EXHIBIT 99

              CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO 18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,
      AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

In connection with the Quarterly Report of Altex Industries, Inc. (the
"Company") on Form 10-QSB for the period ending December 31, 2002, as filed with
the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the "Report"), I,
Steven H. Cardin, Chief Executive Officer and Principal Financial Officer of the
Company, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. ss. 1350, as adopted pursuant to ss. 906
of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that the Report fully complies with the
requirements of section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
and that the information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all
material respects, the financial condition and result of operations of the
Company.


Date:   February 12, 2003              By: /s/ STEVEN H. CARDIN
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                                           Steven H. Cardin
                                           Chief Executive Officer and Principal
                                           Financial Officer