Business Segments (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2016

Segment Reporting [Abstract]

Business Segments (in thousands)

		2016		2015		2014
Revenues:
Asset management	$	28,739		27,570		24,825
Mining royalty lands		7,533		6,094		5,349
Land development and construction		1,185		982		804
	$	37,457		34,646		30,978
Operating profit:
Before corporate expenses:
Asset management	$	13,374		13,288		11,703
Mining royalty lands		7,029		5,478		4,735
Land development and construction		(940	)	(2,197	)	(1,474	)
Corporate expenses:
Allocated to asset management		(1,591	)	(1,248	)	(958	)
Allocated to mining royalty		(231	)	(1,322	)	(1,016	)
Allocated to land development and construction		(1,258	)	(737	)	(565	)
Unallocated to discontinued operations		—		(1,081	)	(2,685	)
		(3,080	)	(4,388	)	(5,224	)
	$	16,383		12,181		9,740
Interest expense:
Asset management	$	1,561		2,014		1,366
Depreciation, depletion and amortization:
Asset management	$	7,689		6,963		6,384
Mining royalty lands		104		133		124
Land development and construction		258		282		197
	$	8,051		7,378		6,705
Capital expenditures:
Asset management	$	20,747		2,408		6,662
Mining royalty lands		205		—		—
Land development and construction		6,602		4,085		12,621
	$	27,554		6,493		19,283
Identifiable net assets at September 30:
Asset management	$	171,449		151,023		154,976
Mining royalty lands		39,570		39,300		39,368
Land development and construction		54,157		60,682		56,519
Discontinued operations		—		—		61,134
Cash items		—		419		1,074
Unallocated corporate assets		500		1,054		—
		265,676		252,478		313,071