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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001104659-05-056525
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	PRE 14A
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20060115
FILED AS OF DATE:		20051117
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20051117

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:		PRE 14A
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-04488
		FILM NUMBER:		051213282

	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 style="font-weight:bold;margin:0pt 0pt 5.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">UNITED
STATES<br>
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION<br>
Washington, D.C. 20549</font></b></p>

<p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:14.0pt;">SCHEDULE 14A</font></b></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt 8.0pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Proxy Statement
Pursuant to Section&nbsp;14(a)&nbsp;of<br>
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934</font></p>

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  <td width="100%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:100.0%;">
  <p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;">Filed by the Registrant&nbsp;&nbsp;<font face="Wingdings">x</font></p>
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  <td width="100%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:100.0%;">
  <p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:4.0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Filed by a Party other
  than the Registrant&nbsp;&nbsp;</font><font face="Wingdings">o</font></p>
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  <td width="100%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:100.0%;">
  <p style="margin:4.0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Check the appropriate
  box:</font></p>
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  <td width="4%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.18%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Wingdings" style="font-size:10.0pt;">x</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="95%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:95.82%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Preliminary Proxy Statement</font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="4%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.18%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Wingdings" style="font-size:10.0pt;">o</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="95%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:95.82%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Confidential, for Use of the Commission Only (as
  permitted by Rule 14a-6(e)(2))</font></b></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Wingdings" style="font-size:10.0pt;">o</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="95%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:95.82%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Definitive Proxy Statement</font></p>
  </td>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Wingdings" style="font-size:10.0pt;">o</font></p>
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  <td width="95%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:95.82%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Definitive Additional Materials</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Wingdings" style="font-size:10.0pt;">o</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="95%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:95.82%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Soliciting Material Pursuant to &#167;240.14a-12</font></p>
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<p style="line-height:1.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt 9.0pt;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</font></p>

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  <td width="100%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:100.0%;">
  <p align="center" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><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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  <td width="100%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:100.0%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(Name of
  Registrant as Specified In Its Charter)</font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="100%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:100.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
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  <td width="100%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:100.0%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(Name of
  Person(s) Filing Proxy Statement, if other than the Registrant)</font></p>
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  <td width="100%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:100.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
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  <td width="100%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:100.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Payment of Filing Fee (Check the appropriate box):</font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="4%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.34%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Wingdings" style="font-size:10.0pt;">x</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="95%" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:95.66%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">No fee required.</font></p>
  </td>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Wingdings" style="font-size:10.0pt;">o</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="95%" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:95.66%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Fee computed on table below per Exchange Act Rules
  14a-6(i)(1) and&nbsp;0-11.</font></p>
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  <td width="4%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.34%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.94%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(1)</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="90%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:90.72%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Title of each class of securities to which
  transaction applies:</font></p>
  </td>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.94%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="90%" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:90.72%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="4%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.34%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.94%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(2)</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="90%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:90.72%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Aggregate number of securities to which transaction
  applies:</font></p>
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  <td width="4%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.34%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.94%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="90%" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:90.72%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="4%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.34%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.94%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(3)</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="90%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:90.72%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Per unit price or other underlying value of
  transaction computed pursuant to Exchange Act Rule&nbsp;0-11 (set forth the
  amount on which the filing fee is calculated and state how it was
  determined):</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.94%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="90%" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:90.72%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="4%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.34%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.94%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(4)</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="90%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:90.72%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Proposed maximum aggregate value of transaction:</font></p>
  </td>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.94%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="90%" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:90.72%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="4%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.34%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.94%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(5)</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="90%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:90.72%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Total fee paid:</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.94%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="90%" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:90.72%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Wingdings" style="font-size:10.0pt;">o</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="95%" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:95.66%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Fee paid previously with preliminary materials.</font></p>
  </td>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Wingdings" style="font-size:10.0pt;">o</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="95%" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:95.66%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Check box if any part of the fee is offset as
  provided by Exchange Act Rule&nbsp;0-11(a)(2) and identify the filing for
  which the offsetting fee was paid previously. Identify the previous filing by
  registration statement number, or the Form or Schedule and the date of its
  filing.</font></p>
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  <td width="4%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.34%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.94%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(1)</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="90%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:90.72%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Amount Previously Paid:</font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="4%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.34%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.94%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="90%" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:90.72%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.94%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(2)</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="90%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:90.72%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Form, Schedule or Registration Statement No.:</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.94%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="90%" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:90.72%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="4%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.34%;">
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<p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0pt 0pt 6.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><a name="MesabiTrustCoDeutscheBankTrustCom_054715"></a><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">MESABI TRUST<br>
C/O DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS<br>
TRUST&nbsp;&amp; SECURITIES SERVICES&#151;GDS<br>
60 WALL STREET, 27TH FLOOR<br>
NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10005</font></b></p>

<p align="right" style="margin:0pt 0pt 6.0pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">[&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;],
2005</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 6.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Dear Trust Certificate Holder:</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 6.0pt;text-indent:20.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">A special meeting of the Trust Certificate Holders of
Mesabi Trust is scheduled to be held on [&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;],
2006, at 10:00&nbsp;a.m. local time, at 60 Wall Street,<b><font style="font-weight:bold;"> </font></b>27th floor, New York, New York 10005. Please
find enclosed a notice to Trust Certificate Holders, a Proxy Statement
describing the business to be transacted at the meeting, and a form of Proxy
for use in voting at the meeting.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 6.0pt;text-indent:20.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">At the special meeting, you will be asked (i)&nbsp;to
approve a proposal seeking the appointment of a successor trustee of Mesabi
Trust, and (ii)&nbsp;to approve a proposal seeking an amendment to the
Agreement of Trust of Mesabi Trust which would increase the minimum
compensation payable to each Individual Trustee and the Corporate Trustee.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:20.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">We
hope that you will be able to attend the special meeting, and we urge you to
read the enclosed Proxy Statement before you decide to vote. Even if you do not
plan to attend, please complete, sign, date and return the enclosed Proxy as
promptly as possible. It is very important that your units of beneficial
interest be represented at the meeting.</font></p>

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  <p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;">Very truly yours,</p>
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  <p style="margin:12.0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:12.0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST
  COMPANY AMERICAS</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:12.0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">DAVID J. HOFFMAN</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">RICHARD G. LAREAU</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">IRA A. MARSHALL, JR.</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">NORMAN F. SPRAGUE,&nbsp;III</font></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><i><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-style:italic;">Trustees</font></i></p>
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<p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0pt 0pt 6.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><a name="YourVoteIsImportant_055004"></a><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">YOUR VOTE IS IMPORTANT</font></b></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 6.0pt;text-indent:20.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">All Trust Certificate Holders are cordially invited to
attend the special meeting in person. However, to ensure your representation at
the meeting, you are urged to complete, sign, date and return, in the enclosed
postage paid envelope, the enclosed Proxy as promptly as possible. Returning
your proxy will help assure that a quorum will be present at the meeting and
avoid the added expense of conducting additional proxy solicitations. Any Trust
Certificate Holder attending the meeting may vote in person even if he or she
has returned the Proxy.</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 6.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">c/o Deutsche Bank Trust Company
Americas<br>
Trust&nbsp;&amp; Securities Services&#151;GDS<br>
60 Wall Street, 27th Floor<br>
New York, New York 10005</font></b></p>

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<p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0pt 0pt 6.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><a name="NoticeOfSpecialMeetingOfTrustCert_061455"></a><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">NOTICE OF SPECIAL MEETING OF TRUST CERTIFICATE HOLDERS<br>
To Be Held &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
, 2006</font></b></p>

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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 6.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:20.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">In accordance with Section&nbsp;14.2
of the Agreement of Trust dated as of July&nbsp;18, 1961, as amended, (the &#147;Agreement
of Trust&#148;), NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Trustees have called a special
meeting of the Trust Certificate Holders of Mesabi Trust to be held on [&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;],
2006, at 10:00&nbsp;a.m. local time, at 60 Wall Street,<b><font style="font-weight:bold;"> </font></b>27th<b><font style="font-weight:bold;"> </font></b>floor,
New York, New York 10005. The special meeting of Trust Certificate Holders is
called to consider and vote on the following matters:</font></p>

<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt 6.0pt 40.0pt;text-indent:-20.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(1)</font><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>the appointment of a
trustee to succeed Ira A. Marshall,&nbsp;Jr.;</p>

<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt 6.0pt 40.0pt;text-indent:-20.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(2)</font><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>the approval of an
amendment to the Agreement of Trust which would increase the minimum
compensation payable to each Individual Trustee and the Corporate Trustee.</p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 6.0pt;text-indent:20.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Under the Agreement of Trust, each holder is entitled
to one vote for each unit of beneficial interest represented by Trust
Certificates registered in his or her name at the close of business on [&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;],
2005 (the record date for the special meeting fixed by the Trustees in
accordance with the Agreement of Trust). Only holders of record of units of
beneficial interest of the Trust, at the close of business on [&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;],
2005 are entitled to notice of, and to vote at, the special meeting and any
adjournment or postponement thereof. A list of Trust Certificate Holders entitled
to vote at the special meeting will be available for inspection by Trust
Certificate Holders for any purpose germane to the special meeting during
regular business hours for the ten days preceding the special meeting at the
Corporate Trustee&#146;s offices at 60&nbsp;Wall&nbsp;Street, 27th Floor New York,
New York 10005 and also at the special meeting.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:20.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">WE
URGE ALL TRUST CERTIFICATE HOLDERS TO ATTEND THE MEETING IN PERSON, IF POSSIBLE.
IF NOT, THEY ARE URGED TO DATE, SIGN AND RETURN THE PROXY AS PROMPTLY AS
POSSIBLE IN THE ENCLOSED ENVELOPE. NO POSTAGE IS REQUIRED IF MAILED IN THE
UNITED STATES.</font></p>

