FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS (Details) - Recurring Measurements [Member] - USD ($) $ in Thousands		Sep. 30, 2016	Dec. 31, 2015
Total [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Total		$ 2,096	$ 1,885
Total [Member] | Executive Retirement Program Liability [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Executive retirement liability			584
Crude Oil Derivatives Assets [Member] | Total [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Crude oil price risk derivatives		174	1,634
Equity Securities [Member] | Total [Member] | Sutter Gold Mining Company [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Marketable equity securitites		19	13
Equity Securities [Member] | Total [Member] | Anfield Resources, Inc. [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Marketable equity securitites	[1]	1,903	238
Level 1 [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Total		1,922
Level 1 [Member] | Executive Retirement Program Liability [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Executive retirement liability
Level 1 [Member] | Crude Oil Derivatives Assets [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Crude oil price risk derivatives
Level 1 [Member] | Equity Securities [Member] | Sutter Gold Mining Company [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Marketable equity securitites		19
Level 1 [Member] | Equity Securities [Member] | Anfield Resources, Inc. [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Marketable equity securitites	[1]	1,903
Level 2 [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Total		174	1,647
Level 2 [Member] | Executive Retirement Program Liability [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Executive retirement liability
Level 2 [Member] | Crude Oil Derivatives Assets [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Crude oil price risk derivatives		174	1,634
Level 2 [Member] | Equity Securities [Member] | Sutter Gold Mining Company [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Marketable equity securitites			13
Level 2 [Member] | Equity Securities [Member] | Anfield Resources, Inc. [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Marketable equity securitites	[1]
Level 3 [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Total			238
Level 3 [Member] | Executive Retirement Program Liability [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Executive retirement liability			584
Level 3 [Member] | Crude Oil Derivatives Assets [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Crude oil price risk derivatives
Level 3 [Member] | Equity Securities [Member] | Sutter Gold Mining Company [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Marketable equity securitites
Level 3 [Member] | Equity Securities [Member] | Anfield Resources, Inc. [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Marketable equity securitites	[1]		$ 238

[1] For the period from September 1, 2015 when the Company acquired its investment in Anfield Resources, Inc. ("Anfield") through March 31, 2016, average daily trading volume was approximately 10,000 shares and management concluded that the quoted marked price was not an accurate indicator of fair value. Accordingly, alternative methods were used to determine fair value upon receipt of the shares in September 2015, which required classification under Level 3 of the fair value hierarchy. During the second quarter of 2016, average daily trading volume increased to more than 240,000 shares and management now classifies its investment in Anfield under Level 1 of the fair value hierarchy. Primarily as a result of the reclassification of Anfield to Level 1, the Company recognized an unrealized gain of $921 during the nine months ended September 30, 2016. See Note 15 for changes in the fair value of the investment in Anfield after September 30, 2016.