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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AEP Industries Inc.            COM              001031103    27822  1161206 SH       SOLE                  1161206
AGCO Corporation               COM              001084102     5128   325000 SH       SOLE                   325000
ASA Ltd.                       COM              002050102     7200   360000 SH       SOLE                   360000
AT&T Corporation               COM              001957109     5895   325000 SH       SOLE                   325000
AT&T Wireless Services         COM              00209A106     1040    72405 SH       SOLE                    72405
Airborne Inc.                  COM              009269101    14830  1000000 SH       SOLE                  1000000
Alberto Culver Co. CL-A        COM              013068200     6841   175000 SH       SOLE                   175000
Alcoa Inc.                     COM              013817101     4444   125000 SH       SOLE                   125000
Alleghany Corporation          COM              017175100     4637    24095 SH       SOLE                    24095
American Express               COM              025816109     6246   175000 SH       SOLE                   175000
Anglogold Limited Sponsored AD COM              035128206    20233  1120312 SH       SOLE                  1120312
Apache Corporation             COM              037411105    25788   517000 SH       SOLE                   517000
Archer-Daniels-Midland         COM              039483102    10404   725000 SH       SOLE                   725000
Barrick Gold Corp              COM              067901108    25229  1581750 SH       SOLE                  1581750
Berkshire Hathaway Inc. Cl B   COM              084670207    50500    20000 SH       SOLE                    20000
Bethlehem Steel                COM              087509105      652  1450000 SH       SOLE                  1450000
Borden Chemicals & Plastics    COM              099541203        2   633000 SH       SOLE                   633000
Boston Scientific Corporation  COM              101137107     7236   300000 SH       SOLE                   300000
Bowne & Company                COM              103043105    13530  1057000 SH       SOLE                  1057000
Brookstone Inc.                COM              114537103     2836   241800 SH       SOLE                   241800
Burlington Northern Santa Fe   COM              12189t104     8559   300000 SH       SOLE                   300000
Carpenter Technology           COM              144285103    11343   426100 SH       SOLE                   426100
Circuit City Stores            COM              172737108      259    10000 SH       SOLE                    10000
Cleveland-Cliffs Inc.          COM              185896107     5490   300000 SH       SOLE                   300000
Coca-Cola Company              COM              191216100     4715   100000 SH       SOLE                   100000
Coeur D Alene Mines Corp.      COM              192108108      208   260181 SH       SOLE                   260181
ConAgra Inc.                   COM              205887102    16639   700000 SH       SOLE                   700000
Conoco Inc. Cl A               COM              208251504    39337  1390000 SH       SOLE                  1390000
Corn Products International In COM              219023108    10575   300000 SH       SOLE                   300000
Cott Corporation               COM              22163n106     8745   550000 SH       SOLE                   550000
Deutsche Telekom AG-Spon ADR   COM              251566105     8450   500000 SH       SOLE                   500000
Dow Jones & Company, Inc.      COM              260561105     6841   125000 SH       SOLE                   125000
Du Pont (E. I.) de Nemours     COM              263534109    20192   475000 SH       SOLE                   475000
Eastman Kodak Corp.            COM              277461109     4414   150000 SH       SOLE                   150000
Ericsson (LM) Tel-SP ADR       COM              294821400     3289   630000 SH       SOLE                   630000
Esg Re Limited                 COM              g31215109     1300   255000 SH       SOLE                   255000
Exxon Mobil Corporation        COM              30231G102     5895   150000 SH       SOLE                   150000
FMC Technologies, Inc.         COM              30249U101      411    25000 SH       SOLE                    25000
Fairfax Financial Holdings, Lt COM              303901102     4121    40000 SH       SOLE                    40000
Ferro Corporation              COM              315405100     2580   100000 SH       SOLE                   100000
Fleetwood Enterprises          COM              339099103     6231   550000 SH       SOLE                   550000
Franco-Nevada Mining           COM              351860101     7395   500000 SH       SOLE                   500000
Gannett Company                COM              364730101    35296   525000 SH       SOLE                   525000
General Motors Corp. Cl H      COM              370442832     9656   625000 SH       SOLE                   625000
Germany Fund                   COM              374143105     1762   250000 SH       SOLE                   250000
Gold Field Limited New, ADR    COM              38059t106     2833   585344 SH       SOLE                   585344
Grainger, W.W. Inc.            COM              384802104    16800   350000 SH       SOLE                   350000
Grupo TMM-SP ADR A             COM              40051D105    35490  3696859 SH       SOLE                  3696859
Grupo TMM-SP ADR L             COM              40051D204    40710  4154056 SH       SOLE                  4154056
Halliburton                    COM              406216101     1637   125000 SH       SOLE                   125000
Hecla Mining Co.               COM              422704106      412   438100 SH       SOLE                   438100
Hecla Mining Preferred Conv.   COM              422704205      286    35500 SH       SOLE                    35500
Helmerich & Payne Inc.         COM              423452101    15912   476700 SH       SOLE                   476700
