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    12226   935400 SH       SOLE                   935400
AGCO Corporation               COM              001084102     7182   325000 SH       SOLE                   325000
ASA Ltd.                       COM              002050102    14753   360000 SH       SOLE                   360000
AT&T Wireless Services         COM              00209A106     2825   500000 SH       SOLE                   500000
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.   COM              007903107     7913  1225000 SH       SOLE                  1225000
Airborne Inc.                  COM              009269101     7044   475000 SH       SOLE                   475000
Alberto Culver Co. CL-A        COM              013068200     7288   150000 SH       SOLE                   150000
Alcoa Inc.                     COM              013817101     2847   125000 SH       SOLE                   125000
Alleghany Corporation          COM              017175100     4362    24576 SH       SOLE                    24576
Anadarko Pete Corp.            COM              032511107     4790   100000 SH       SOLE                   100000
Anglogold Limited Sponsored AD COM              035128206    49516  1445312 SH       SOLE                  1445312
Apache Corporation             COM              037411105    26215   460000 SH       SOLE                   460000
Archer-Daniels-Midland         COM              039483102     6200   500000 SH       SOLE                   500000
BJ's Wholesale Club Inc.       COM              05548J106     2745   150000 SH       SOLE                   150000
Barrick Gold Corp              COM              067901108     8861   575000 SH       SOLE                   575000
Berkshire Hathaway Inc. Cl B   COM              084670207    48460    20000 SH       SOLE                    20000
Boeing Company                 COM              097023105    15175   460000 SH       SOLE                   460000
Bowne & Company                COM              103043105    11532   965000 SH       SOLE                   965000
Bristol-Myers Squibb           COM              110122108    25465  1100000 SH       SOLE                  1100000
Brookstone Inc.                COM              114537103      717    50000 SH       SOLE                    50000
Burlington Northern Santa Fe   COM              12189t104     6502   250000 SH       SOLE                   250000
Carpenter Technology           COM              144285103     5914   475000 SH       SOLE                   475000
ChevronTexaco Corp             COM              166764100     6648   100000 SH       SOLE                   100000
Cimarex Energy Co.             COM              171798101      951    53146 SH       SOLE                    53146
Circuit City Stores            COM              172737108     1484   200000 SH       SOLE                   200000
Cleveland-Cliffs Inc.          COM              185896107     5955   300000 SH       SOLE                   300000
Coca-Cola Company              COM              191216100     5480   125000 SH       SOLE                   125000
Coeur D Alene Mines Corp.      COM              192108108      500   260181 SH       SOLE                   260181
ConAgra Inc.                   COM              205887102    17507   700000 SH       SOLE                   700000
ConocoPhillips                 COM              20825C104    40663   840310 SH       SOLE                   840310
Corn Products International In COM              219023108     7532   250000 SH       SOLE                   250000
Corning Incorporated           COM              219350105     4303  1300000 SH       SOLE                  1300000
Cott Corporation               COM              22163n106     5346   300000 SH       SOLE                   300000
Cummins Engine                 COM              231021106     4923   175000 SH       SOLE                   175000
Dow Jones & Company, Inc.      COM              260561105     8646   200000 SH       SOLE                   200000
Du Pont (E. I.) de Nemours     COM              263534109    15900   375000 SH       SOLE                   375000
Eastman Kodak Corp.            COM              277461109     7008   200000 SH       SOLE                   200000
Esg Re Limited                 COM              g31215109      130   255000 SH       SOLE                   255000
Exxon Mobil Corporation        COM              30231G102     6114   175000 SH       SOLE                   175000
Fairfax Financial Holdings, Lt COM              303901102     5391    70000 SH       SOLE                    70000
Flowers Foods Inc.             COM              343498101     2926   150000 SH       SOLE                   150000
GEHL Company                   COM              368483103      657    75300 SH       SOLE                    75300
Gannett Company                COM              364730101    35900   500000 SH       SOLE                   500000
Gatx Corp                      COM              361448103     5134   225000 SH       SOLE                   225000
General Motors Corp. Cl H      COM              370442832     4280   400000 SH       SOLE                   400000
Germany Fund                   COM              374143105     1582   350000 SH       SOLE                   350000
Gold Field Limited New, ADR    COM              38059t106     8027   575000 SH       SOLE                   575000
Grainger, W.W. Inc.            COM              384802104    15465   300000 SH       SOLE                   300000
