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<SEC-DOCUMENT>0001104659-05-049788.txt : 20051024
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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001104659-05-049788
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20051019
ITEM INFORMATION:		Results of Operations and Financial Condition
ITEM INFORMATION:		Financial Statements and Exhibits
FILED AS OF DATE:		20051024
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20051024

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			MESABI TRUST
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000065172
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	MINERAL ROYALTY TRADERS [6795]
		IRS NUMBER:				136022277
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			NY
		FISCAL YEAR END:			0131

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		8-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-04488
		FILM NUMBER:		051151889

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		P O BOX 318 CHURCH ST STATION
		STREET 2:		C/O BANKERS TRUST CO CORP TRUST
		CITY:			NEW YORK
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			10008-0318
		BUSINESS PHONE:		2122506519

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		C/O BANKERS TRUST COMPANY, CORPORATE
		STREET 2:		P.O. BOX 318 CHURCH STREET STATION
		CITY:			NEW YORK
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			10008-0318
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="3" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Current Report<br>
</font></b><b><font size="3" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Pursuant
to Section&nbsp;13 or 15(d)&nbsp;of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934</font></b></p>

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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Date of Report (Date of
earliest event reported):</font></p>

<p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-transform:uppercase;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;text-transform:none;">October&nbsp;19, 2005</font></b></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-transform:uppercase;"><b><font size="5" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:18.0pt;font-weight:bold;text-transform:none;">MESABI TRUST</font></b></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(Exact name of registrant as specified in its
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  Trust&nbsp;&amp; Securities Services &#150; GDS<br>
  60 Wall Street<br>
  27th Floor<br>
  New York, New York</font></b></p>
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filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the
registrant under any of the following provisions:</font></p>

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Written communications pursuant to Rule&nbsp;425 under the Securities
Act (17 CFR 230.425)</p>

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Soliciting material pursuant to Rule&nbsp;14a-12 under the Exchange Act
(17 CFR 240.14a-12)</p>

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Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule&nbsp;14d-2(b)&nbsp;under
the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))</font></p>

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the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))</font></p>

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Financial Condition</font></b></p>

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<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">On the evening of October&nbsp;19, 2005,
Mesabi Trust issued a press release announcing a cash distribution of $0.36 per
Unit of Beneficial Interest of Mesabi Trust.&#160;
The distribution is payable on November&nbsp;20, 2005 to Mesabi Trust
Unitholders of record at the close of business on October&nbsp;30, 2005.&#160; A copy of the press release is being
furnished as Exhibit&nbsp;99.1 to this Form&nbsp;8-K.</font></p>

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Exhibits</font></b></p>

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<p align="left" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 45.0pt;text-align:left;text-indent:-45.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">99.1</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>Press release, dated October&nbsp;19,
2005.</p>

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<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">In accordance with general instruction B.2 to
Form&nbsp;8-K, the information in this Form&nbsp;8-K shall not be deemed to be &#147;filed&#148;
for purposes of Section&nbsp;18 of the Exchange Act or otherwise subject to the
liabilities of that section.</font></p>

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<p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-transform:uppercase;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;text-transform:none;">SIGNATURE</font></b></p>

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<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">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 hereunto duly authorized.</font></p>

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  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">MESABI
  TRUST</font></b></p>
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<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Exhibit&nbsp;99.1</font></b></p>

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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">MESABI TRUST<br>
PRESS RELEASE</font></p>

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<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">New York, New York<br>
October&nbsp;19, 2005</font></p>

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<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Trustees of Mesabi Trust
(NYSE: MSB) declared a distribution of $0.36 per Unit of Beneficial Interest
payable on November&nbsp;20, 2005 to Mesabi Trust unitholders of record at the
close of business on October&nbsp;30, 2005.&#160;
This compares to a distribution of $0.25 per Unit for the same period
last year.</font></p>

