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    37004  1075706 SH       SOLE                  1075706
AGCO Corporation               COM              001084102     7416   325000 SH       SOLE                   325000
ASA Ltd.                       COM              002050102    10433   360000 SH       SOLE                   360000
AT&T Corporation               COM              001957109     6672   425000 SH       SOLE                   425000
AT&T Wireless Services         COM              00209A106      648    72405 SH       SOLE                    72405
Airborne Inc.                  COM              009269101    12243   700000 SH       SOLE                   700000
Alberto Culver Co. CL-A        COM              013068200     8435   175000 SH       SOLE                   175000
Alcoa Inc.                     COM              013817101     4717   125000 SH       SOLE                   125000
Alleghany Corporation          COM              017175100     4518    24095 SH       SOLE                    24095
Anglogold Limited Sponsored AD COM              035128206    28839  1145312 SH       SOLE                  1145312
Apache Corporation             COM              037411105    28440   500000 SH       SOLE                   500000
Archer-Daniels-Midland         COM              039483102     6965   500000 SH       SOLE                   500000
Barrick Gold Corp              COM              067901108    28633  1542750 SH       SOLE                  1542750
Berkshire Hathaway Inc. Cl B   COM              084670207    47380    20000 SH       SOLE                    20000
Bethlehem Steel                COM              087509105      225   500000 SH       SOLE                   500000
Bowne & Company                COM              103043105    14351  1020000 SH       SOLE                  1020000
Brookstone Inc.                COM              114537103     2738   171100 SH       SOLE                   171100
Burlington Northern Santa Fe   COM              12189t104     7545   250000 SH       SOLE                   250000
Carpenter Technology           COM              144285103    13200   456100 SH       SOLE                   456100
Cleveland-Cliffs Inc.          COM              185896107     6600   300000 SH       SOLE                   300000
Coca-Cola Company              COM              191216100     6532   125000 SH       SOLE                   125000
Coeur D Alene Mines Corp.      COM              192108108      380   260181 SH       SOLE                   260181
ConAgra Inc.                   COM              205887102    16975   700000 SH       SOLE                   700000
Conoco Inc. Cl A               COM              208251504    40560  1390000 SH       SOLE                  1390000
Corn Products International In COM              219023108     8372   260000 SH       SOLE                   260000
Cott Corporation               COM              22163n106     7556   400000 SH       SOLE                   400000
Deutsche Telekom AG-Spon ADR   COM              251566105     7490   500000 SH       SOLE                   500000
Dow Jones & Company, Inc.      COM              260561105     7277   125000 SH       SOLE                   125000
Du Pont (E. I.) de Nemours     COM              263534109    22396   475000 SH       SOLE                   475000
Eastman Kodak Corp.            COM              277461109     6234   200000 SH       SOLE                   200000
Esg Re Limited                 COM              g31215109      892   255000 SH       SOLE                   255000
Exxon Mobil Corporation        COM              30231G102     6574   150000 SH       SOLE                   150000
FMC Technologies, Inc.         COM              30249U101      498    25000 SH       SOLE                    25000
Fairfax Financial Holdings, Lt COM              303901102     4177    40000 SH       SOLE                    40000
Ferro Corporation              COM              315405100     2880   100000 SH       SOLE                   100000
Fleetwood Enterprises          COM              339099103     3240   300000 SH       SOLE                   300000
GEHL Company                   COM              368483103      989    65300 SH       SOLE                    65300
Gannett Company                COM              364730101    39952   525000 SH       SOLE                   525000
General Motors Corp. Cl H      COM              370442832     7402   450000 SH       SOLE                   450000
Germany Fund                   COM              374143105     2355   300000 SH       SOLE                   300000
Gold Field Limited New, ADR    COM              38059t106     6099   585344 SH       SOLE                   585344
Grainger, W.W. Inc.            COM              384802104    16869   300000 SH       SOLE                   300000
Grupo TMM-SP ADR A             COM              40051D105    40133  3665159 SH       SOLE                  3665159
Grupo TMM-SP ADR L             COM              40051D204    46518  4153356 SH       SOLE                  4153356
Halliburton                    COM              406216101     2134   125000 SH       SOLE                   125000
Hecla Mining Co.               COM              422704106      828   438100 SH       SOLE                   438100
Hecla Mining Preferred Conv.   COM              422704205      710    35500 SH       SOLE                    35500
Helmerich & Payne Inc.         COM              423452101    18040   450000 SH       SOLE                   450000
Honeywell International Inc.   COM              438516106     7654   200000 SH       SOLE                   200000
Hubbell Inc. Cl B              COM              443510201    20562   625000 SH       SOLE                   625000
IMC Global, Inc.               COM              449669100    20060  1360000 SH       SOLE                  1360000
Intermet                       COM              45881K104      386    55000 SH       SOLE                    55000