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  <p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;">By Order of the Trustees,</p>
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  <p style="margin:12.0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:12.0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">DEUTSCHE BANK
  TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Corporate Trustee
  of the Mesabi Trust</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:12.0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">DAVID J. HOFFMAN</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">RICHARD G. LAREAU</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="54%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:54.02%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">IRA A. MARSHALL,
  JR.</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">NORMAN F.
  SPRAGUE,&nbsp;III</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">New York, New
  York</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">[December
  &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;, 2005]</font></p>
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<p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><a name="MesabiTrust_061317"></a><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">MESABI TRUST</font></b></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">c/o
Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas<br>
Trust&nbsp;&amp; Securities Services&#151;GDS<br>
60 Wall Street, 27th Floor<br>
New York, New York 10005<br>
(615) 835-2749</font></b></p>

<p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0pt 0pt 6.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><a name="ProxyStatement_061413"></a><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">PROXY STATEMENT</font></b></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 6.0pt;text-indent:20.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">David J. Hoffman, Richard G. Lareau, Ira A. Marshall,&nbsp;Jr.
and Norman F. Sprague,&nbsp;III (the &#147;Individual Trustees&#148;) together with
Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas (the &#147;Corporate Trustee&#148; and together with
the Individual Trustees, the &#147;Trustees&#148;), request your proxy for use at the
special meeting of Trust Certificate Holders to be held on [&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;],
2006, at 10:00&nbsp;a.m. local time, at 60&nbsp;Wall&nbsp;Street,<b><font style="font-weight:bold;"> </font></b>27th floor, New York, New York 10005, and
at any adjournment or postponement thereof. By signing and returning the
enclosed Proxy you authorize the persons named on the Proxy to represent you
and to vote your units of beneficial interest (&#147;units&#148;) at the special meeting.
This proxy statement and the form of proxy were first mailed to Trust
Certificate Holders of the Trust on or about [&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;],<b><font style="font-weight:bold;"> </font></b>2005.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 6.0pt;text-indent:20.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">If you attend special meeting, you may vote in person.
If you are not present at the special meeting, your units can be voted only if
you have returned a properly signed Proxy or are represented by another proxy. You
may revoke your proxy at any time before it is exercised at the special meeting
by (a)&nbsp;signing and submitting a later-dated proxy to the Corporate
Trustee, (b)&nbsp;delivering written notice of revocation of the proxy to the
Corporate Trustee, or (c)&nbsp;attending and voting in person at the special
meeting. In the absence of any such revocation, units represented by the
persons named on the proxies will be voted at the special meeting.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 6.0pt;text-indent:20.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The cost of soliciting proxies, including
reimbursement of out-of-pocket expenses, will be paid by the Trust. Solicitation
of proxies will be made by the Individual Trustees and certain employees of the
Corporate Trustee. Representatives of the Trustees may solicit proxies
personally or by telephone, telegram or other forms of wire or electronic
communication. The Trust may also request banking institutions, brokerage
firms, custodians, nominees and fiduciaries to forward solicitation material to
the beneficial owners of units held of record by those companies. The Trust
will reimburse persons holding units in their names or in the names of their
nominees for their expenses in sending the soliciting materials to their
principals.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 6.0pt;text-indent:20.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Trust has retained Georgeson Shareholder
Communications,&nbsp;Inc.<b><font style="font-weight:bold;"> </font></b>for
solicitation and advisory services in connection with this Proxy Statement and
related proxy and authorization solicitations. It is estimated that Georgeson
Shareholder Communications will be paid approximately $[&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;]
for its services as solicitation agent and will be reimbursed for its
reasonable out-of-pocket expenses. As of<b><font style="font-weight:bold;"> </font></b>[&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;],<b><font style="font-weight:bold;"> </font></b>2005, the Trust has paid Georgeson
Shareholder Communications $[&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;]
in connection with its provision of solicitation and advisory services. The
Trust has also agreed to indemnify Georgeson against certain liabilities and
expenses which result from Georgeson Shareholder Communications&#146; performance of
the proxy solicitation services.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:20.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">In order to limit the
expense of further solicitation the Trustees urge you to promptly return the
enclosed proxy. In the event you decide to attend the special meeting in
person, you will be given an opportunity to vote your units yourself should you
desire to do so.</font></p>

<p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0pt 0pt 6.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><a name="VotingAndQuorum_061527"></a><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">VOTING AND QUORUM</font></b></p>

<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt 6.0pt;text-indent:20.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The only outstanding voting securities of the Trust
are the units. As of the close of business on </font><font size="2" style="font-size:11.0pt;">[&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;]</font>,
2005<b><font style="font-weight:bold;"> </font></b>there were 13,120,010 units
outstanding and entitled to be voted at the special meeting.</p>


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<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt 6.0pt;text-indent:20.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Each outstanding unit is entitled to one vote. The
presence, in person or by proxy, of a majority of the units outstanding as of </font><font size="2" style="font-size:11.0pt;">[&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;]</font>,
2005, shall constitute a quorum at the special meeting. Proposal one requires
the affirmative vote of at least a majority of the units outstanding to approve
the appointment of a successor trustee of the Trust. Proposal two requires the
affirmative vote of at least 66<font size="1" style="font-size:6.0pt;position:relative;top:-3.0pt;">2</font><font face="Symbol">&#164;</font><font size="1" style="font-size:6.0pt;">3</font>%
of the units outstanding to approve the amendment to the Agreement of Trust to
increase the minimum compensation payable to the Individual Trustees and the
Corporate Trustee.</p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 6.0pt;text-indent:20.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The holders of a majority of the units who are present
or represented by proxy at the special meeting shall have the power to adjourn
the special meeting from time to time without notice, other than an
announcement at the special meeting of the time and place of the holding of the
adjourned meeting, until a quorum is present. At any such adjourned meeting at
which a quorum is present, any business may be transacted that may have been
transacted at the special meeting had a quorum originally been present. Proxies
solicited by this proxy statement may be used to vote in favor of any motion to
adjourn the special meeting.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 6.0pt;text-indent:20.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The persons named on the proxies intend to vote in
favor of any motion to adjourn the special meeting to a subsequent day if,
prior to the special meeting, such persons have not received sufficient proxies
to approve the proposals described in this proxy statement. If such a motion is
approved but sufficient proxies are not received by the time set for the
resumption of the special meeting, this process will be repeated until
sufficient proxies to vote in favor of the proposals described in this proxy
statement have been received or it appears that sufficient proxies will not be
received. Abstentions and broker non-votes will count in determining if a
quorum is present at the special meeting. A broker non-vote occurs if a broker
or other nominee attending the special meeting in person or submitting a proxy
does not have discretionary authority to vote on a particular item and has not
received voting instructions with respect to that item.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 6.0pt;text-indent:20.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">As of [&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;],
2005, the Individual Trustees as a group had voting power over an aggregate of
[&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;] units, constituting
approximately [&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;]% of the units outstanding. The
Individual Trustees intend to vote all those units <i><font style="font-style:italic;">FOR</font></i>
the appointment of the successor trustee. They intend to vote all those units <i><font style="font-style:italic;">FOR</font></i> the proposed amendment to the Agreement of Trust only if
a majority of the units held by Trust Certificate Holders (not including the
units held by the Individual Trustees) are voted <i><font style="font-style:italic;">FOR</font></i>
the proposed amendment.</font></p>


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<p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0pt 0pt 6.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><a name="ProposalOneappointmentOfSuccessor_065215"></a><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">PROPOSAL ONE&#151;APPOINTMENT OF SUCCESSOR TRUSTEE</font></b></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 6.0pt;text-indent:20.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Agreement of Trust provides that there are to be
five Trustees of Mesabi Trust, one of whom must be a Corporate Trustee with the
qualifications prescribed in the Agreement of Trust and four of whom must be individual
citizens and residents of the United States. The Trustees do not hold office
for specific terms but continue in office until such time as, in the case of
the Individual Trustees, a Trustee resigns, or is removed, or dies, or becomes
incapable of acting or is adjudged a bankrupt or insolvent. Whenever there
shall be a vacancy in the office of an Individual Trustee, a successor shall be
appointed by the holders of a majority in interest of the units then
outstanding.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 6.0pt;text-indent:20.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Upon learning that Mr.&nbsp;Marshall was contemplating
resigning as a Trustee of the Trust, the Trustees considered potential
candidates to succeed Mr.&nbsp;Marshall. On November&nbsp;8, 2005, the Trustees
held a telephonic meeting during which they discussed Mr.&nbsp;Marshall&#146;s
contemplated resignation and considered the nomination of James A. Ehrenberg as
a possible successor to Mr.&nbsp;Marshall. The Trustees concluded that Mr.&nbsp;Ehrenberg
would be uniquely qualified to fill the eventual vacancy that would be created
upon the effectiveness of Mr.&nbsp;Marshall&#146;s resignation.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 6.0pt;text-indent:20.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">In deciding to nominate Mr.&nbsp;Ehrenberg, the
Trustees discussed his credentials which include nearly forty years of
experience as a trust officer with U.S. Bank, N.A. and its predecessor First
Trust Company of Saint Paul. The Trustees also acknowledged that Mr.&nbsp;Ehrenberg,
for over twenty years, was primarily responsible for performing corporate
trustee services for the Mesabi Land Trust. In that capacity, Mr.&nbsp;Ehrenberg
participated in numerous inspection trips and meetings with the owner/operator
of the mine in northern Minnesota and was in attendance at almost every meeting
of the Mesabi Trustees during that time. The Trustees believe that Mr.&nbsp;Ehrenberg&#146;s
considerable familiarity with the Trust&#146;s holdings and the associated duties of
the Trustees, combined with his wealth of experience working with trusts of all
types make him a logical and highly capable candidate to succeed Mr.&nbsp;Marshall.
Based on these factors, the Trustees unanimously agreed to endorse his
candidacy for appointment by the Trust Certificate Holders.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 6.0pt;text-indent:20.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Trustees unanimously agreed to call this special
meeting for the purpose of appointing Mr.&nbsp;Ehrenberg to succeed Mr.&nbsp;Marshall.
A copy of Mr.&nbsp;Marshall&#146;s letter of resignation is attached as <i><font style="font-style:italic;">Appendix A</font></i> to this Proxy Statement and the mailing of this
Proxy Statement to each Trust Certificate Holder constitutes notice of such
resignation as required by Section&nbsp;12.2 of the Agreement of Trust.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:20.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Trustees unanimously
recommend that Trust Certificate Holders vote <i><font style="font-style:italic;">FOR</font></i>
the appointment of Mr.&nbsp;Ehrenberg as Trustee of Mesabi Trust. For more
information about Mr.&nbsp;Ehrenberg, see the section below under the heading &#147;Nominee
Information.&#148;</font></p>

