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                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549


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                                    FORM 8-K

                                 CURRENT REPORT
                     PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF THE
                         SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934


       Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported) September 23, 1999


                             ALTEX INDUSTRIES, INC.
               (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)


         Delaware                    1-9030                 84-0989164
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(State or Other Jurisdiction      (Commission      (IRS Employer Identification
       of Incorporation)          File Number)                  No.)



               POB 1057 Breckenridge CO                     80424-1057
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      (Address of Principal Executive Offices)              (Zip Code)


       Registrant's telephone number, including area code (970) 453-6641






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ITEM 4. CHANGES IN REGISTRANT'S CERTIFYING ACCOUNTANT

     On September 23, 1999,  the  Registrant's  Board of Directors  approved the
recommendation  of the Audit  Committee of the Company's  Board of Directors and
engaged  Higgins,  Meritt & Burdick as the  Registrant's  principal  accountant,
effectively  terminating the  Registrant's  relationship  with KPMG LLP ("KPMG")
which had been the  Registrant's  principal  accountant.  KPMG's  reports on the
Registrant's  financial  statements  for the years ended  September 30, 1997 and
1998,  did not contain any adverse  opinion or disclaimer  of opinion,  nor were
they  modified as to  uncertainty,  audit scope,  or accounting  principles.  In
connection  with the audits of the two fiscal years ended September 30, 1997 and
1998, and the subsequent  interim period through  September 23, 1999, there were
no disagreements with KPMG on any matter of accounting  principles or practices,
financial  statement  disclosure,   or  auditing  scope  or  procedures,   which
disagreements if not resolved to KPMG's  satisfaction  would have caused KPMG to
make  reference in connection  with KPMG's  opinion to the subject matter of the
disagreement.

                                   SIGNATURES

         Pursuant to the  requirements  of the Securities  Exchange Act of 1934,
the  Registrant  has duly  caused  this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned thereunto duly authorized.


                                                       ALTEX INDUSTRIES, INC.


Date: September 30, 1999                               By: /s/ STEVEN H. CARDIN
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                                                               Steven H. Cardin
                                                                      President




                                  EXHIBIT INDEX

16       Letter on change in certifying accountant