FORM 13F INFORMATION TABLE
                                                           VALUE   SHARES/  SH/ PUT/ INVSTMT    OTHER          VOTING AUTHORITY
        NAME OF ISSUER          TITLE OF CLASS    CUSIP   (x$1000) PRN AMT  PRN CALL DSCRETN   MANAGERS     SOLE    SHARED    NONE
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ACE Limited                    COM              G0070K103    11727   300000 SH       SOLE                   300000
AEP Industries Inc.            COM              001031103    42044  1189706 SH       SOLE                  1189706
AGCO Corporation               COM              001084102     2974   325000 SH       SOLE                   325000
ASA Ltd.                       COM              002050102     6680   349000 SH       SOLE                   349000
AT&T Corporation               COM              001957109     4950   225000 SH       SOLE                   225000
Airborne Inc.                  COM              009269101    11590  1000000 SH       SOLE                  1000000
Alberto Culver Co. CL-A        COM              013068200     6195   175000 SH       SOLE                   175000
Alcoa Inc.                     COM              013817101    13987   355000 SH       SOLE                   355000
Alleghany Corporation          COM              017175100     4891    24095 SH       SOLE                    24095
Anglogold Limited Sponsored AD COM              035128206    17898   999312 SH       SOLE                   999312
Archer-Daniels-Midland         COM              039483102    11419   875000 SH       SOLE                   875000
Bank of America Corporation    COM              060505104    21010   350000 SH       SOLE                   350000
Berkshire Hathaway Inc. Cl B   COM              084670207    43700    19000 SH       SOLE                    19000
Bethlehem Steel                COM              087509105     2929  1450000 SH       SOLE                  1450000
Borden Chemical and Plastic    COM              099541203       23   633000 SH       SOLE                   633000
Boston Scientific Corporation  COM              101137107     8500   500000 SH       SOLE                   500000
Bowne & Company                COM              103043105    12155  1057000 SH       SOLE                  1057000
Brookstone Inc.                COM              114537103     6460   365000 SH       SOLE                   365000
Burlington Northern Santa Fe   COM              12189t104    11362   375000 SH       SOLE                   375000
Carpenter Technology           COM              144285103    11716   400000 SH       SOLE                   400000
Chubb Corp.                    COM              171232101     3097    40000 SH       SOLE                    40000
Circuit City Stores            COM              172737108     1800   100000 SH       SOLE                   100000
Cleveland-Cliffs Inc.          COM              185896107     5550   300000 SH       SOLE                   300000
Coeur D Alene Mines Corp.      COM              192108108      346   260181 SH       SOLE                   260181
ConAgra Inc.                   COM              205887102    13867   700000 SH       SOLE                   700000
Conoco Inc. Cl A               COM              208251306    35814  1270000 SH       SOLE                  1270000
Corn Products International In COM              219023108    12000   375000 SH       SOLE                   375000
Cott Corporation               COM              22163n106    10985   995000 SH       SOLE                   995000
Dow Jones & Company, Inc.      COM              260561105     7464   125000 SH       SOLE                   125000
Du Pont (E. I.) de Nemours     COM              263534109    32562   675000 SH       SOLE                   675000
Eastman Kodak Corp.            COM              277461109     7002   150000 SH       SOLE                   150000
Esg Re Limited                 COM              g31215109      773   255000 SH       SOLE                   255000
Fairfax Financial Holdings, Lt COM              303901102     6018    40000 SH       SOLE                    40000
Ferro Corporation              COM              315405100     2181   100000 SH       SOLE                   100000
Fleetwood Enterprises          COM              339099103     8307   590000 SH       SOLE                   590000
Flour Corporation              COM              343412102     4515   100000 SH       SOLE                   100000
Franco-Nevada Mining           COM              351860101     6425   500000 SH       SOLE                   500000
Gannett Company                COM              364730101    34597   525000 SH       SOLE                   525000
General Dynamics Corp          COM              369550108     7781   100000 SH       SOLE                   100000
General Motors Corp. Cl H      COM              370442832    13037   625000 SH       SOLE                   625000
Genuine Parts Co.              COM              372460105     3937   125000 SH       SOLE                   125000
Germany Fund                   COM              374143105      408    49200 SH       SOLE                    49200
Gold Field Limited New, ADR    COM              38059t106     2663   585344 SH       SOLE                   585344
Grainger, W.W. Inc.            COM              384802104    17493   425000 SH       SOLE                   425000
Halliburton                    COM              406216101     6230   175000 SH       SOLE                   175000
Hecla Mining Co.               COM              422704106      504   438100 SH       SOLE                   438100
Hecla Mining Preferred Conv.   COM              422704205      376    35500 SH       SOLE                    35500
Helmerich & Payne Inc.         COM              423452101     4623   150000 SH       SOLE                   150000
Hershey Foods Corp.            COM              427866108     7714   125000 SH       SOLE                   125000
Hillenbrand Industries         COM              431573104     5711   100000 SH       SOLE                   100000
Homestake Mining Co.           COM              437614100    12667  1599430 SH       SOLE                  1599430
Horace Mann                    COM              440327104     1806    83800 SH       SOLE                    83800
Hubbell Inc. Cl B              COM              443510201    18125   625000 SH       SOLE                   625000
IMC Global, Inc.               COM              449669100    13872  1360000 SH       SOLE                  1360000
Imperial Chemical - ADR        COM              452704505     2456   103400 SH       SOLE                   103400
