Business Segments (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2015

Segment Reporting [Abstract]

Business Segments

		2015		2014		2013
Revenues:
Asset management	$	27,570		24,825		21,548
Mining royalty lands		6,094		5,349		5,302
Land development and construction		982		804		804
	$	34,646		30,978		27,654
Operating profit:
Asset management	$	13,288		11,703		10,414
Mining royalty lands		5,478		4,735		4,739
Land development and construction		(2,197	)	(1,474	)	(987	)
Corporate expenses:
Allocated to asset management		(815	)	(582	)	(688	)
Allocated to mining royalty		(863	)	(617	)	(731	)
Allocated to land development and construction		(481	)	(343	)	(406	)
Unallocated		(1,148	)	(997	)	(477	)
Unallocated to discontinued operations		(1,081	)	(2,685	)	(2,549	)
		(4,388	)	(5,224	)	(4,851	)
	$	12,181		9,740		9,315
Interest expense:
Asset management	$	2,014		1,366		2,501
Depreciation, depletion and
amortization:
Asset management	$	6,963		6,384		5,503
Mining royalty lands		133		124		106
Land development and construction		282		197		251
	$	7,378		6,705		5,860
Capital expenditures:
Asset management		2,408		6,662		10,257
Mining royalty lands		—		—		—
Land development and construction		4,085		12,621		12,679
	$	6,493		19,283		22,936
Identifiable net assets at September 30:
Asset management	$	151,023		154,976		143,808
Mining royalty lands		39,300		39,368		39,274
Land development and construction		60,682		56,519		50,833
Discontinued operations		—		61,134		51,107
Cash items		419		1,074		2,071
Unallocated corporate assets		1,197		—		—
		252,621		313,071		287,093