<p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0pt 0pt 6.0pt 10.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><a name="RequiredVote_065247"></a><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;">REQUIRED
VOTE</font></b></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:20.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The appointment of Mr.&nbsp;Ehrenberg
as successor Trustee requires the affirmative vote of a majority of the units
outstanding (or Trust Certificate Holders owning an aggregate of at least
6,560,006 units). Accordingly, abstentions and broker non-votes in the
appointment of the successor trustee will have the effect of a vote against Mr.&nbsp;Ehrenberg.
If the enclosed proxy is returned and you have indicated how you wish to vote,
the proxy will be voted in accordance with your instructions. Should the
enclosed proxy be returned without instructions on how you wish to vote on this
Proposal One, your proxy will be deemed to grant such authority and will be
voted <i><font style="font-style:italic;">FOR</font></i> the appointment of the Mr.&nbsp;Ehrenberg.</font></p>

<p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0pt 0pt 6.0pt 10.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><a name="EffectOfNegativeVotesOnProposalOn_065252"></a><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;">EFFECT OF NEGATIVE VOTES ON
PROPOSAL ONE</font></b></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:20.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Mr.&nbsp;Marshall&#146;s letter
of resignation states that his resignation will take effect following the
appointment of a successor trustee. If the Trust Certificate Holders appoint Mr.&nbsp;Ehrenberg
as successor trustee at the special meeting, Mr.&nbsp;Marshall&#146;s resignation
will take effect upon the conclusion of the special meeting. In the event that
the Trust Certificate Holders fail to appoint a successor trustee at the
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">meeting,
Mr.&nbsp;Marshall may elect to give written notice of his resignation to each
Trust Certificate Holder, which resignation would not be contingent upon the
appointment of a successor trustee. If Mr.&nbsp;Marshall resigns and no
successor trustee is appointed within 90 days following the effective date of
his resignation, then a successor trustee may be appointed by the Supreme Court
of the State of New York, on the application of any Trust Certificate Holder
upon such notice, if any, as the Court may deem proper and prescribe. In the
event a Trust Certificate Holder files such an application, the court may
appoint a temporary trustee at any time after such application is filed and the
temporary trustee shall act only until a successor trustee shall have been
appointed by the Trust Certificate Holders consistent with the provisions of
the Agreement of Trust.</font></p>

<p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0pt 0pt 6.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><a name="ProposalTwoamendmentToTheAgreemen_065308"></a><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">PROPOSAL TWO&#151;AMENDMENT TO THE AGREEMENT OF TRUST</font></b></p>

<p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0pt 0pt 6.0pt 10.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><a name="PriorAmendmentsToTrusteeCompensat_065329"></a><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;">PRIOR AMENDMENTS TO TRUSTEE
COMPENSATION</font></b></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 6.0pt;text-indent:20.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Individual Trustees and the Corporate Trustee are
entitled to compensation as provided in Article&nbsp;11 of the Agreement of
Trust. On September&nbsp;29, 1982 the Trust Certificate Holders approved an
amendment to the Agreement of Trust which (i)&nbsp;increased the compensation
payable to each Individual Trustee and the minimum compensation payable to the
Corporate Trustee; (ii)&nbsp;provided for an annual adjustment of such
compensation to reflect changes in the same index used in calculating leasehold
royalties of the Trust; and (iii)&nbsp;increased the fixed amount payable to
the Corporate Trustee for clerical and administrative services performed by it
for the Trust.</font></p>

<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt 6.0pt;text-indent:20.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Corporate Trustee&#146;s aggregate compensation in any
fiscal year is based on three factors. Pursuant to the 1982 amendment, in lieu
of commissions fixed by law for trustees, the Corporate Trustee is entitled to
receive as compensation for services as Trustee hereunder one quarter of one
percent (</font><font size="1" style="font-size:6.0pt;position:relative;top:-3.0pt;">1</font><font face="Symbol">&#164;</font><font size="1" style="font-size:6.0pt;">4</font>
of 1%) of the Trust Moneys (exclusive of proceeds of sale of any part of the
Trust Estate) received by the Trustees and distributed to the Trust Certificate
Holders (but not less than $20,000, adjusted as provided below). In each fiscal
year after January&nbsp;31, 1982, the Corporate Trustee has received a fixed
payment of $62,500 to cover clerical and administrative services to the Trust
in addition to the variable compensation discussed in the preceding sentence. The
Corporate Trustee also receives a payment for the services it provides in its
capacity as registrar and transfer agent to the Trust.</p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 6.0pt;text-indent:20.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Similarly, pursuant to the 1982 amendment to the
Agreement of Trust, each Individual Trustee is entitled to receive as
compensation for services as Trustee hereunder not less than $20,000 (adjusted
as provided below) while he is in office. In each year since 1982, annual
Trustee compensation has been adjusted up or down (but not below $20,000) in
accordance with changes from the November&nbsp;1981 level of 295.5 (the &#147;1981
Escalation Level&#148;) in the All Commodities Producer Price Index (with 1967 = 100
as a base). The All Commodities Producer Price Index is published by the U.S.
Department of Labor. The adjustment to Trustee compensation is made at the end
of each fiscal year and is calculated on the basis of the proportion between (a)&nbsp;the
level of such index for the November&nbsp;preceding the end of such fiscal
year, and (b)&nbsp;the 1981 Escalation Level.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:20.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">At the time of the amendment
in 1982, the Trustees concluded that any further erosion of the value of the
compensation payable to them due to the negative effect of inflation would
result in the compensation becoming inadequate. The Trustees have considered
the inflation-adjusted value of their compensation as well as the
considerations discussed below under the heading &#147;Basis for Increase in Trustee
Compensation&#148; and concluded that the adjustments based on the changes in the
Producer Price Index have failed to provide for adequate Trustee compensation.</font></p>

<p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0pt 0pt 6.0pt 10.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><a name="ProposedAmendmentRegardingTrustee_065337"></a><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;">PROPOSED AMENDMENT REGARDING
TRUSTEE COMPENSATION</font></b></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 6.0pt;text-indent:20.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">When the Trust was first established in 1961, the
minimum compensation for individual trustees was set at $10,000 per year.
According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (a branch of the U.S. Department of
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 6.0pt;text-indent:0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Labor) the purchasing
power of $10,000 in 1961 dollars is equivalent to $66,488.29 in 2005 dollars&#151;which
is well above the proposed new minimum of $45,000 per year.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 6.0pt;text-indent:20.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">In order to account for the negative effects of
inflation and to compensate for the increased effort and time commitment needed
to meet the added responsibilities of the Trustees, the Trustees have proposed
that the Agreement of Trust be amended such that the minimum Individual Trustee
compensation payable in any fiscal year will be increased from $20,000 to
$45,000. As detailed below under the heading &#147;Trustee Compensation,&#148; each
Individual Trustee received $30,647.84 in fiscal year 2005. By voting in favor
of the amendment to the Agreement of Trust, you will be authorizing the Trust
to pay each Individual Trustee not less than $45,000 in each fiscal year
beginning February&nbsp;1, 2006.</font></p>

<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt 6.0pt;text-indent:20.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">With respect to the Corporate Trustee, it will receive
one quarter of one percent (</font><font size="1" style="font-size:6.0pt;position:relative;top:-3.0pt;">1</font><font face="Symbol">&#164;</font><font size="1" style="font-size:6.0pt;">4</font> of 1%) of the
Trust Moneys (exclusive of proceeds of sale of any part of the Trust Estate)
received by the Trustees and distributed to the Trust Certificate holders (but
not less than $45,000, adjusted in the same manner as for the minimum
Individual Trustee compensation), plus $62,500 to cover clerical and administrative
services to the Trust and the fees it receives for providing registrar and
transfer agent services to the Trust. As detailed under the heading &#147;Trustee
Compensation,&#148; the Corporate Trustee received aggregate compensation of
$93,147.84 in fiscal year 2005, excluding the fees it received for services in
its capacity as registrar and transfer agent to the Trust. By voting in favor
of the amendment to the Agreement of Trust, you will be authorizing the Trust
to pay the Corporate Trustee not less than $107,500 in each fiscal year
beginning February&nbsp;1, 2006.</p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:20.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The proposed amendment to Article&nbsp;11
is reflected in the &#147;black-line&#148; version of the Agreement of Trust attached
hereto as <i><font style="font-style:italic;">Appendix B</font></i>. The &#147;black-line&#148; version of
the Agreement of Trust underlines new text that is inserted and strikes through
all text that is deleted as a result of the amendments to the Agreement of
Trust described in Proposal Two of this Proxy Statement.</font></p>

