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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001209191-04-006931
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	4/A
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20040122
FILED AS OF DATE:		20040204

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			CHANEY R & PARTNERS III LP
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001036061

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		4/A
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	000-25142
		FILM NUMBER:		04567924

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		909 FANNIN STE 1275
		STREET 2:		TWO HOUSTON CENTER
		CITY:			HOUSTON
		STATE:			TX
		ZIP:			77010-1006
		BUSINESS PHONE:		7137531315

ISSUER:		

	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

	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

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			CHANEY R & PARTNERS IV LP
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001056932
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		4/A
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	000-25142
		FILM NUMBER:		04567925

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		909 FANNIN
		STREET 2:		SUITE 1275
		CITY:			HOUSTON
		STATE:			TX
		ZIP:			77010
		BUSINESS PHONE:		7137531315

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		909 FANNIN
		STREET 2:		SUITE 1275
		CITY:			HOUSTON
		STATE:			TX
		ZIP:			77010
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    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">These securities are owned soley by R. Chaney &amp; Partners III L.P., who is a member of a &quot;group&quot; with R. Chaney &amp; Partners IV L.P. for purposes of Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">These shares were disclosed on a Form 4 filed by R. Chaney &amp; Partners IV L.P. and R. Chaney &amp; Partners III L.P. as group filers on January 28, 2004.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F3">The amount of securities set forth in Column 5 includes the aggregate of securities held by R. Chaney &amp; Partners III L.P. and R. Chaney &amp; Partners IV L.P.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F4">These securities are owned soley by R. Chaney &amp; Partners IV L.P., who is a member of a &quot;group&quot; with R. Chaney &amp; Partners III L.P. for purposes of Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <remarks>The disposition of these securities was initially inadvertantly reported as a &quot;purchase&quot; under the &quot;P&quot; transaction code instead of correctly as a &quot;sale&quot; under the &quot;S&quot; transaction code in Column 3 of Table I on the Forms 4 filed January 26, 2004 and January 28, 2004. This amendment also reports the R. Chaney and Partners III L.P. dispositions that were previously disclosed on the Form 4 filed January 28, 2004 but properly correspond to the date of sales by R. Chaney and Partners IV L.P. reported on the Form 4 filed January 26, 2004. The aggregate interests in the Issuer of R. Chaney and Partners III L.P. and R. Chaney and Partners IV L.P., as a &quot;group&quot; for purposes of Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act, result in greater than 10% ownership of the Issuer. R. Chaney and Partners IV L.P. is the designated group filer.</remarks>

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        <signatureName>R. CHANEY &amp; PARTNERS IV L.P., By: R. Chaney Investments, Inc., General Partner By: /s/ Robert H. Chaney, President and CEO</signatureName>
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