
whatsoever that said attorney or attorneys may deem necessary or
advisable to carry out fully the intent of the foregoing as the
undersigned might or could do personally or in the capacity or
capacities as aforesaid, hereby ratifying and confirming all acts
and things which said attorney or attorneys may do or cause to be
done by virtue of this Power of Attorney.

          EXECUTED this 6th day of February, 1996.




                              /s/ J. Taylor Wharton
                              ---------------------           
                              J. Taylor Wharton




                        POWER OF ATTORNEY
                        -----------------

          BE IT KNOWN: That the undersigned, in his capacity or
capacities as an officer and/or a member of the Board of Directors
of Freeport-McMoRan Inc., a Delaware corporation and Administrative
Managing General Partner of Freeport-McMoRan Resource Partners,
Limited Partnership ("FRP"), does hereby make, constitute and
appoint JAMES R. MOFFETT, RENE L. LATIOLAIS and CHARLES W.
GOODYEAR, and each of them acting individually, his true and lawful
attorney-in-fact with power to act without the others and with full
power of substitution, to execute, deliver and file, for and on
behalf of him, in his name and in his capacity or capacities as
aforesaid, an Annual Report of FRP on Form 10-K for the year ended
December 31, 1995, and any amendment or amendments thereto and any
other document in support thereof or supplemental thereto, and the
undersigned hereby grants to said attorneys, and each of them, full
power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing
whatsoever that said attorney or attorneys may deem necessary or
advisable to carry out fully the intent of the foregoing as the
undersigned might or could do personally or in the capacity or
capacities as aforesaid, hereby ratifying and confirming all acts
and things which said attorney or attorneys may do or cause to be
done by virtue of this Power of Attorney.

          EXECUTED this 12th day of February, 1996.




                              /s/ Ward W. Woods, Jr. 
                              ----------------------               
                              Ward W. Woods, Jr.