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Area of non producing minerals.

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Insignificant fields straight-line amortization period.

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Mineral rights accumulated period.

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Non producing minerals amortization period.

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Non producing minerals book value net.

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Number of tracts owned.

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Percentage holding of mineral interest.

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Percentage Of Oil, Natural Gas Liquids, And Natural Gas Sales Were Derived From Sale Of Natural Gas

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Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]

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Number of producing oil wells and oil wells capable of production with working interest ownership.

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For an entity that discloses a concentration risk in relation to quantitative amount, which serves as the "benchmark" (or denominator) in the equation, this concept represents the concentration percentage derived from the division.

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Percentage of current income tax expense (benefit) and deferred income tax expense (benefit) pertaining to continuing operations.

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Amount of interest capitalized during the period.

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Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies (Narrative) (Details)	12 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2022 USD ($) a Well Item	Sep. 30, 2021 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2020 USD ($)
Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Number of Oil, NGL and Natural Gas Production Units \| Well	6,362
Oil, NGL and natural gas revenues were derived from the sale of natural gas	66.00%
Oil, NGL and natural gas revenues were derived from the sale of oil	26.00%
Oil, NGL and natural gas revenues were derived from the sale of NGL	8.00%
Bad debt expense	$ 0	$ 0	$ 0
Book value of Non-producing oil and natural gas	$ 43,223,165	32,542,709
Percentage of perpetual ownership of mineral interests in Oklahoma, North Dakota, Texas, Arkansas and New Mexico	60.00%
Accumulated period perpetual rights	96 years
Non Producing Minerals Area \| a	178,318
Number of tracts owned \| Item	5,727
Amount of acres average tract contains \| a	30
Amortized Period of Non-producing Minerals	33 years
Straight-line amortized period of Producing Minerals	20 years
Straight-line amortized period of insignificant fields	10 years
Amount of Capitalized Interest Included in the Company's Capital Expenditures	$ 0	0	0
Interest Expense	$ 1,164,992	$ 995,127	$ 1,286,788
Effective tax rate	17.00%	(9.00%)
Time Vested Ratably [Member]
Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Restricted Stock vesting period	3 years
Minimum [Member]
Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Useful life of furniture and fixtures	5 years
Restricted Stock Awards, vesting period	3 years
Maximum [Member]
Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Useful life of furniture and fixtures	8 years
Sales Revenue, Net [Member] \| Product Concentration Risk [Member] \| Oil Revenue [Member]
Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
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Sales Revenue, Net [Member] \| Product Concentration Risk [Member] \| NGL [Member]
Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Total sale volume from sale of Oil, NGL and Natural gas	10.00%
Sales Revenue, Net [Member] \| Product Concentration Risk [Member] \| Natural Gas [Member]
Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Total sale volume from sale of Oil, NGL and Natural gas	78.00%