Honeywell International Inc.   COM              438516106    15895   470000 SH       SOLE                   470000
Hubbell Inc. Cl B              COM              443510201    18362   625000 SH       SOLE                   625000
IMC Global, Inc.               COM              449669100    17680  1360000 SH       SOLE                  1360000
Intermet                       COM              45881K104      184    55000 SH       SOLE                    55000
International Paper Company    COM              460146103     6052   150000 SH       SOLE                   150000
Kellogg Company                COM              487836108     6020   200000 SH       SOLE                   200000
Kerr McGee Corp.               COM              492386107    23290   425000 SH       SOLE                   425000
Kinross Gold Corp.             COM              496902107      138   181618 SH       SOLE                   181618
La-Z-Boy Inc.                  COM              505336107     5695   261000 SH       SOLE                   261000
Lancaster Colony Corp          COM              513847103     3551   100000 SH       SOLE                   100000
Leucadia National Corp         COM              527288104     5052   175000 SH       SOLE                   175000
Loew's Corporation             COM              540424108    34612   625000 SH       SOLE                   625000
Longview Fibre Company         COM              543213102     4429   375000 SH       SOLE                   375000
Louisiana-Pacific Corporation  COM              546347105    10128  1200000 SH       SOLE                  1200000
Markel Corporation             COM              570535104    17965   100000 SH       SOLE                   100000
Mattel Inc.                    COM              577081102     8600   500000 SH       SOLE                   500000
McDonald's Corporation         COM              580135101     7279   275000 SH       SOLE                   275000
Merck & Co.                    COM              589331107    17640   300000 SH       SOLE                   300000
Meridian Gold Inc.             COM              589975101     2681   259500 SH       SOLE                   259500
Mesabi Trust                   COM              590672101      610   200000 SH       SOLE                   200000
Mississippi Chemical Corp.     COM              605288208     2759   975000 SH       SOLE                   975000
Newmont Mining Corp.           COM              651639106    20789  1087869 SH       SOLE                  1087869
Old Republic International     COM              680223104    14005   500000 SH       SOLE                   500000
Park Place Entertainment       COM              700690100     6217   678000 SH       SOLE                   678000
Phelps Dodge                   COM              717265102     1620    50000 SH       SOLE                    50000
Phillip Morris Cos.            COM              718154107    12609   275000 SH       SOLE                   275000
Phillips Petroleum Co.         COM              718507106    20187   335000 SH       SOLE                   335000
Placer Dome, Inc.              COM              725906101    16910  1550000 SH       SOLE                  1550000
Pope & Talbot                  COM              732827100     6056   425000 SH       SOLE                   425000
Potlatch Corp                  COM              737628107     7330   250000 SH       SOLE                   250000
Procter & Gamble               COM              742718109     7913   100000 SH       SOLE                   100000
RPM Inc. (Ohio)                COM              749685103     4699   325000 SH       SOLE                   325000
Railamerica Inc.               COM              750753105    33269  2300762 SH       SOLE                  2300762
Roadway Express Inc.           COM              769742107     1835    50000 SH       SOLE                    50000
Royal Gold Inc.                COM              780287108     2595   500000 SH       SOLE                   500000
Ruddick Corporation            COM              781258108     3997   250000 SH       SOLE                   250000
San Juan Basin Rty Trust Unit  COM              798241105     1438   150000 SH       SOLE                   150000
Saul Centers Inc.              COM              804395101     4270   200000 SH       SOLE                   200000
Schering-Plough Corp           COM              806605101    12533   350000 SH       SOLE                   350000
Sherwin-Williams Co.           COM              824348106    18562   675000 SH       SOLE                   675000
Tenneco Automotive Inc.        COM              880349105     2199  1078000 SH       SOLE                  1078000
The Walt Disney Company        COM              254687106    13882   670000 SH       SOLE                   670000
Thomas & Betts Corp.           COM              884315102     8460   400000 SH       SOLE                   400000
Timken Company                 COM              887389104    10112   625000 SH       SOLE                   625000
Triarc Companies Inc.          COM              895927101    24300  1000000 SH       SOLE                  1000000
Tyson Foods Inc-Cl A           COM              902494103     8662   750000 SH       SOLE                   750000
UST Inc.                       COM              902911106     7000   200000 SH       SOLE                   200000
USX Marathon Group             COM              902905827    27000   900000 SH       SOLE                   900000
USX-U.S. Steel Group           COM              90337T101    18177  1003700 SH       SOLE                  1003700
Union Pacific Corp             COM              907818108    11400   200000 SH       SOLE                   200000
Volvo AB ADR                   COM              928856400     1968   120000 SH       SOLE                   120000
Washington Post - Cl B         COM              939640108    11660    22000 SH       SOLE                    22000
Weyerhaeuser Co.               COM              962166104     8112   150000 SH       SOLE                   150000
White Mountains Insurance Grou COM              G9618E107     7900    22700 SH       SOLE                    22700