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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001104659-06-047145
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-K
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CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20060714
ITEM INFORMATION:		Results of Operations and Financial Condition
ITEM INFORMATION:		Financial Statements and Exhibits
FILED AS OF DATE:		20060714
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20060714

FILER:

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

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		8-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-04488
		FILM NUMBER:		06963335

	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 .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="5" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:18.0pt;">UNITED STATES</font></b></p>

<p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="5" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:18.0pt;">SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</font></b></p>

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<p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="5" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:18.0pt;">FORM&nbsp;8-K</font></b></p>

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<p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="3" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:12.0pt;">Current Report</font></b></p>

<p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="3" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:12.0pt;">Pursuant to Section&nbsp;13 or 15(d)&nbsp;of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934</font></b></p>

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

<p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">July&nbsp;14, 2006</font></b></p>

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<p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="5" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:18.0pt;">MESABI TRUST</font></b></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)</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 align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">13-6022277</font></b></p>
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  Identification</font></p>
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  Securities Services &#151; GDS</font></b></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">60 Wall
  Street</font></b></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">27th
  Floor</font></b></p>
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  York, New York</font></b></p>
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<p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(615) 835-2749</font></b></p>

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report)</font></p>

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filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the
registrant under any of the following provisions:</font></p>

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

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

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communications pursuant to Rule&nbsp;13e-4(c)&nbsp;under the Exchange Act
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">On the evening of July&nbsp;14,
2006, Mesabi Trust issued a press release announcing a cash distribution of
$0.40 per Unit of Beneficial Interest of Mesabi Trust. The distribution is
payable on August&nbsp;20, 2006 to Mesabi Trust Unitholders of record at the
close of business on July&nbsp;30, 2006. A copy of the press release is being
furnished as Exhibit&nbsp;99.1 to this Form&nbsp;8-K.</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">In accordance with general instruction B.2 to Form&nbsp;8-K,
the information in this Form&nbsp;8-K shall not be deemed to be &#147;filed&#148;
for purposes of Section&nbsp;18 of the Exchange Act or otherwise subject to the
liabilities of that section.</font></p>


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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed
on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Dated: July&nbsp;14, 2006</font></p>

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<p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Exhibit&nbsp;99.1</font></b></p>

<p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">MESABI TRUST<a name="MesabiTrust_234034"></a></font></b></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">PRESS RELEASE</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">New York, New York<br>
July&nbsp;14, 2006</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Trustees of Mesabi Trust (NYSE: MSB) declared a
distribution of $0.40 per Unit of Beneficial Interest payable on August&nbsp;20,
2006 to Mesabi Trust unitholders of record at the close of business on July&nbsp;30,
2006. This compares to a distribution of $0.37 per Unit for the same period
last year.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The $0.03 per Unit increase in the distribution, as
compared to the same quarter last year, is attributable to slightly higher iron
ore pellet prices during the quarter as reported by Northshore Mining Company (&#147;Northshore&#148;),
the lessee/operator of the mine on Mesabi Trust lands. The higher pellet prices
resulted in an increase in the royalty bonus payment for iron ore shipments
from Silver Bay, Minnesota, in the calendar quarter ended June&nbsp;30, 2006. The
increase in the bonus royalty payment was partially offset by a slight decrease
in the base royalty payment resulting from a reduction in the total shipments
of iron ore pellets during second calendar quarter of 2006. The increase in the
distribution per Unit is also attributable to certain positive adjustments to
the base royalty and bonus royalty received by the Mesabi Trust in the calendar
quarter ended March&nbsp;31, 2006. These adjustments to the previous quarter&#146;s
royalties resulted from pricing adjustments under term contracts between
Northshore, Northshore&#146;s parent Cleveland-Cliffs Inc (&#147;CCI&#148;) and certain of
their customers (the &#147;CCI Pellet Agreements&#148;).</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Based on the shipments of iron ore during the second
calendar quarter of 2006, Mesabi Trust is expecting to receive a base royalty
of $2,591,775 (representing actual shipments of iron ore mined from Mesabi
Trust lands of approximately 1,335,775 tons). Mesabi Trust is also expecting to
receive a bonus royalty in the amount of $2,588,740 with respect to shipments
during the second calendar quarter of 2006. The base royalty and bonus royalty
amounts will be supplemented by an additional $87,300 representing positive
adjustments of $39,682 and $47,618, respectively, to last quarter&#146;s base
royalty and bonus royalty amounts. The total royalty payment expected to be
received by Mesabi Trust on July&nbsp;31, 2006 from Northshore is $5,382,982<b><font style="font-weight:bold;"> </font></b>(including a royalty payment of $115,167 payable to the
Mesabi Land Trust). With the $0.40 per Unit distribution announced today, the
Trustees of the Mesabi Trust are distributing $5,248,004<b><font style="font-weight:bold;"> </font></b>of
the total royalty payment payable to Mesabi Trust.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The volume of shipments of iron ore pellets by
Northshore varies from quarter to quarter and year to year based on a number of
factors, including weather conditions on the Great Lakes, the requested
delivery schedules of customers and general economic conditions in the iron ore
industry. The resulting royalties paid to the Mesabi Trust are dependent on the
volume of shipments of iron ore pellets for the quarter and the year to date,
the pricing of the iron ore product sales and the percentage of iron ore pellet
shipments from Mesabi Trust lands rather than from other lands. Further, the prices
under the CCI Pellet Agreements are subject to interim and final pricing
adjustments, dependent in part on multiple price and inflation index factors
that are not known until after the end of a contract year. This can result in
significant and frequent variations in royalties received by Mesabi Trust (and
in turn the resulting amount available for distribution to Unitholders by the
Mesabi Trust) from quarter to quarter and on a comparative historical basis;
these variations, which can be positive or negative, cannot be predicted by the
Trustees of the Mesabi Trust. </font></p>

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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Royalty payments received in 2005 and 2006 continue to
reflect pricing estimates for shipments of iron ore products that may be
subject to further adjustment (upward or downward) pursuant to the CCI Pellet
Agreements.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">With respect to the balance of 2006, Northshore has
not advised Mesabi Trust as to its expected 2006 shipments of iron ore products
or what percentage of 2006 shipments will be from Mesabi Trust iron ore. CCI
has previously reported that it currently expects scheduled 2006 pellet
production at Northshore (using iron ore mined from both Mesabi Trust lands and
from other than Mesabi Trust lands) to be approximately 4.9 million tons. CCI
has not provided the Mesabi Trustees with any projections about possible
pricing (and resulting royalty) adjustments that might impact future
distributions.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">This press release contains certain forward-looking
statements with respect to iron ore pellet production, iron ore pricing,
shipments at Northshore in 2006 and royalty (including bonus royalty) amounts,
which statements are intended to be made under the safe harbor protections of
the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, as amended. Actual
production, prices and shipments of iron ore pellets, as well as actual royalty
levels (including bonus royalties), could differ materially from current
expectations due to inherent risks such as general and industry economic
trends, uncertainties arising from war, terrorist events and other global
events, higher or lower demand for steel and iron ore, higher imports of steel
and iron ore substitutes, processing difficulties, consolidation and
restructuring in the domestic steel market or other factors. Further,
substantial portions of royalties earned by Mesabi Trust are based on estimated
prices that are subject to interim and final adjustments which can be positive
or negative and are dependent in part on multiple price and inflation index
factors under agreements to which the Mesabi Trust is not a party and that are
not known until after the end of a contract year. Although the Mesabi Trustees
believe that any such forward-looking statements are based on reasonable
assumptions, such statements are subject to risks and uncertainties that could
cause actual results to differ materially.</font></p>

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