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<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The increase in distribution compared to the
same quarter last year is due largely to increased prices of iron ore pellets
during the quarter by Northshore Mining Company (&#147;Northshore&#148;), the
lessee/operator.&#160; These increased prices
resulted in increased base royalties and a royalty bonus payment for iron ore
shipments from Silver Bay, Minnesota sold at prices above a threshold price, despite
an approximate 6% decrease in the volume of shipments of iron ore pellets
attributed to Mesabi Trust lands during the quarter as compared to the same
quarter last year, as well as certain downward adjustments to royalties paid in
the previous two quarters.&#160; These
adjustments resulted from pricing adjustments under term contracts between
Northshore, Northshore&#146;s parent Cleveland-Cliffs Inc (&#147;CCI&#148;) and certain of
their customers (the &#147;CCI Pellet Agreements&#148;).</font></p>

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<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The total royalty payment expected to be received
by Mesabi Trust on October&nbsp;31, 2005 is $4,902,587.33 (which includes the
royalty received by the Mesabi Land Trust).&#160;
With respect to shipments of iron ore during the third calendar quarter
of 2005, Mesabi Trust received a base royalty of $3,357,867.54.&#160; Mesabi Trust also received a bonus royalty in
the amount of $1,881,953.79 with respect to shipments during the third calendar
quarter of 2005.&#160; The above base royalty
and bonus royalty amounts were reduced by $426,291.05, representing downward
adjustments of $37,958.31 and $388,332.74, respectively, to base royalty and
bonus royalty amounts credited to the Trust in the first two calendar quarters
of 2005.</font></p>

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<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The volume of shipments of iron ore pellets
by Northshore varies from quarter to quarter and year to year based on a number
of factors, including weather conditions on the Great Lakes, the requested
delivery schedules of customers and general economic conditions in the iron ore
industry.&#160; The resulting royalties paid
to the Trust are dependent on the volume of shipments of iron ore pellets for
the quarter and the year to date, the pricing of the iron ore product sales and
the percentage of iron ore pellet shipments from Mesabi Trust lands rather than
from other lands.&#160; Further the prices
under the CCI Pellet Agreements are subject to interim and final pricing
adjustments, dependent in part on multiple price and inflation index factors
that are not known until after the end of a contract year.&#160; This can result in significant and frequent
variations in royalties received by Mesabi Trust (and in turn the resulting
amount available for distribution to Unitholders by the Trust) from quarter to
quarter and on a comparative historical basis.&#160;
These variations, which can be positive or negative, cannot be predicted
by Mesabi Trust.&#160; Royalty payments
received in 2004 and 2005 continue to reflect pricing estimates for shipments
of iron ore products that may be subject to further adjustment (upward or
downward) pursuant to the CCI Pellet Agreements.</font></p>

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<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">With respect to the balance of 2005,
Northshore has not advised Mesabi Trust as to its expected 2005 shipments of
iron ore products or what percentage of 2005 shipments will be from Mesabi
Trust iron ore.&#160; CCI has indicated that
currently scheduled 2005 production at Northshore (using iron ore mined from
both Mesabi Trust lands and from other than Mesabi Trust lands) will
approximate 4.9 million tons.&#160; CCI
announced in September&nbsp;2005 that plans to restart an idled furnace at
Northshore have been delayed.</font></p>

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<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">This news release contains certain
forward-looking statements with respect to iron ore pellet production, iron ore
pricing, shipments at Northshore in 2005 and royalty (including bonus royalty)
amounts, which statements are</font></p>

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<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">intended to be made under the safe harbor
protections of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, as
amended.&#160; Actual production, prices and
shipments of iron ore pellets, as well as actual royalty levels (including
bonus royalties) could differ materially from current expectations due to
inherent risks such as general and industry economic trends, uncertainties
arising from war, terrorist events and other global events, higher or lower
demand for steel and iron ore, higher imports of steel and iron ore
substitutes, processing difficulties, consolidation and restructuring in the
domestic steel market or other factors.&#160;
Further, substantial portions of royalties earned by Mesabi Trust are
based on estimated prices that are subject to interim and final adjustments,
which can be positive or negative, and are dependent in part on multiple price
and inflation index factors under agreements to which the Trust is not a party
and that are not known until after the end of a contract year.&#160; Although the Mesabi Trustees believe that any
such forward-looking statements are based on reasonable assumptions, such
statements are subject to risks and uncertainties, which could cause actual
results to differ materially.</font></p>

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