**Exhibit 31**

 

**CERTIFICATION**

 

I, Kenneth R. Ring, certify that:

 

1.                                       I have reviewed thisquarterly report on Form 10-Q of Mesabi Trust, for which Deutsche BankTrust Company Americas acts as Corporate Trustee;

 

2.                                       Based on my knowledge, thisreport does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit tostate a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of thecircumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading withrespect to the period covered by this report;

 

3.                                       Based on my knowledge, thefinancial statements, and other financial information included in this report,fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, distributableincome and changes in trust corpus of the registrant as of, and for, theperiods presented in this report;

 

4.                                       I am responsible forestablishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined inExchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control overfinancial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and15d-15(f)), or for causing such controls and****proceduresand internal control over financial reporting to be established and maintained,for the registrant and have:

 

a)                                      designed such disclosurecontrols and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures tobe designed under my supervision, to ensure that material information relatingto the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to meby others within those entities, particularly during the period in which thisreport is being prepared;

 

b)                                     designed such internalcontrol over financial reporting, or caused such internal control overfinancial reporting to be designed under my supervision, to provide reasonableassurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparationof financial statements for external purposes;

 

c)                                      evaluated the effectivenessof the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in thisreport my conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls andprocedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on suchevaluation; and

 

d)                                     disclosed in this report anychange in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting thatoccurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’sfourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materiallyaffected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’sinternal control over financial reporting; and

 

5.                                       I have disclosed, based onmy most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to theregistrant’s auditors:

 

a)                                      all significant deficienciesand material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control overfinancial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect theregistrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financialinformation; and

 

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b)                                     any fraud, whether or notmaterial, that involves persons who have a significant role in the registrant’sinternal control over financial reporting.

 

In giving the foregoing certifications in paragraphs 4 and 5, I haverelied to the extent I consider reasonable on information provided to me byNorthshore Mining Company and Eveleth Fee Office, Inc.

 

 
| Date:  December 4, 2009 | By:    | /s/  Kenneth R. Ring                     |
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|                         |   | Kenneth  R. Ring*                        |
|                         |   | Vice President                           |
|                         |   | Deutsche Bank National Trust Company     |
|                         |   | For Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas |

 

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* There are no principal executive officers or principal financialofficers of the registrant.

 

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