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                                                                    EXHIBIT 31.1

                  CERTIFICATION OF PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICER
                         AND PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL OFFICER

      The undersigned certifies that:

      1.    He or she has reviewed this Form 10-KSB for the year ended December
31, 2004, of American Stone Industries, Inc.;

      2.    Based on his or her knowledge, the report does not contain any
untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary
to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such
statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by the
report;

      3.    Based on his or her knowledge, the financial statements, and other
financial information included in the report, fairly present in all material
respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the
issuer as of, and for, the periods presented in the report;

      4.    He or she and any other certifying officer(s) are responsible for
establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures for the issuer
and have:

            (a)   Designed such disclosure controls and procedures to ensure
      that material information relating to the issuer, including its
      consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to them by others within those
      entities, particularly during the period in which the periodic reports are
      being prepared;

            (b)   Evaluated the effectiveness of the issuer's disclosure
      controls and procedures as of a date within 90 days prior to the filing
      date of the report ("Evaluation Date"); and

            (c)   Presented in the report their conclusions about the
      effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures based on their
      evaluation as of the Evaluation Date;

      5.    He or she and any other certifying officer(s) have disclosed, based
on their most recent evaluation, to the issuer's auditors and the audit
committee of the board of directors (or persons fulfilling the equivalent
function):

            (a)   All significant deficiencies in the design or operation of
      internal controls which could adversely affect the issuer's ability to
      record, process, summarize and report financial data and have identified
      for the issuer's auditors any material weaknesses in internal controls;
      and

            (b)   Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management
      or other employees who have a significant role in issuer's internal
      controls; and

      6.    He or she and any other certifying officer(s) have indicated in the
report whether or not there were significant changes in internal controls or in
other factors that could significantly affect internal controls subsequent to
the date of their most recent evaluation, including any corrective actions with
regard to significant deficiencies and material weaknesses.

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Date: March 30, 2005           By:          /s/ Russell Ciphers, Sr.
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                                    Russell Ciphers, Sr., President and Chief
                                    Executive Officer (Principal Executive
                                    Officer and Principal Financial Officer)