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SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES - Revenue (Details) |  |  | 1 Months Ended | 12 Months Ended
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Apr. 15, 2022 $ / shares | Oct. 29, 2021 USD ($) | Jul. 31, 2021 USD ($) item | Jan. 31, 2022 USD ($) item contract MT $ / shares | Jan. 31, 2021 USD ($) $ / shares | Jan. 31, 2020 $ / shares
Cash and Cash Equivalents |  |  |  |  |  |
Amount held by the Trust in a money market fund |  |  |  | $ 47,727,522 | $ 12,500,941 |
Revenue from Contract with Customer [Abstract] |  |  |  |  |  |
Number of members on panel for arbitration | item |  |  | 3 |  |  |
Litigation settlement, damages |  | $ 2,312,106 | $ 2,312,106 |  |  |
Litigation settlement, interest |  | 521,581 | $ 430,710 |  |  |
Proceeds from Legal Settlements |  | $ 2,833,687 |  |  |  |
Accrued income receivable |  |  |  | $ 4,631,510 | 249,477 |
Number of customer contracts | contract |  |  |  | 1 |  |
Contract asset |  |  |  | $ 1,431,633 | 177,251 |
Contract asset |  |  |  | 1,431,633 | 239,132 |
Contract liability |  |  |  | $ 0 | $ 61,881 |
Fixed Property, Including Intangibles |  |  |  |  |  |
Percentage of fee interest owned by Mesabi Land Trust in the lands subject to the Peters Lease |  |  |  | 20.00% |  |
Distributions declared per unit (in dollars per unit) | $ / shares |  |  |  | $ 2.86 | $ 1.67 | $ 3.36
Subsequent Event [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |
Fixed Property, Including Intangibles |  |  |  |  |  |
Distributions declared per unit (in dollars per unit) | $ / shares | $ 1.04 |  |  |  |  |
Base Overriding Royalties |  |  |  |  |  |
Revenue from Contract with Customer [Abstract] |  |  |  |  |  |
Base overriding royalties, first tier portion percentage |  |  |  | 90.00% |  |
Base overriding royalties, first tier shipment ceiling (in million tons) | MT |  |  |  | 4 |  |
Base overriding royalties, second tier portion percentage |  |  |  | 85.00% |  |
Base overriding royalties, second tier shipment ceiling (in million tons) | MT |  |  |  | 2 |  |
Base overriding royalties, third tier portion percentage |  |  |  | 25.00% |  |
Base overriding royalties, third tier shipment threshold (in million tons) | MT |  |  |  | 6 |  |
Base overriding royalties, number of volume thresholds for transaction price | item |  |  |  | 4 |  |
Base overriding royalties, volume threshold for transaction price | MT |  |  |  | 1 |  |

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