Balance Sheets - USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2021	Sep. 30, 2020
Current Assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	$ 2,438,511	$ 10,690,395
Natural gas, oil and NGL sales receivables (net of $0 allowance for uncollectable accounts)	6,428,982	2,943,220
Refundable income taxes	2,413,942	3,805,227
Other	942,082	351,088
Total current assets	12,223,517	17,789,930
Properties and equipment at cost, based on successful efforts accounting:
Producing natural gas and oil properties	319,984,874	324,886,491
Non-producing natural gas and oil properties	40,466,098	18,993,814
Other	794,179	582,444
Gross properties and equipment, at cost, based on successful efforts accounting	361,245,151	344,462,749
Less accumulated depreciation, depletion and amortization	(257,643,661)	(263,590,801)
Net properties and equipment	103,601,490	80,871,948
Investments	308	79,308
Operating lease right-of-use assets	607,414	690,316
Other, net	578,285	590,333
Total assets	117,011,014	100,021,835
Current Liabilities:
Accounts payable	772,717	997,637
Derivative contracts, net	12,087,988	281,942
Current portion of operating lease liability	132,287	127,108
Income taxes payable	334,050
Accrued liabilities and other	1,809,337	1,297,363
Short-term debt		1,750,000
Total current liabilities	15,136,379	4,454,050
Long-term debt	17,500,000	27,000,000
Deferred income taxes	343,906	1,329,007
Asset retirement obligations	2,836,172	2,897,522
Derivative contracts, net	1,696,479	425,705
Operating lease liability, net of current portion	789,339	921,625
Total liabilities	38,302,275	37,027,909
Stockholders' equity:
Class A voting common stock, par value $0.01666 per share: 36,000,500 shares authorized and 32,770,433 shares issued and outstanding at September 30, 2021; 24,000,500 shares authorized and 22,647,306 shares issued and outstanding at September 30, 2020	545,956	377,304
Capital in excess of par value	33,213,645	10,649,611
Deferred directors' compensation	1,768,151	1,874,007
Retained earnings	48,966,420	56,244,100
Stockholders' Equity	84,494,172	69,145,022
Treasury stock, at cost: 388,545 shares at September 30, 2021; 411,487 shares at September 30, 2020	(5,785,433)	(6,151,096)
Total stockholders' equity	78,708,739	62,993,926
Total liabilities and stockholders' equity	$ 117,011,014	$ 100,021,835