content: UNITED STATES
  SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
  Washington, D.C. 20549
  FORM 144
  NOTICE OF PROPOSED SALE OF SECURITIES
  PURSUANT TO RULE 144 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
  
  ATTENTION: Transmit for filing 3 copies of this form
  concurrently with either placing an order with
  a broker to execute sale or executing a sale directly with a
  market maker.
  
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  DOCUMENT SEQUENCE NO.
  CUSIP NUMBER
  WORK LOCATION
  
  1    (a) NAME OF ISSUER: Adams Natural Resources Fund, Inc.
  
       (b) IRS IDENT. NO.: 13-5506797
  
       (c) S.E.C. FILE NO.: 0000216851
  
  1    (d) ADDRESS OF ISSUER STREET CITY STATE ZIP CODE:
       500 East Pratt Street, Suite 1300, Baltimore, MD  21202
  
       (e) TELEPHONE NO. AREA CODE NUMBER:  (410) 752-5900
  
  2    (a) NAME OF PERSON FOR WHOSE ACCOUNT THE SECURITIES ARE
  TO BE SOLD:  Mark E. Stoeckle
  
       (b) RELATIONSHIP TO ISSUER:  CEO
  
       (c) ADDRESS STREET CITY STATE ZIP CODE:
       500 East Pratt Street, Baltimore, MD  21202
  
  INSTRUCTION: The person filing this notice should contact
  the issuer to obtain the I.R.S. Identification Number
  and the S.E.C. File Number.
  
  3    (a) Common Stock
  
       (b) Convergex
       3501 Quadrangle Blvd., Suite 200
       Orlando, FL  32817
  
  SEC USE ONLY
       (c) Number of Shares or Other Units To Be Sold (See
  instr. 3(c):  8,800
       (d) Aggregate Market Value(See instr. 3(d):  169,136
  instr. 3(e): 13,772.931
       (f) Approximate Date of Sale (See instr. 3(f)(MO. DAY
  YR.):  04/25/2017
       (g) Name of Each Securities Exchange(See instr. 3(g):
  NYSE
  
  
  Securities are to be Offered or Each Market Maker
  who is Acquiring the Securities
  Broker-Dealer
  File Number
  
  INSTRUCTIONS:
  1.   (a) Name of issuer
       (b) Issuer's I.R.S. Identification Number
       (c) Issuer's S.E.C. file number, if any
       (d) Issuer's address, including zip code
       (e) Issuer's telephone number, including area code
  
  2.   (a) Name of person for whose account the securities are
  to be sold
       (b) Such person's relationship to the issuer (e.g.,
  officer, director, 10% stockholder, or member of immediate
  family of any of the foregoing)
       (c) Such person's address, including zip code
  
  3.   (a) Title of the class of securities to be sold
       (b) Name and address of each broker through whom the
  securities are intended to be sold
       (c) Number of shares or other units to be sold (if debt
  securities, give the aggregate face amount)
       (d) Aggregate market value of the securities to be sold
  as of a specified date within 10 days prior to the filing of
  this notice
       (e) Number of shares or other units of the class
  outstanding, or if debt securities the face amount thereof
  outstanding,
       as shown by the most recent report or statement
  published by the issuer
       (f) Approximate date on which the securities are to be
  sold
       (g) Name of each securities exchange, if any, on which
  the securities are intended to be sold
  
  Potential persons who are to respond to the collection of
  information contained in this form are not
  required to respond unless the form displays a currently
  valid OMB control number.
  SEC 1147 (08-07)
  
  TABLE I: SECURITIES TO BE SOLD
  Furnish the following information with respect to the
  acquisition of the securities to be sold
  and with respect to the payment of all or any part of the
  purchase price or other consideration therefor:
  
  Title of the Class:  Common
  
  Date you Acquired:  2/11/2013
  
  Nature of Acquisition Transaction:  Grant
  
  Name of Person from Whom Acquired (If gift, also give date
  donor acquired): Adams Diversified Equity Fund, Inc.
  
  Amount of Securities Acquired:  10,612
  
  Date of Payment: N/A
  
  Nature of Payment: N/A Grant
  
  INSTRUCTIONS: If the securities were purchased and full
  payment therefor was not made in cash at
  the time of purchase, explain in the table or in a note
  thereto the nature of the
  consideration given. If the consideration consisted of any
  note or other obligation,
  or if payment was made in installments describe the
  arrangement and state when
  the note or other obligation was discharged in full or the
  last installment paid.
  