Imperial Oil                   COM              453038408     2575   100000 SH       SOLE                   100000
Intermet                       COM              45881K104      311    55000 SH       SOLE                    55000
International Paper Company    COM              460146103     5355   150000 SH       SOLE                   150000
Kellogg Company                COM              487836108     5800   200000 SH       SOLE                   200000
Kerr McGee Corp.               COM              492386107    19881   300000 SH       SOLE                   300000
Kinross Gold Corp.             COM              496902107      143   181618 SH       SOLE                   181618
La-Z-Boy Inc.                  COM              505336107     5291   286000 SH       SOLE                   286000
Leucadia National Corp         COM              527288104     4867   150000 SH       SOLE                   150000
Loew's Corporation             COM              540424108    38658   600000 SH       SOLE                   600000
Longview Fibre Company         COM              543213102     4374   355000 SH       SOLE                   355000
Louisiana-Pacific Corporation  COM              546347105    12903  1100000 SH       SOLE                  1100000
Mandalay Resort Group          COM              562567107     2740   100000 SH       SOLE                   100000
Markel Corporation             COM              570535104    22597   115000 SH       SOLE                   115000
Massey Energy Corporation      COM              576206106     2964   150000 SH       SOLE                   150000
Mattel Inc.                    COM              577081102     9460   500000 SH       SOLE                   500000
McDonald's Corporation         COM              580135101     7441   275000 SH       SOLE                   275000
Mead Corp.                     COM              582834107     5428   200000 SH       SOLE                   200000
Meridian Gold Inc.             COM              589975101     2063   259500 SH       SOLE                   259500
Mesabi Trust                   COM              590672101      569   170000 SH       SOLE                   170000
Mississippi Chemical Corp.     COM              605288208     3013   975000 SH       SOLE                   975000
Newmont Mining Corp.           COM              651639106    20245  1087869 SH       SOLE                  1087869
Old Republic International     COM              680223104    14500   500000 SH       SOLE                   500000
Pep Boys                       COM              713278109     2246   200000 SH       SOLE                   200000
Phelps Dodge                   COM              717265102     6225   150000 SH       SOLE                   150000
Phillip Morris Cos.            COM              718154107    13956   275000 SH       SOLE                   275000
Phillips Petroleum Co.         COM              718507106    19095   335000 SH       SOLE                   335000
Placer Dome, Inc.              COM              725906101    14475  1477000 SH       SOLE                  1477000
Pope & Talbot                  COM              732827100     5164   400000 SH       SOLE                   400000
Potlatch Corp                  COM              737628107     8602   250000 SH       SOLE                   250000
Procter & Gamble               COM              742718109     6380   100000 SH       SOLE                   100000
RPM Inc. (Ohio)                COM              749685103     3910   425000 SH       SOLE                   425000
Railamerica Inc.               COM              750753105    30082  2634162 SH       SOLE                  2634162
Roadway Express Inc.           COM              769742107     2377   100000 SH       SOLE                   100000
Royal Gold Inc.                COM              780287108     1535   500000 SH       SOLE                   500000
Ruddick Corporation            COM              781258108     4237   250000 SH       SOLE                   250000
SAFECO Corp.                   COM              786429100    14750   500000 SH       SOLE                   500000
San Juan Basin Rty Trust Unit  COM              798241105     1903   150000 SH       SOLE                   150000
Saul Centers Inc.              COM              804395101     2833   150000 SH       SOLE                   150000
Sherwin-Williams Co.           COM              824348106    11100   500000 SH       SOLE                   500000
St. Paul Companies             COM              792860108    11154   220000 SH       SOLE                   220000
Tenneco Automotive Inc.        COM              880349105     3260  1000000 SH       SOLE                  1000000
The Walt Disney Company        COM              254687106     8667   300000 SH       SOLE                   300000
Thomas & Betts Corp.           COM              884315102     8828   400000 SH       SOLE                   400000
Timken Company                 COM              887389104     9317   550000 SH       SOLE                   550000
Transportacion Maritima Mexica COM              893868208    49766  4154056 SH       SOLE                  4154056
Transportacion Maritima Mexica COM              893868307    41035  3696859 SH       SOLE                  3696859
Triarc Companies Inc.          COM              895927101    39925  1523863 SH       SOLE                  1523863
UST Inc.                       COM              902911106     7215   250000 SH       SOLE                   250000
USX Marathon Group             COM              902905827    21247   720000 SH       SOLE                   720000
USX-U.S. Steel Group           COM              90337T101    17202   853700 SH       SOLE                   853700
Union Pacific Corp             COM              907818108    13727   250000 SH       SOLE                   250000
Visteon Corporation            COM              92839u107      529    28805 SH       SOLE                    28805
Volvo AB ADR                   COM              928856400     1824   120000 SH       SOLE                   120000
Washington Post - Cl B         COM              939640108    10332    18000 SH       SOLE                    18000
Weyerhaeuser Co.               COM              962166104     9895   180000 SH       SOLE                   180000
White Moutains Insurance Group COM              G9618E107     3650     9700 SH       SOLE                     9700
XL Capital LTD - CL A          COM              G98255105     4105    50000 SH       SOLE                    50000