EXHIBIT 32.1

                             METALINE CONTACT MINES

                            CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO
                           18 U.S.C. OF SECTION 1350,
                             AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO

                  SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

In connection with the Quarterly Report of Metaline Contact Mines (the
"Company") on Form 10-QSB for the period ending March 31, 2004 as filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the "Report"), I, Richard
L. Howell, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company, certify,
pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the
Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:

(1)      The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or
         15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

(2)      The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all
         material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of
         the Company.

                                     By: /s/ Richard L. Howell
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                                         Richard L. Howell
                                         President & Chief Executive Officer
                                         May 19, 2004

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