<p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0pt 0pt 6.0pt 10.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><a name="BasisForIncreaseInTrusteeCompensa_065402"></a><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;">BASIS FOR INCREASE IN TRUSTEE
COMPENSATION</font></b></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 6.0pt;text-indent:20.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Trustees have received an average annual growth in
compensation of approximately 2.3% since the last increase to Trustee
compensation was approved in 1982. An analysis of the Trustees&#146; compensation in
comparison to changes in the U.S. Consumer Price Index reveals that the minimum
annual compensation of $20,000 in 1983 dollars (adjusted for inflation as
measured by the U.S. Consumer Price Index) is approximately equal to $10,020.12
in 2005 dollars. The proposed amendment to the Agreement of Trust, which would
be effective for each fiscal year beginning after January&nbsp;31, 2006, would
result in the fiscal year 2006 annual compensation being approximately equal to
the level it was in fiscal 1983 after adjusting for inflation (plus a premium
commensurate with the increased responsibilities and additional liability
exposure of the Trustees). As with the amendment in 1982, the Trustees believe
that the proposed change in compensation is necessary to prevent the Trustees&#146;
compensation from becoming inadequate.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 6.0pt;text-indent:20.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">In arriving at the decision that an increase in
compensation was necessary, the Trustees considered various factors in addition
to the adverse effects of inflation. Because the current compensation structure
of the Trustees was established in 1982, it was unforeseeable that the
responsibilities of the Trustees would expand to become what they are today. Since
1982 the Trust&#146;s governance has become more complicated and time-consuming due
to an increasingly complex regulatory framework. During this period of time,
the functions performed by the Trustees have increased significantly. In
addition to their traditional fiduciary responsibilities in connection with
Trust policy matters, the Trustees have assumed responsibility for ensuring
that the Trust is in compliance with the requirements imposed by the
Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, to the extent applicable. As a result of the recent
reform and new rules&nbsp;enacted by the Securities and Exchange Commission
pursuant to the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, the Trustees have been dedicating
significantly more time and effort in order to fulfill their duties as Trustees.
Moreover, the Trustees have witnessed a changing legal and regulatory landscape
that has increased their potential liability exposure.</font></p>


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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 6.0pt;text-indent:20.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">In addition, the Trustees&#146; oversight role with respect
to the operations of the Trust&#146;s holdings has expanded and become more
complicated since the last compensation increase was approved in 1982. Furthermore,
because the Trust&#146;s duration is set to continue for a period of twenty-one
years following the death of the survivor of the twenty-five persons named in
an exhibit to the Agreement of Trust, the youngest of whom is believed to
currently be forty-four years old, it is unlikely that any of the current
Trustees will be serving in the position of Trustee throughout the wind-down
period of the Trust. Therefore, the Trustees believe that an increase in the
Trustees&#146; compensation is necessary to allow the Trust to attract and retain
future Trustees with the background and professional experience necessary to
continue to effectively manage the Trust.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:20.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The
proposed increase in the compensation of the Trustees, in the aggregate,
amounts to less than six-tenths of one cent per unit outstanding per year.
At the same time, the aggregate compensation payable to all Trustees after the
increase will be approximately two cents per unit outstanding. As shown in the
table below, the Trustees also believe that the proposed increase in
compensation is reasonable given that other publicly-traded trusts with similar
market capitalizations generally pay their Trustees higher aggregate
compensation. Further, unlike Great Northern Iron Ore Properties and North
European Oil Royalty Trust, the Trust does not have any officers or employees
to assist in the oversight of the operations of the Trust&#146;s holdings. </font></p>

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<table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="border-collapse:collapse;">
 <tr>
  <td width="60" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:45.2pt;">
  <p align="left" style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:left;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">Issuer&nbsp;Name</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="7" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.0pt;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="72" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:53.95pt;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="13" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:10.0pt;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><i><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-style:italic;">&nbsp;</font></i></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="73" colspan="4" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:54.9pt;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">Corporate<br>
  Trustee<br>
  Compensation</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="13" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:10.0pt;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="73" colspan="4" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:54.9pt;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">Individual<br>
  Trustee<br>
  Compensation</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="13" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:10.0pt;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="69" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:51.5pt;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">Aggregate<br>
  Compensation<br>
  All&nbsp;Trustees</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="13" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:10.0pt;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="69" colspan="4" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:51.4pt;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">Aggregate<br>
  Compensation<br>
  per&nbsp;Unit<br>
  Outstanding</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="13" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:10.0pt;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="65" colspan="4" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:48.85pt;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">Market&nbsp;Value</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:1.75pt;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><i><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-style:italic;">&nbsp;</font></i></b></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="139" colspan="3" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:104.15pt;">
  <p align="left" style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:left;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="13" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:10.0pt;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><i><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-style:italic;">&nbsp;</font></i></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="73" colspan="4" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:54.9pt;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="13" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:10.0pt;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="73" colspan="4" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:54.9pt;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="13" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:10.0pt;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="69" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:51.5pt;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="13" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:10.0pt;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="69" colspan="4" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:51.4pt;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="13" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:10.0pt;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="65" colspan="4" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:48.85pt;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">(in&nbsp;Millions)</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:1.75pt;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><i><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-style:italic;">&nbsp;</font></i></b></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr bgcolor="#CCEEFF">
  <td width="139" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:104.15pt;">
  <p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 10.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Mesabi
  Trust</font></b><b><font style="font-weight:bold;">(a)</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="13" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:10.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.2pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="7" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.0pt;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="55" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:41.5pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">93,147.84</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.2pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="13" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:10.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.2pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="7" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.0pt;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="55" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:41.5pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">30,647.84</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.2pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="13" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:10.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="7" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.0pt;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="62" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:46.5pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">215,739.20</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="13" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:10.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:6.2pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="7" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.0pt;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="45" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:34.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">0.01644</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:6.2pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="13" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:10.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="10" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:7.45pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="7" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.0pt;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="39" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:29.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">214.25</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="10" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:7.4pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:1.75pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="139" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:104.15pt;">
  <p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:4.0pt 0pt .0001pt 10.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Great Northern Iron Ore Properties</font></b><b><font style="font-weight:bold;">(b)</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="13" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:10.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:4.0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.2pt;">
  <p style="margin:4.0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="62" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:46.5pt;">
  <p style="margin:4.0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">N/A</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.2pt;">
  <p style="margin:4.0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">*</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="13" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:10.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:4.0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.2pt;">
  <p style="margin:4.0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="7" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.0pt;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:4.0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="55" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:41.5pt;">
  <p style="margin:4.0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">50,000.00</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.2pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="13" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:10.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:4.0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="7" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.0pt;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:4.0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="62" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:46.5pt;">
  <p style="margin:4.0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">478,133.00</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="13" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:10.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:6.2pt;">
  <p style="margin:4.0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="7" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.0pt;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:4.0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="45" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:34.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:4.0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">0.31876</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:6.2pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="13" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:10.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:4.0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="10" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:7.45pt;">
  <p style="margin:4.0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="7" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.0pt;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:4.0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="39" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:29.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:4.0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">180.38</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="10" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:7.4pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:1.75pt;">
  <p style="margin:4.0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr bgcolor="#CCEEFF">
  <td width="139" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:104.15pt;">
  <p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:4.0pt 0pt .0001pt 10.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">North
  European Oil Royalty Trust</font></b><b><font style="font-weight:bold;">(c)</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="13" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:10.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:4.0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.2pt;">
  <p style="margin:4.0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="62" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:46.5pt;">
  <p style="margin:4.0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">N/A</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.2pt;">
  <p style="margin:4.0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">*</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="13" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:10.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:4.0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.2pt;">
  <p style="margin:4.0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="7" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.0pt;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:4.0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="55" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:41.5pt;">
  <p style="margin:4.0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">32,264.68</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.2pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="13" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:10.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:4.0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="7" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.0pt;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:4.0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="62" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:46.5pt;">
  <p style="margin:4.0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">273,726.04</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="13" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:10.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:6.2pt;">
  <p style="margin:4.0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="7" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.0pt;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:4.0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="45" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:34.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:4.0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">0.03064</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:6.2pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="13" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:10.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:4.0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="10" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:7.45pt;">
  <p style="margin:4.0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="7" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.0pt;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:4.0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="39" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:29.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:4.0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">264.96</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="10" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:7.4pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:1.75pt;">
  <p style="margin:4.0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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</table>

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<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt 6.0pt 20.0pt;text-indent:-20.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">*</font><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>No corporate
trustee information available.</p>

<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt 6.0pt 20.0pt;text-indent:-20.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(a)</font><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>Aggregate compensation
and market value figures as of fiscal year ended 1/31/05.</p>

<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt 6.0pt 20.0pt;text-indent:-20.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(b)</font><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>Aggregate compensation
and market value figures as of fiscal year ended 12/31/04.</p>

<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt 6.0pt 20.0pt;text-indent:-20.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(c)</font><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>Aggregate compensation
and market value figures as of fiscal year ended 10/31/04.</p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 6.0pt;text-indent:20.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Trustees unanimously concluded that the amendment
to the Agreement of Trust described in this proposal is necessary in order to
restore, to some extent, the original value of the compensation specified in
the Agreement of Trust as initially adopted. The Trustees believe that the
increase in compensation is reasonable given the negative effects of inflation,
the additional governance responsibilities of the Trustees, and the general
rise in compensation for similar positions. The Trustees receive no additional
meeting fees, equity incentives, benefits, pension or investment opportunities
that typically accompany such positions.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:20.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Trustees unanimously
recommend that the Trust Certificate Holders vote <i><font style="font-style:italic;">FOR</font></i>
the proposed amendment to the Agreement of Trust.</font></p>


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<p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0pt 0pt 6.0pt 10.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><a name="RequiredVote_083752"></a><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;">REQUIRED
VOTE</font></b></p>

<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:20.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">This Proposal Two
constitutes an amendment to the Agreement of Trust which, pursuant to
Section&nbsp;7.3 of the Agreement of Trust, requires the affirmative vote of at
least 66</font><font size="1" style="font-size:6.0pt;position:relative;top:-3.0pt;">2</font><font face="Symbol">&#164;</font><font size="1" style="font-size:6.0pt;">3</font>%
in interest of the Trust Certificate Holders (or Trust Certificate Holders
owning an aggregate of at least 8,746,674 units) for its approval. Abstentions
and broker non-votes in the adoption of the amendment to the Agreement of Trust
will have the effect of a vote against such amendment. If the enclosed Proxy is
returned and you have indicated how you wish to vote, the Proxy will be voted
in accordance with your instructions. Should the enclosed Proxy be returned
without instructions on how you wish to vote on this Proposal Two, your Proxy
will be deemed to grant such authority and will be voted <i><font style="font-style:italic;">FOR</font></i>
the proposed amendment.</p>

