Exhibit 99.1

San Juan Basin Royalty Trust

TexasBank, Trustee
2525 Ridgmar Boulevard Suite 100
Fort Worth, Texas 76116

NEWS RELEASE

San Juan Basin Royalty Trust
Declares Monthly Cash Distribution

     FORT WORTH, Texas, July 19, 2005 — TexasBank, as Trustee of the San Juan Basin Royalty Trust (NYSE:SJT), today declared a monthly cash distribution to the holders of its units of beneficial interest of $13,028,300.12 or $0.279524 per unit, based principally upon production during the month of May 2005. The distribution is payable August 12, 2005, to unit holders of record as of July 29, 2005.

     Gas production for the properties from which the royalty was carved (the “Underlying Properties”) totaled approximately 3,677,512 Mcf (3,955,637 MMBtu). Dividing revenues by production volume yielded an average gas price for May 2005 of $6.35 per Mcf ($5.91 per MMBtu) as compared to $5.95 per Mcf ($5.53 per MMBtu) for April 2005. The average gas price may vary significantly from the posted index price for the San Juan Basin. The index price is a gross sales price, and the revenues used in the calculation of average gas prices are net of transportation, processing and gathering costs. Furthermore, the distribution to the Trust in any given month may include significant volume adjustments for sales in prior months that reflect pricing for those prior months. Capital costs for the month were $1,818,599. Lease operating expense was $1,847,043 and taxes were $2,427,162.

Contact:	San Juan Basin Royalty Trust Lee Ann Anderson, Vice President and Trust Officer Kaye Wilke, Investor Relations, toll-free: (866) 809-4553 Fax: (817) 735-0936
	Website: e-mail:	www.sjbrt.com sjt@texasbank.com