International Paper Company    COM              460146103     6451   150000 SH       SOLE                   150000
Kellogg Company                COM              487836108     6714   200000 SH       SOLE                   200000
Kerr McGee Corp.               COM              492386107    26711   425000 SH       SOLE                   425000
Kinross Gold Corp.             COM              496902107      231   181618 SH       SOLE                   181618
La-Z-Boy Inc.                  COM              505336107     6939   252800 SH       SOLE                   252800
Lancaster Colony Corp          COM              513847103     3704   100000 SH       SOLE                   100000
Leucadia National Corp         COM              527288104     7150   200000 SH       SOLE                   200000
Loew's Corporation             COM              540424108    36612   625000 SH       SOLE                   625000
Longview Fibre Company         COM              543213102     3862   375000 SH       SOLE                   375000
Louisiana-Pacific Corporation  COM              546347105    12888  1200000 SH       SOLE                  1200000
Marathon Oil Corp              COM              565849106    25920   900000 SH       SOLE                   900000
Markel Corporation             COM              570535104    17298    85000 SH       SOLE                    85000
Mattel Inc.                    COM              577081102     8336   400000 SH       SOLE                   400000
McDonald's Corporation         COM              580135101     8325   300000 SH       SOLE                   300000
Merck & Co.                    COM              589331107    34548   600000 SH       SOLE                   600000
Meridian Gold Inc.             COM              589975101     3627   250000 SH       SOLE                   250000
Mesabi Trust                   COM              590672101      690   200000 SH       SOLE                   200000
Mississippi Chemical Corp.     COM              605288208     1561   567600 SH       SOLE                   567600
Newmont Mining Corp.           COM              651639106    41199  1487869 SH       SOLE                  1487869
Old Republic International     COM              680223104    11989   375000 SH       SOLE                   375000
Park Place Entertainment       COM              700690100    10550  1000000 SH       SOLE                  1000000
Phelps Dodge                   COM              717265102     8420   200000 SH       SOLE                   200000
Phillip Morris Cos.            COM              718154107    51353   975000 SH       SOLE                   975000
Phillips Petroleum Co.         COM              718507106    21038   335000 SH       SOLE                   335000
Placer Dome, Inc.              COM              725906101    18987  1550000 SH       SOLE                  1550000
Pope & Talbot                  COM              732827100     6230   425000 SH       SOLE                   425000
Potlatch Corp                  COM              737628107     8422   250000 SH       SOLE                   250000
Procter & Gamble               COM              742718109     8108    90000 SH       SOLE                    90000
RPM Inc. (Ohio)                COM              749685103     3110   200000 SH       SOLE                   200000
Railamerica Inc.               COM              750753105    24029  2284162 SH       SOLE                  2284162
Roadway Express Inc.           COM              769742107      925    25000 SH       SOLE                    25000
Royal Gold Inc.                COM              780287108     4450   500000 SH       SOLE                   500000
Ruddick Corporation            COM              781258108     4160   250000 SH       SOLE                   250000
San Juan Basin Rty Trust Unit  COM              798241105     1547   130000 SH       SOLE                   130000
Saul Centers Inc.              COM              804395101     4440   200000 SH       SOLE                   200000
Schering-Plough Corp           COM              806605101    15650   500000 SH       SOLE                   500000
Sherwin-Williams Co.           COM              824348106    19224   675000 SH       SOLE                   675000
Tenneco Automotive Inc.        COM              880349105     4312  1078000 SH       SOLE                  1078000
The Walt Disney Company        COM              254687106    15464   670000 SH       SOLE                   670000
Thomas & Betts Corp.           COM              884315102     8464   400000 SH       SOLE                   400000
Timken Company                 COM              887389104    13854   600000 SH       SOLE                   600000
Transocean Sedco Forex Inc.    COM              G90078109     4984   150000 SH       SOLE                   150000
Triarc Companies Inc.          COM              895927101    22240   800000 SH       SOLE                   800000
Tyson Foods Inc-Cl A           COM              902494103    14976  1200000 SH       SOLE                  1200000
UST Inc.                       COM              902911106     7786   200000 SH       SOLE                   200000
Union Pacific Corp             COM              907818108     8078   130000 SH       SOLE                   130000
United States Steel Corp       COM              912909108    19578  1078700 SH       SOLE                  1078700
Volvo AB ADR                   COM              928856400     1970   100000 SH       SOLE                   100000
Washington Post - Cl B         COM              939640108    13355    22000 SH       SOLE                    22000
Weyerhaeuser Co.               COM              962166104     7857   125000 SH       SOLE                   125000
White Mountains Insurance Grou COM              G9618E107     8290    24000 SH       SOLE                    24000