<p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0pt 0pt 6.0pt 10.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><a name="EffectOfNegativeVotesOnProposalTw_083800"></a><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;">EFFECT OF NEGATIVE VOTES ON
PROPOSAL TWO</font></b></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:20.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">In the event that the
Trust Certificate Holders fail to approve the amendment to the Agreement of
Trust under Proposal Two, such amendment will not take effect. Mr.&nbsp;Ehrenberg&#146;s
willingness and ability to serve as successor trustee is not conditioned upon
Trust Certificate Holder approval of this proposal.</font></p>

<p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0pt 0pt 6.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><a name="GeneralInformation_065248"></a><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">GENERAL INFORMATION</font></b></p>

<p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0pt 0pt 6.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><a name="TrusteeInformation_082922"></a><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">TRUSTEE INFORMATION</font></b></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:20.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The
present Trustees of Mesabi Trust and their principal occupations for the last
five years, their ages, their terms in office as Trustees, and the number of
units beneficially owned by each of them is set forth in the table below. The
information with respect to each Trustee&#146;s ownership of units includes those
units for which such Trustee has voting power or investment power. Voting power
and investment power are not shared with others unless specifically stated. All
statements as to beneficial ownership are as of January&nbsp;31,&nbsp;2005.</font></p>

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<table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="border-collapse:collapse;">
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  <td width="29" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:21.8pt;">
  <p align="left" style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 8.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:left;text-indent:-8.0pt;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">Name</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="7" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.0pt;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="128" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:96.3pt;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="25" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:18.95pt;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">Age</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="243" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:182.2pt;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">Business&nbsp;Experience&nbsp;During&nbsp;Past&nbsp;Five&nbsp;Years</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="48" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:35.65pt;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><a name="ColHead4_1_9"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">Trustee<br>
  Since</font></b></a></p>
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  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="47" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:34.9pt;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">Number<br>
  of&nbsp;Units</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="18" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:13.2pt;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 10.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Deutsche Bank Trust
  Company Americas</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="25" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:18.95pt;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#151;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="243" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:182.2pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">New York banking
  corporation.</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="48" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:35.65pt;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">1961</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="47" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:34.9pt;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">0</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="18" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:13.2pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(a)</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="164" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:123.1pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 10.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">David J. Hoffman</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="25" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:18.95pt;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">69</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="243" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:182.2pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Mining geologist.</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="48" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:35.65pt;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">1977</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="47" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:34.9pt;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">38,100</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="18" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:13.2pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(b)</font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="164" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:123.1pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 10.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Richard G. Lareau</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="25" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:18.95pt;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">77</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="243" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:182.2pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Partner in the law firm
  of Oppenheimer Wolff&nbsp;&amp; Donnelly LLP; Until September&nbsp;2004,
  Director of Northern Technologies International Corporation.</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="48" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:35.65pt;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">1990</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="47" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:34.9pt;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">24,000</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="18" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:13.2pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(c)</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="164" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:123.1pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 10.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Ira A.
  Marshall,&nbsp;Jr.</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="25" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:18.95pt;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">82</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="243" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:182.2pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Private investor and
  self-employed petroleum engineer.</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="48" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:35.65pt;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">1976</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="47" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:34.9pt;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">51,000</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="18" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:13.2pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(d)</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr bgcolor="#CCEEFF">
  <td width="164" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:123.1pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 10.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Norman F. Sprague,&nbsp;III</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="25" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:18.95pt;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">57</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="243" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:182.2pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Private investor; Orthopedic surgeon.</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="48" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:35.65pt;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">1981</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="47" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:34.9pt;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">12,700</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="18" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:13.2pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt 6.0pt 20.0pt;text-indent:-20.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(a)</font><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>Deutsche Bank Trust
Company Americas previously held, on behalf of various customers, units in
so-called &#147;directed&#148; accounts. Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas no longer
maintains such directed accounts and therefore does not beneficially own any
units.</p>

<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt 6.0pt 20.0pt;text-indent:-20.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(b)</font><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>Includes 15,100 units
owned by Mr.&nbsp;Hoffman&#146;s wife, over which Mr.&nbsp;Hoffman does not have any
investment or voting power and as to which Mr.&nbsp;Hoffman disclaims any
beneficial ownership.</p>

<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt 6.0pt 20.0pt;text-indent:-20.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(c)</font><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>Includes 10,000 units
owned by Mr.&nbsp;Lareau&#146;s wife, over which Mr.&nbsp;Lareau does not have any
investment or voting power and as to which Mr.&nbsp;Lareau disclaims any
beneficial ownership.</p>

<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt 20.0pt;text-indent:-20.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(d)</font><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>These
Units consist of (a)&nbsp;50,000 units owned indirectly by Mr.&nbsp;Marshall
through a family trust of which Mr.&nbsp;Marshall is the sole trustee, and (b)&nbsp;1,000
units over which Mr.&nbsp;Marshall has joint voting and investment power.</p>


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<p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0pt 0pt 6.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><a name="NomineeInformation_082928"></a><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">NOMINEE INFORMATION</font></b></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 6.0pt;text-indent:20.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Mr.&nbsp;James A. Ehrenberg recently retired from his
position as Senior Vice President of U.S. Bank, N.A. after spending nearly
forty years in the Corporate Trust department of U.S. Bank, N.A. and its
predecessor, First Trust Company of Saint Paul. From 1983 until April&nbsp;2005,
Mr.&nbsp;Ehrenberg was directly responsible for providing corporate trustee services
to the Mesabi Land Trust of which Mesabi Trust is the sole trust certificate
holder. During his more than twenty years of service as the designated
representative of the corporate trustee of the Mesabi Land Trust, Mr.&nbsp;Ehrenberg
attended almost every scheduled meeting of the trustees held by the Trust.
Mr.&nbsp;Ehrenberg has also participated in numerous inspection trips and
meetings with the owner/operator of the mines in northern Minnesota.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:20.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Effective November 15,
2005, Mr.&nbsp;Ehrenberg was appointed as a trustee of the Mesabi Land Trust, a
trust which owns, in whole or in part, certain contiguous lands in St. Louis
County, Minnesota. Mesabi Trust is the sole beneficiary and trust certificate
holder of Mesabi Land Trust. Pursuant to an action by unanimous written consent
dated November 15, 2005 the Trustees, acting on behalf of Mesabi Land Trust,
unanimously appointed Mr.&nbsp;Ehrenberg to fill the vacancy created by Ira A.
Marshall,&nbsp;Jr.&#146;s resignation as trustee of the Mesabi Land Trust. The
Individual Trustees of Mesabi Trust, together with the corporate trustee of the
Mesabi Land Trust, U.S. Bank, N.A., serve as the remaining trustees of the
Mesabi Land Trust.</font></p>

<p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0pt 0pt 6.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><a name="TrusteeCompensation_082941"></a><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">TRUSTEE COMPENSATION</font></b></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:20.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">During
the fiscal years ended January&nbsp;31, 2005, 2004 and 2003 the total
remuneration paid to the Trustees was as follows:</font></p>

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<table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="border-collapse:collapse;">
 <tr>
  <td width="146" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:109.5pt;">
  <p align="left" style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:left;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">Fiscal&nbsp;Year&nbsp;Ending&nbsp;January&nbsp;31,</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="7" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.0pt;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="86" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:64.4pt;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="87" colspan="4" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:65.6pt;">
  <p style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">Aggregate<br>
  Individual&nbsp;Trustee<br>
  Compensation</font></b>(a)</p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="87" colspan="4" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:65.05pt;">
  <p style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">Aggregate<br>
  Corporate&nbsp;Trustee<br>
  Compensation</font></b>(b)</p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="93" colspan="4" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:69.4pt;">
  <p style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">Aggregate<br>
  Compensation&#151;All<br>
  Trustees</font></b>(c)</p>
  </td>
  <td width="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:1.7pt;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
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  <td width="239" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:178.9pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 10.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">2005</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="9" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:7.05pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="7" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.0pt;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="62" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:46.5pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">122,591.36</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="9" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:7.05pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="12" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:9.25pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="7" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.0pt;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="55" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:41.5pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">93,147.84</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="12" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:9.3pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="12" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:8.95pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="7" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.0pt;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="62" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:46.5pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">215,739.20</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="12" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:8.95pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:1.7pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="239" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:178.9pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 10.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">2004</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="9" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:7.05pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="7" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.0pt;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="62" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:46.5pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">112,544.20</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="9" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:7.05pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="12" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:9.25pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="7" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.0pt;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="55" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:41.5pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">90,636.05</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="12" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:9.3pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="12" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:8.95pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="7" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.0pt;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="62" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:46.5pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">203,176.25</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="12" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:8.95pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:1.7pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr bgcolor="#CCEEFF">
  <td width="239" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:178.9pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 10.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">2003</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="9" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:7.05pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="7" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.0pt;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="62" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:46.5pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">107,925.76</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="9" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:7.05pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="12" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:9.25pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="7" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.0pt;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="55" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:41.5pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">89,481.44</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="12" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:9.3pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="12" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:8.95pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="7" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.0pt;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="62" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:46.5pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">197,407.20</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="12" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:8.95pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:1.7pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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</font></div>

<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt 6.0pt 20.0pt;text-indent:-20.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(a)</font><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>Under the Agreement of
Trust, each Individual Trustee, of which there are four, is currently entitled
to compensation of not less than $20,000 adjusted as provided in the Agreement
of Trust. Each Individual Trustee was paid total compensation of $30,647.84,
$28,136.05, and $26,981.44 in fiscal years 2005, 2004, and 2003, respectively.</p>