  TABLE II: SECURITIES SOLD DURING THE PAST 3 MONTHS
  Furnish the following information as to all securities of
  the issuer sold during the past 3 months
  by the person for whose account the securities are to be
  sold.
  
  Name and Address of Seller: Mark E. Stoeckle
  
  Title of Securities Sold: Adams Natural Resources Fund, Inc.
  
  
  Date of Sale: N/A
  
  Amount of Securities Sold: None Prior
  
  Gross Proceeds: N/A
  
  REMARKS:
  
  INSTRUCTIONS:
  See the definition of "person" in paragraph (a) of Rule 144.
  Information is to be given not only as
  to the person for whose account the securities are to be
  sold but also as to all other persons included
  in that definition. In addition, information shall be given
  as to sales by all persons whose sales are
  required by paragraph (e) of Rule 144 to be aggregated with
  sales for the account of the person filing
  this notice.
  
  ATTENTION: The person for whose account the securities to
  which this notice relates are to be sold
  hereby represents by signing this notice that he does not
  know any material adverse information in regard to
  the current and prospective operations of the Issuer of the
  securities to be sold which has not been publicly
  disclosed. If such person has adopted a written trading plan
  or given trading instructions to satisfy Rule
  10b5-1 under the Exchange Act, by signing the form and
  indicating the date that the plan was adopted or the
  instruction given, that person makes such representation as
  of the plan adoption or instruction date.
  
  DATE OF NOTICE:  04/24/2017
  
  DATE OF PLAN ADOPTION OR GIVING OF INSTRUCTION, IF RELYING
  ON RULE 10B5-1
  
  SIGNATURE: /s/ Gail L. Valenti as Attorney-in-Fact for Mark
  E. Stoeckle
  
  The notice shall be signed by the person for whose account
  the securities are to be sold. At least one copy
  of the notice shall be manually signed. Any copies not
  manually signed shall bear typed or printed signatures.
  
  ATTENTION: Intentional misstatements or omission of facts
  constitute Federal Criminal Violations (See 18 U.S.C. 1001)
  SEC 1147 (02-08)
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text: UNITED STATES
  SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
  Washington, D.C. 20549
  FORM 144
  NOTICE OF PROPOSED SALE OF SECURITIES
  PURSUANT TO RULE 144 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
  
  ATTENTION: Transmit for filing 3 copies of this form
  concurrently with either placing an order with
  a broker to execute sale or executing a sale directly with a
  market maker.
  
  OMB APPROVAL
  OMB Number: 3235-0101
  
  Expires: May 31, 2017
  Estimated average burden
  hours per response ........... 1.00
  
  SEC USE ONLY
  DOCUMENT SEQUENCE NO.
  CUSIP NUMBER
  WORK LOCATION
  
  1    (a) NAME OF ISSUER: Adams Natural Resources Fund, Inc.
  
       (b) IRS IDENT. NO.: 13-5506797
  
       (c) S.E.C. FILE NO.: 0000216851
  
  1    (d) ADDRESS OF ISSUER STREET CITY STATE ZIP CODE:
       500 East Pratt Street, Suite 1300, Baltimore, MD  21202
  
       (e) TELEPHONE NO. AREA CODE NUMBER:  (410) 752-5900
  
  2    (a) NAME OF PERSON FOR WHOSE ACCOUNT THE SECURITIES ARE
  TO BE SOLD:  Mark E. Stoeckle
  
       (b) RELATIONSHIP TO ISSUER:  CEO
  
       (c) ADDRESS STREET CITY STATE ZIP CODE:
       500 East Pratt Street, Baltimore, MD  21202
  
  INSTRUCTION: The person filing this notice should contact
  the issuer to obtain the I.R.S. Identification Number
  and the S.E.C. File Number.
  
