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 March 31, 2003, 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. Sec. 1350, as adopted pursuant to Sec.
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:  May 12, 2003                     By: /s/  STEVEN  H.  CARDIN
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                                           Steven  H.  Cardin
                                           Chief Executive Officer and Principal
                                           Financial Officer


A  signed  original  of  this written statement required by Section 906 has been
provided to the Company and will be retained by the Company and furnished to the
Securities  and  Exchange  Commission  or  its  staff  upon  request.