<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt 6.0pt 20.0pt;text-indent:-20.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(b)</font><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>Under the Agreement of
Trust, the Corporate Trustee is entitled to compensation of: (i)&nbsp;<font size="1" style="font-size:6.0pt;position:relative;top:-3.0pt;">1</font><font face="Symbol">&#164;</font><font size="1" style="font-size:6.0pt;">4</font>
of 1% of the Trust Moneys (exclusive of proceeds of sale of any part of the
Trust Estate) received by the Trustees and distributed to the Trust Certificate
Holders (but not less than $20,000 adjusted as provided in the Agreement of
Trust) and (ii)&nbsp;$62,500 to cover clerical and administrative services to
the Trust. The variable component of the Corporate Trustee&#146;s compensation (<i><font style="font-style:italic;">i.e.</font></i>, excluding the $62,500 fee for
clerical and administrative services), was $30,647.84, $28,136.05, and
$26,981.44 in fiscal years 2005, 2004, and 2003, respectively.</p>

<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt 6.0pt 20.0pt;text-indent:-20.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(c)</font><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>Does not include any
fees and disbursements paid to Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas as
registrar and transfer agent of the units. Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas
received $15,612.42, $16,266.28, and $15,837.88 for services as transfer agent
and registrar in fiscal years 2005, 2004, and 2003, respectively.</p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:20.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">There are no options,
stock appreciation rights, long-term performance-based incentive plans or
retirement benefits applicable to any of the Trustees and, accordingly,
disclosure tables with respect to such items have been omitted.</font></p>


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<p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0pt 0pt 6.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><a name="Committees_082958"></a><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">COMMITTEES</font></b></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:20.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Trust is a publicly-traded
trust listed on the New York Stock Exchange (&#147;NYSE&#148;) and is therefore subject
to extensive regulation under, among others, the Securities Act of 1933, the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, NYSE rules&nbsp;and regulations and the
Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. In most instances, these laws, rules&nbsp;and
regulations do not specifically address their applicability to publicly-traded
trusts such as Mesabi Trust. In particular, the Sarbanes-Oxley Act provides for
the adoption by the Securities and Exchange Commission and the New York Stock
Exchange of certain rules&nbsp;and regulations that may be impossible for the
Trust to literally satisfy because of its nature as a pass-through trust. The
Trust does not have, nor does the Agreement of Trust provide for, a board of
directors, executive officers, or the formation of (and delegation of duties
to) an audit, nominating, governance or compensation committee. Therefore, the
Trust cannot literally comply with many of these rules&nbsp;and regulations
under the Agreement of Trust.</font></p>

<p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0pt 0pt 6.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><a name="TrusteeNominationProcess_083007"></a><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">TRUSTEE NOMINATION PROCESS</font></b></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 6.0pt;text-indent:20.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">As a passive business organization, the Trust is not
subject to the independence rules&nbsp;under Section&nbsp;303A of the NYSE
listed company manual. Accordingly, the Trust does not have a standing
nomination committee, nor has it adopted a charter governing nominations.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 6.0pt;text-indent:20.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Once elected, each Individual Trustee remains in that
position until the earlier of such trustee&#146;s resignation, death, incapacity or
such trustee&#146;s removal, with or without cause, at a special meeting of the
Trust Certificate Holders by the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority
of all the units then outstanding. The Agreement of Trust does not establish
any guidelines with respect to the nomination of successor trustees. At such
time as a vacancy occurs in the Trustees, all of the remaining Trustees serve
the function of a nominating committee and do so in accordance with the
provisions of the Agreement of Trust. A copy of the Agreement of Trust, as
amended, is on file with the Securities and Exchange Commission.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 6.0pt;text-indent:20.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Due to the infrequency of vacancies in the Trustees,
the Trustees have not established a formal policy with regard to the
consideration of candidates for a vacancy in the Trustees recommended by the
Trust Certificate Holders. Should the Trust Certificate Holders seek to
recommend a nominee, the Trustees may review the candidate&#146;s qualifications and
take such action as appropriate in furtherance of the best interests of Trust.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:20.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Mr.&nbsp;Ehrenberg was
recommended for nomination by the Trustees and his nomination was approved by
the Trustees pursuant to a unanimous written consent of the Trustees effective
as of November&nbsp;15,&nbsp;2005.</font></p>

<p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0pt 0pt 6.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><a name="IndependentPublicAccountants_083026"></a><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">INDEPENDENT PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS</font></b></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 6.0pt;text-indent:20.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Trustees have selected Gordon, Hughes&nbsp;&amp;
Banks, LLP (&#147;GHB&#148;) as the independent accountants of the Trust for fiscal year
2006. Representatives of GHB will be present at the special meeting and will
have an opportunity to make a statement if they desire. Such representatives
are expected to be available to respond to appropriate questions.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 6.0pt;text-indent:20.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">GHB has been the independent certified public
accountants to the Trust since December&nbsp;15, 2004. On December&nbsp;15,
2004, Eide Bailly LLP (&#147;Eide Bailly&#148;) resigned as independent certified public
accountants to Mesabi Trust due to Eide Bailly&#146;s de minimis involvement in the
preparation of the Trust&#146;s financial statements. The decision to replace Eide
Bailly was unanimously made by the Trustees of the Trust, as the Trust does not
have a Board of Directors. Eide Bailly&#146;s decision to resign as the Trust&#146;s
independent certified public accountants effective was not motivated by any
disagreement with the Trustees over the Trust&#146;s financial statements.</font></p>


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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:20.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Eide Bailly&#146;s reports on
the Trust&#146;s consolidated financial statements for the two fiscal years ended January&nbsp;31,
2004 and January&nbsp;31, 2005, respectively, did not contain an adverse
opinion or disclaimer of opinion, nor were such reports qualified or modified
as to uncertainty, audit scope or accounting principles. During the Trust&#146;s two
fiscal years ended January&nbsp;31, 2004 and January&nbsp;31, 2005, there were
no disagreements with Eide Bailly on any matter of accounting principles or
practices, financial statement disclosure, or auditing scope or procedure,
which disagreement(s), if not resolved to the satisfaction of Eide Bailly,
would have caused it to make reference to the subject matter of the
disagreement(s)&nbsp;in connection with its reports covering such periods. During
the Trust&#146;s two fiscal years ended January&nbsp;31, 2004 and January&nbsp;31,
2005, there were no &#147;Reportable Events&#148; (hereinafter defined) requiring
disclosure pursuant to Item 304(a)(1)(v)&nbsp;of Regulation S-K. As used
herein, the term &#147;Reportable Event&#148; means any of the events specified in
paragraphs (a)(1)(v)&nbsp;(A)-(D)&nbsp;of Item 304 of Regulation S-K.</font></p>

<p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0pt 0pt 6.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><a name="FeesPaidToIndependentAccountants_083037"></a><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">FEES PAID TO INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS</font></b></p>

<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt 6.0pt;text-indent:20.0pt;"><font style="font-style:italic;"><i><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Audit
Fees.</font></i></font>&nbsp;&nbsp; The
aggregate fees paid for professional services rendered by GHB for the audit of
the Trust&#146;s annual financial statements and review of the financial statements
included in the Trust&#146;s quarterly reports on Form&nbsp;10-Q for fiscal
2005 were approximately $25,500, which amount excludes fees incurred by the
Trust for professional services rendered by GHB after January&nbsp;31, 2005 for
GHB&#146;s review of the Trustees&#146; report on internal control over financial
reporting included in the Annual Report.</p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 6.0pt;text-indent:20.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The aggregate fees paid for professional services
rendered by Eide Bailly for the audit of the Trust&#146;s annual financial
statements and review of the financial statements included in the Trust&#146;s
quarterly reports on Form&nbsp;10-Q for fiscal 2004 were approximately
$28,430, which amount excludes fees incurred by the Trust for professional
services rendered by Eide Bailly after January&nbsp;31, 2005 and not yet billed
to the Trust for Eide Bailly&#146;s non-audit accounting services.</font></p>

<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt 6.0pt;text-indent:20.0pt;"><font style="font-style:italic;"><i><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Audit-Related
Fees.</font></i></font>&nbsp;&nbsp; No fees were paid to GHB for assurance and
related services that were reasonably related to the performance of the audit
or review of the Trust&#146;s financial statements for fiscal&nbsp;2005.</p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 6.0pt;text-indent:20.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The aggregate fees paid to Eide Bailly for assurance
and related services that were reasonably related to the performance of the
audit or review of the Trust&#146;s financial statements, other than those described
above, for fiscal 2004 were approximately $6,500. Such services included
examining the schedule of leasehold royalties payable to Mesabi Trust as set
forth in the Peters Lease and the Assignment of the Peters and Cloquet Leases,
as amended June&nbsp;12, 1989.</font></p>

<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt 6.0pt;text-indent:20.0pt;"><font style="font-style:italic;"><i><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Tax
Fees.</font></i></font>&nbsp;&nbsp; No fees were paid to GHB for tax
compliance, tax advice and tax planning for Mesabi Trust for fiscal 2005.</p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 6.0pt;text-indent:20.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The aggregate fees paid to Eide Bailly for tax
compliance, tax advice and tax planning for Mesabi Trust for fiscal 2004 were
approximately $2,350. Such services included preparation of the tax memorandum
to the Trust Certificate Holders.</font></p>

<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt 6.0pt;text-indent:20.0pt;"><font style="font-style:italic;"><i><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">All
Other Fees.</font></i></font>&nbsp;&nbsp; No other fees were paid to GHB for
products and services provided to Mesabi Trust, other than those described
above, for fiscal 2005.</p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 6.0pt;text-indent:20.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">No other fees were paid to Eide Bailly for products
and services provided to Mesabi Trust, other than those described above, for
fiscal 2004.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 6.0pt;text-indent:20.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Before the independent auditor is engaged to perform
audit and review services for the Trust, the Trustees approve the engagements. All
services described in this section were approved by the Trustees.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:20.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Trustees have
considered whether the independent accountants&#146; provision of non-audit services
to the Trust is compatible with maintaining the accountants&#146; independence and
discussed with them their independence from the Trust and the Trustees.</font></p>