  3    (a) Common Stock
  
       (b) Convergex
       3501 Quadrangle Blvd., Suite 200
       Orlando, FL  32817
  
  SEC USE ONLY
       (c) Number of Shares or Other Units To Be Sold (See
  instr. 3(c):  8,800
       (d) Aggregate Market Value(See instr. 3(d):  169,136
  instr. 3(e): 13,772.931
       (f) Approximate Date of Sale (See instr. 3(f)(MO. DAY
  YR.):  04/25/2017
       (g) Name of Each Securities Exchange(See instr. 3(g):
  NYSE
  
  Securities are to be Offered or Each Market Maker
  who is Acquiring the Securities
  Broker-Dealer
  File Number
  
  INSTRUCTIONS:
  1.   (a) Name of issuer
       (b) Issuer's I.R.S. Identification Number
       (c) Issuer's S.E.C. file number, if any
       (d) Issuer's address, including zip code
       (e) Issuer's telephone number, including area code
  
  2.   (a) Name of person for whose account the securities are
  to be sold
       (b) Such person's relationship to the issuer (e.g.,
  officer, director, 10% stockholder, or member of immediate
  family of any of the foregoing)
       (c) Such person's address, including zip code
  
  3.   (a) Title of the class of securities to be sold
       (b) Name and address of each broker through whom the
  securities are intended to be sold
       (c) Number of shares or other units to be sold (if debt
  securities, give the aggregate face amount)
       (d) Aggregate market value of the securities to be sold
  as of a specified date within 10 days prior to the filing of
  this notice
       (e) Number of shares or other units of the class
  outstanding, or if debt securities the face amount thereof
  outstanding,
       as shown by the most recent report or statement
  published by the issuer
       (f) Approximate date on which the securities are to be
  sold
       (g) Name of each securities exchange, if any, on which
  the securities are intended to be sold
  
  Potential persons who are to respond to the collection of
  information contained in this form are not
  required to respond unless the form displays a currently
  valid OMB control number.
  SEC 1147 (08-07)
  
  TABLE I: SECURITIES TO BE SOLD
  Furnish the following information with respect to the
  acquisition of the securities to be sold
  and with respect to the payment of all or any part of the
  purchase price or other consideration therefor:
  
  Title of the Class:  Common
  
  Date you Acquired:  2/11/2013
  
  Nature of Acquisition Transaction:  Grant
  
  Name of Person from Whom Acquired (If gift, also give date
  donor acquired): Adams Diversified Equity Fund, Inc.
  
  Amount of Securities Acquired:  10,612
  
  Date of Payment: N/A
  
  Nature of Payment: N/A Grant
  
  INSTRUCTIONS: If the securities were purchased and full
  payment therefor was not made in cash at
  the time of purchase, explain in the table or in a note
  thereto the nature of the
  consideration given. If the consideration consisted of any
  note or other obligation,
  or if payment was made in installments describe the
  arrangement and state when
  the note or other obligation was discharged in full or the
  last installment paid.
  
  TABLE II: SECURITIES SOLD DURING THE PAST 3 MONTHS
  Furnish the following information as to all securities of
  the issuer sold during the past 3 months
  by the person for whose account the securities are to be
  sold.
  
  Name and Address of Seller: Mark E. Stoeckle
  
  Title of Securities Sold: Adams Natural Resources Fund, Inc.
  
  Date of Sale: N/A
  
  Amount of Securities Sold: None Prior
  
  Gross Proceeds: N/A
  
  REMARKS:
  
  INSTRUCTIONS:
  See the definition of "person" in paragraph (a) of Rule 144.
  Information is to be given not only as
  to the person for whose account the securities are to be
  sold but also as to all other persons included
  in that definition. In addition, information shall be given
  as to sales by all persons whose sales are
  required by paragraph (e) of Rule 144 to be aggregated with
  sales for the account of the person filing
  this notice.
  
  ATTENTION: The person for whose account the securities to
  which this notice relates are to be sold
  hereby represents by signing this notice that he does not
  know any material adverse information in regard to
  the current and prospective operations of the Issuer of the
  securities to be sold which has not been publicly
  disclosed. If such person has adopted a written trading plan
  or given trading instructions to satisfy Rule
  10b5-1 under the Exchange Act, by signing the form and
  indicating the date that the plan was adopted or the
  instruction given, that person makes such representation as
  of the plan adoption or instruction date.
  
  DATE OF NOTICE:  04/24/2017
  
  DATE OF PLAN ADOPTION OR GIVING OF INSTRUCTION, IF RELYING
  ON RULE 10B5-1
  
  SIGNATURE: /s/ Gail L. Valenti as Attorney-in-Fact for Mark
  E. Stoeckle
  
  The notice shall be signed by the person for whose account
  the securities are to be sold. At least one copy
  of the notice shall be manually signed. Any copies not
  manually signed shall bear typed or printed signatures.
  
  ATTENTION: Intentional misstatements or omission of facts
  constitute Federal Criminal Violations (See 18 U.S.C. 1001)
  SEC 1147 (02-08)