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<p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0pt 0pt 6.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><a name="SecurityOwnershipOfCertainBenefic_083049"></a><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS</font></b></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:20.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The
following table sets forth information concerning each person known to Mesabi
Trust to own beneficially more than 5% of the Trust&#146;s Units outstanding as of [&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;].
Such information has been obtained from Mesabi Trust&#146;s records and a review of
statements filed with Mesabi Trust pursuant to Rule&nbsp;13d-102 under
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, through [&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;].</font></p>

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  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="312" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:234.3pt;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="10" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:7.6pt;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
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  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">Amount&nbsp;of&nbsp;Beneficial<br>
  Ownership&nbsp;of&nbsp;Units&nbsp;of<br>
  beneficial&nbsp;interest</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="19" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:13.95pt;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="53" colspan="3" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:39.4pt;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">Percentage</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="14" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:10.25pt;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
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  <td width="408" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:306.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 10.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Tontine Capital
  Partners, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership, Tontine Capital Management,
  L.L.C., a Delaware limited liability company, and Jeffrey L. Gendell, 55
  Railroad Avenue, 3rd Floor Greenwich, Connecticut 06830</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="10" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:7.6pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="29" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:21.6pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="45" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:34.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">813,500 </font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="29" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:21.65pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(a)</font></p>
  </td>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="19" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:14.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">6.2</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="17" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.7pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">%</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="14" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:10.25pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt 20.0pt;text-indent:-20.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(a)</font><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>This
information was provided to the Trust on a Schedule 13G dated January&nbsp;10,
2005, filed by such persons, which indicates that such persons each have shared
voting power and shared dispositive power with respect to such Units of
beneficial interest. Tontine Capital Management, L.L.C. is the general partner
of Tontine Capital Partners, L.P., the direct owner of the 813,500 units of
beneficial interest reported. Mr.&nbsp;Gendell is the Managing Member of
Tontine Capital Management, L.L.C. and in that capacity directs its operations.
The Schedule 13G may be reviewed for more detailed information concerning the
matters summarized herein.</p>

<p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0pt 0pt 6.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><a name="CertainRelationshipsAndRelatedTra_083116"></a><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS</font></b></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:20.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Trust has no directors
or executive officers. See the heading titled &#147;Trustee Compensation&#148; in this
Proxy Statement for the remuneration received by the Individual Trustees and
the Corporate Trustee for the three-year period ended January&nbsp;31, 2005 and
the heading section titled &#147;Trustee Information&#148; for information concerning
units of beneficial interest owned by the Trustees. Richard G. Lareau is a
partner in the law firm of Oppenheimer Wolff&nbsp;&amp; Donnelly LLP, which
serves as legal counsel to the Trust and the Mesabi Land Trust. Oppenheimer
Wolff&nbsp;&amp; Donnelly LLP received $158,314 for its services during the
Trust&#146;s fiscal year ended January&nbsp;31, 2005.</font></p>

<p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0pt 0pt 6.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><a name="Section16abeneficialOwnershipRepo_072153"></a><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">SECTION&nbsp;16(a)&nbsp;BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP REPORTING
COMPLIANCE</font></b></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:20.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Section&nbsp;16(a)&nbsp;of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 requires the Trustees and holders of more
than 10% of the Trust&#146;s units to file with the Securities and Exchange
Commission and the NYSE initial reports of ownership of units and reports of
changes in such ownership. The Commission&#146;s rules&nbsp;require such persons to
furnish the Trust with copies of all Section&nbsp;16(a)&nbsp;reports that they
file. Based solely on a review of these reports, the Trust believes that the
applicable Section&nbsp;16(a)&nbsp;reporting requirements were complied with
for all transactions which occurred in 2005.</font></p>

<p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0pt 0pt 6.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><a name="AdditionalInformation_072200"></a><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">ADDITIONAL INFORMATION</font></b></p>

<p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0pt 0pt 6.0pt 10.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><a name="TrustCertificateHolderProposals_072202"></a><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;">TRUST
CERTIFICATE HOLDER PROPOSALS</font></b></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 6.0pt;text-indent:20.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Trust is not required to and does not hold annual
meetings of Trust Certificate Holders. Accordingly, the Trust does not publish
a date by which Trust Certificate Holders must make proposals for inclusion in
an annual meeting.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:20.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Trust Certificate
Holders may initiate the calling of a special meeting by submitting a written
request to the Trustees signed by at least 15% in interest of the Trust
Certificate Holders. The written request must specify in reasonable detail the
action proposed to be taken. If the Trustees fail to call a </font></p>


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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">meeting
within 30 days of receiving the written request, the 15% in interest of the
Trust Certificate Holders, or their designated representative, may call a
special meeting.</font></p>

<p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0pt 0pt 6.0pt 10.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><a name="AnnualReport_072307"></a><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;">ANNUAL
REPORT</font></b></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:20.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">MESABI TRUST WILL FURNISH
WITHOUT CHARGE A COPY OF ITS ANNUAL REPORT ON FORM&nbsp;10-K (EXCLUSIVE
OF EXHIBITS) FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDED JANUARY&nbsp;31, 2005, TO ANY PERSON WHO
WAS A TRUST CERTIFICATE HOLDER AS OF [&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;],
2005, UPON RECEIPT FROM ANY SUCH PERSON OF A WRITTEN REQUEST FOR SUCH ANNUAL
REPORT. SUCH REQUEST SHOULD BE SENT TO DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS,
CORPORATE TRUSTEE, ATTN: RODNEY GAUGHAN, 60&nbsp;WALL&nbsp;STREET, 27TH&nbsp;FLOOR,
NEW YORK, NEW YORK 07901.</font></p>

<p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0pt 0pt 6.0pt 10.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><a name="WhereYouCanFindMoreInformation_082820"></a><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;">WHERE
YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION</font></b></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 6.0pt;text-indent:20.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Trust files annual, quarterly and special reports
and other information with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The Trust&#146;s
SEC filings are available to the public over the internet at the SEC&#146;s web site
at <i><font style="font-style:italic;">http://www.sec.gov</font></i>. You may also read
and copy any document the Trust files at the SEC&#146;s public reference room at 450
Fifth Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20549. Please call the SEC at 1-800-SEC-0330
for further information on the operation of the public reference room.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:20.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The
units of the Trust are listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol &#147;MSB.&#148;
The Trust&#146;s reports and other information filed with the SEC can also be
inspected at the offices of the New&nbsp;York Stock Exchange.</font></p>

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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Very truly yours,</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:12.0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <p style="margin:12.0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">DEUTSCHE BANK
  TRUST COMPANY&nbsp;AMERICAS</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Corporate Trustee
  of the Mesabi Trust</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:12.0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="53%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:53.22%;">
  <p style="margin:12.0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">DAVID J. HOFFMAN</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="53%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:53.22%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">RICHARD G. LAREAU</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">IRA A. MARSHALL,
  JR.</font></p>
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  </td>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">NORMAN F.
  SPRAGUE,&nbsp;III</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><i><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-style:italic;">&nbsp;</font></i></p>
  </td>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><i><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-style:italic;">Trustees</font></i></p>
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<p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0pt 0pt 6.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">APPENDIX A</font></b></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 6.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">November&nbsp;15, 2005</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 6.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">To the Trustees of Mesabi Trust:</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 24.0pt;text-indent:20.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">I, Ira A. Marshall,&nbsp;Jr., hereby announce my intention to resign as
Trustee of the Mesabi Trust because of general concerns regarding my health. This
letter serves as the written notice of my resignation as required by Section&nbsp;12.2
of the Agreement of Trust dated July&nbsp;18, 1961. My resignation will take
effect upon the appointment of my successor as provided in Section&nbsp;12.2
Agreement of Trust.</font></p>

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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/ Ira A. Marshall, Jr.</font></p>
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<p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0pt 0pt 6.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">APPENDIX B</font></b></p>

<p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0pt 0pt 6.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><a name="ProposedAmendmentToAgreementOfTru_100722"></a><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO AGREEMENT OF TRUST</font></b></p>

<p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0pt 0pt 6.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><a name="ArticleEleven_100724"></a><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(Provisions to be added are indicated in italics.)</font></b></p>

<p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0pt 0pt 6.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">ARTICLE ELEVEN</font></b></p>

<p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0pt 0pt 6.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><a name="CompensationOfTrustees_100725"></a><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Compensation of Trustees</font></b></p>

<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt 6.0pt;text-indent:20.0pt;"><font style="font-weight:bold;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Section&nbsp;11.1&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; &nbsp;&nbsp; Compensation
for Ordinary Services as Trustee.</font></b></font><font face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;&nbsp; </font>In
any fiscal year beginning after January&nbsp;31, <strike>1982</strike><b><font style="font-weight:bold;">2006</font></b>, in lieu of commissions fixed by law for trustees, (a)&nbsp;the
Corporate Trustee shall receive as compensation for services as Trustee
hereunder one quarter of one percent (<font size="1" style="font-size:6.0pt;position:relative;top:-3.0pt;">1</font><font face="Symbol">&#164;</font><font size="1" style="font-size:6.0pt;">4</font>
of 1%) of the Trust Moneys (exclusive of proceeds of sale of any part of the Trust
Estate) received by the Trustees and distributed to the Trust Certificate
holders (but not less than <strike>$20,000</strike><b><font style="font-weight:bold;">$45,000</font></b> adjusted
as provided below) while it is in office; (b)&nbsp;each Individual Trustee
shall receive as compensation for services as Trustee hereunder not less than <strike>$20,000</strike><b><font style="font-weight:bold;">$45,000</font></b> (adjusted as provided below) while he is in office;
and (c)&nbsp;each Trustee shall receive such additional compensation from the
cash proceeds of the sale of any part of the Trust Estate while he is in office
as may be approved by a majority in interest of the Trust Certificate holders,
or in event of the sale of the Trust Estate by 75% in interest thereof. In each
fiscal year beginning after January&nbsp;31, 1982, the minimum amount payable
to each of the Trustees shall be escalated upwards or downwards (but not below <strike>$20,000</strike><b><font style="font-weight:bold;">$45,000</font></b>) in accordance with changes from November&nbsp;1981
level of 295.5 (herein called the 1981 escalation level) in the Producer Price
Index for All Commodities (with 1967&nbsp;= 100 as a base) published by the
Bureau of Labor Statistics of the United States Department of Labor or any
succeeding federal governmental agency publishing such index, such adjustment
being herein called the &#147;escalation adjustment&#148;. The escalation adjustment for
the fiscal year ended January&nbsp;31, 1983 and each succeeding fiscal year
shall be made on the basis of the proportion between (a)&nbsp;the level of such
index for the November&nbsp;preceding the end of such fiscal year and (b)&nbsp;the
1981 escalation level.</p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 6.0pt;text-indent:20.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">In the event the index referred to above shall use for
100 as a base some period other than the 1967&nbsp;=&nbsp;100 base referred to
above, for the purposes hereof, such published index shall be adjusted so as to
be in correct relationship to such 1967 base. In the event publication of such
index is discontinued by any federal agency, the index to be used as aforesaid
shall be that index, independently published, which, after necessary
adjustments, if any, provides in the sole judgment of the Trustees the most
reasonable substitute for such Producer Price Index for All Commodities during
any period subsequent to November&nbsp;1981, it being intended to substitute an
index which most accurately reflects fluctuations in the wholesale prices of
all commodities in the manner presently reported by the Producer Price Index
for All Commodities (with 1967 = 100 as a base) published by the Bureau of
Labor Statistics of the United States Department of Labor.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 6.0pt;text-indent:20.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Any Trustee hereunder, who is also a trustee of the
Land Trust, shall not receive any compensation or commissions for acting as a
trustee of the Land Trust, but shall be entitled to receive compensation only
under the provisions of this Agreement.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 6.0pt;text-indent:20.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">In addition to the compensation set forth above, the
Corporate Trustee shall receive the sum of $12,500 in each fiscal year (including
the first fiscal year) to cover clerical and administrative services to the
trust (other than services customarily performed by a registrar or transfer
agent) provided, however, that said amount of $12,500 shall be increased to
$62,500 in each fiscal year beginning after January&nbsp;31, 1982, and provided
further that an additional amount may be paid to the Corporate Trustee in any
fiscal year to cover such services when deemed appropriate by action of the
Trustees (in which all individual Trustees concur) taken in accordance with Section&nbsp;10.1.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 6.0pt;text-indent:20.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">In the event of any substitution of or change in the
Trustees in any fiscal year ending prior to February&nbsp;1, 1982, each Trustee
shall receive compensation based only upon such rent, royalties and other </font></p>


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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 6.0pt;text-indent:0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">income and proceeds of
sale received and distributed while such Trustee was in office. In the event of
any substitution of or change in the Trustees in any fiscal year beginning
after January&nbsp;31, 1982, (a)&nbsp;the Corporate Trustee shall receive
compensation based only upon such rent, royalties and other income and proceeds
of sale received and distributed while it was in office, but not less than the
minimum compensation payable as provided above for the quarters of any fiscal
year that such Corporate Trustee was in office; and (b)&nbsp;each Individual
Trustee shall receive compensation only for the quarters of any fiscal year
that such Individual Trustee was in office.</font></p>


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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in 12.0pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">PROXY</font></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">SPECIAL MEETING OF THE TRUST CERTIFICATE
HOLDERS OF</font></p>

<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</font></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">TO BE HELD ON [&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;],
2006</font></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in 12.0pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">THIS
PROXY IS SOLICITED ON BEHALF OF MESABI TRUST</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in 12.0pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The
undersigned hereby appoints David J. Hoffman, Richard G. Lareau, Ira A.
Marshall, Jr., Norman F. Sprague, III and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas
and each or any of them, as Proxies (who may act by a majority of such Proxies
or substitutes as shall be present, if more than one) with full power of
substitution and revocation to represent the undersigned at the special meeting
of Trust Certificate Holders of Mesabi Trust to be held at 60 Wall Street,<b><font style="font-weight:bold;"> </font></b>27th floor, New York, New York 10005 on [&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;],
2006, at 10:00 a.m. local time, and at any adjournment or postponement thereof,
to vote all certificates representing units of beneficial interest in Mesabi
Trust which the undersigned would be entitled to vote, with all the powers the
undersigned would possess if personally present, in the manner set forth below.</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in 12.0pt;text-align:left;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">THIS PROXY WHEN PROPERLY EXECUTED WILL BE VOTED IN THE MANNER
DIRECTED HEREIN BY THE UNDERSIGNED TRUST CERTIFICATE HOLDER.&#160; IF NO DIRECTION IS GIVEN, THIS PROXY WILL BE
VOTED &#147;FOR&#148; PROPOSALS 1 AND 2. THE MESABI TRUSTEES RECOMMEND VOTES &#147;FOR&#148;
PROPOSALS 1 AND 2.</font></b></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">1.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; Appointment
of James A. Ehrenberg as Trustee.</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</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:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="7%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:7.88%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Wingdings" style="font-size:10.0pt;">o</font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;"> FOR</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:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="14%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:14.42%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Wingdings" style="font-size:10.0pt;">o</font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;"> AGAINST</font></p>
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  <td width="56%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:56.56%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Wingdings" style="font-size:10.0pt;">o</font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;"> ABSTAIN</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in 12.0pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">2.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; Amendment of the Agreement of Trust
to increase the minimum compensation payable to each Individual Trustee and the
Corporate Trustee.</font></p>

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  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Wingdings" style="font-size:10.0pt;">o</font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;"> FOR</font></p>
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  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Wingdings" style="font-size:10.0pt;">o</font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;"> AGAINST</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:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in 12.0pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">AUTHORIZED
SIGNATURES - SIGN HERE - THIS SECTION MUST BE COMPLETED FOR YOUR INSTRUCTIONS
TO BE EXECUTED.</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in 12.0pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Please
sign this Proxy EXACTLY as your name(s) appears on this Proxy card.&#160; Joint owners should each sign
personally.&#160; If you are signing as a
representative of the named Trust Certificate Holder (<i><font style="font-style:italic;">e.g.</font></i> as a trustee of a trust, corporate
officer or other agent on behalf of a trust, corporation or other entity) you
should indicate your FULL title or the capacity in which you sign.</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in 12.0pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Signature
1 - Please keep signature within the box</font></p>

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<p align="left" style="margin:6.0pt 0in 12.0pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Signature 2 - Please keep signature within the box</font></p>

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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in 12.0pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">MESABI
TRUST</font></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">PROXY SOLICITED ON BEHALF OF THE TRUSTEES OF
THE<br>
MESABI TRUST FOR THE SPECIAL MEETING TO BE HELD</font></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">[&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;,
2006]</font></p>

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<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in 12.0pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The undersigned revokes all previous proxies, acknowledges receipt of
the Notice of special meeting of Trust Certificate Holders to be held [&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;]<b><font style="font-weight:bold;">, </font></b>2006, and the Proxy Statement, and
appoints David J. Hoffman, Richard G. Lareau, Ira A. Marshall, Jr., Norman F.
Sprague, III and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas and each of them
individually, as his or her true and lawful agents and proxies, with full power
of substitution in each, to represent the undersigned, with all powers which
the undersigned would possess if personally present, and to vote all units of
beneficial interest of the Mesabi Trust that the undersigned is entitled to
vote, either on his or her own behalf or on behalf of any entity or entities,
on the record date at the special meeting of Trust Certificate Holders of the
Mesabi Trust to be held at 60 Wall Street,<b><font style="font-weight:bold;"> </font></b>27th
floor, New York, New York 10005 on [&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;],
2006, at 10:00 a.m., local time, and at any adjournment or postponement
thereof, on all matters coming before such meeting.</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in 12.0pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">YOU ARE ENCOURAGED TO SPECIFY YOUR VOTE BY MARKING THE APPROPRIATE BOX
ON THE REVERSE SIDE.&#160; IF YOU FAIL TO
SPECIFY YOUR VOTE, YOUR PROXY WILL BE VOTED &#147;FOR&#148; EACH OF THE PROPOSALS
CONTAINED ON THE REVERSE SIDE OF THIS PROXY.&#160;
THE PROXIES CANNOT VOTE YOUR UNITS UNLESS YOU SIGN AND RETURN THIS
CARD.&#160; ANY PROXY MAY BE REVOKED IN
WRITING AT ANY TIME PRIOR TO THE VOTING THEREOF.</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">ANY PROXY WHEN PROPERLY
GRANTED, WILL BE VOTED IN THE MANNER DIRECTED AND WILL AUTHORIZE THE PROXIES TO
TAKE ACTION IN THEIR DISCRETION UPON OTHER MATTERS THAT MAY PROPERLY COME
BEFORE THE MEETING.&#160; PROXIES ARE
AUTHORIZED TO VOTE UPON MATTERS INCIDENT TO THE CONDUCT OF THE MEETING SUCH AS
APPROVAL OF ONE OR MORE ADJOURNMENTS OF THE MEETING FOR THE PURPOSE OF
OBTAINING ADDITIONAL TRUST CERTIFICATE HOLDER VOTES.</font></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;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in 12.0pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">AUTHORIZED
SIGNATURES - SIGN HERE - THIS SECTION MUST BE COMPLETED FOR YOUR INSTRUCTIONS
TO BE EXECUTED.</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in 12.0pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Please
sign this Proxy EXACTLY as your name(s) appears on this Proxy card.&#160; Joint owners should each sign personally.&#160; If you are signing as a representative of the
named Trust Certificate Holder (e.g. as a trustee of a trust, corporate officer
or other agent on behalf of a trust, corporation or other entity) you should
indicate your FULL title or the capacity in which you sign.</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in 12.0pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Signature
1 - Please keep signature within the box</font></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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</font></p>
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<p align="left" style="margin:6.0pt 0in 12.0pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Signature 2 - Please keep signature within the box</font></p>

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