Grupo TMM-SP ADR A             COM              40051D105    40265  7818515 SH       SOLE                  7818515
Hecla Mining Co.               COM              422704106     3226   637600 SH       SOLE                   637600
Helmerich & Payne Inc.         COM              423452101    11164   400000 SH       SOLE                   400000
Hershey Foods Corp.            COM              427866108     6744   100000 SH       SOLE                   100000
Hubbell Inc. Cl B              COM              443510201    21962   625000 SH       SOLE                   625000
IMC Global, Inc.               COM              449669100    13871  1300000 SH       SOLE                  1300000
Intermet                       COM              45881K104      168    40000 SH       SOLE                    40000
Interpublic Group of COS Inc   COM              460690100     4365   310000 SH       SOLE                   310000
Kerr McGee Corp.               COM              492386107    23036   520000 SH       SOLE                   520000
Kimberly-Clark Corp            COM              494368103      949    20000 SH       SOLE                    20000
Kinross Gold Corp.             COM              496902107      445   181618 SH       SOLE                   181618
LSI Logic Corp                 COM              502161102     4183   725000 SH       SOLE                   725000
La-Z-Boy Inc.                  COM              505336107     5395   225000 SH       SOLE                   225000
Lancaster Colony Corp          COM              513847103     3103    79400 SH       SOLE                    79400
Leucadia National Corp         COM              527288104     7462   200000 SH       SOLE                   200000
Loew's Corporation             COM              540424108    27787   625000 SH       SOLE                   625000
Longview Fibre Company         COM              543213102     2711   375000 SH       SOLE                   375000
Louisiana-Pacific Corporation  COM              546347105     9672  1200000 SH       SOLE                  1200000
Marathon Oil Corp              COM              565849106    21290  1000000 SH       SOLE                  1000000
Markel Corporation             COM              570535104    11919    58000 SH       SOLE                    58000
Mattel Inc.                    COM              577081102     3830   200000 SH       SOLE                   200000
McDonald's Corporation         COM              580135101     7236   450000 SH       SOLE                   450000
Merck & Co.                    COM              589331107    43873   775000 SH       SOLE                   775000
Meridian Gold Inc.             COM              589975101     3526   200000 SH       SOLE                   200000
Mesabi Trust                   COM              590672101      810   200000 SH       SOLE                   200000
Newmont Mining Corp.           COM              651639106    46096  1587869 SH       SOLE                  1587869
Old Republic International     COM              680223104     9100   325000 SH       SOLE                   325000
Park Place Entertainment       COM              700690100    10521  1252500 SH       SOLE                  1252500
Phelps Dodge                   COM              717265102     6330   200000 SH       SOLE                   200000
Phillip Morris Cos.            COM              718154107    40530  1000000 SH       SOLE                  1000000
Placer Dome, Inc.              COM              725906101    17825  1550000 SH       SOLE                  1550000
Pope & Talbot                  COM              732827100     5419   380000 SH       SOLE                   380000
Potlatch Corp                  COM              737628107     1218    51000 SH       SOLE                    51000
Procter & Gamble               COM              742718109     1289    15000 SH       SOLE                    15000
RPM Inc. (Ohio)                COM              749685103     3056   200000 SH       SOLE                   200000
Railamerica Inc.               COM              750753105    15797  2203162 SH       SOLE                  2203162
Royal Gold Inc.                COM              780287108    12460   500000 SH       SOLE                   500000
Ruddick Corporation            COM              781258108     3149   230000 SH       SOLE                   230000
San Juan Basin Rty Trust Unit  COM              798241105     1370   100000 SH       SOLE                   100000
Saul Centers Inc.              COM              804395101     4760   200000 SH       SOLE                   200000
Schering-Plough Corp           COM              806605101    24975  1125000 SH       SOLE                  1125000
Schlumberger Ltd.              COM              806857108     6313   150000 SH       SOLE                   150000
Schweitzer-Mauduit Intl. Inc.  COM              808541106     3062   125000 SH       SOLE                   125000
Sherwin-Williams Co.           COM              824348106    16950   600000 SH       SOLE                   600000
Smithfield Foods, Inc.         COM              832248108     5059   255000 SH       SOLE                   255000
Tenneco Automotive Inc.        COM              880349105     3596   890000 SH       SOLE                   890000
The Walt Disney Company        COM              254687106    11825   725000 SH       SOLE                   725000
Thomas & Betts Corp.           COM              884315102     5915   350000 SH       SOLE                   350000
Timken Company                 COM              887389104    10982   575000 SH       SOLE                   575000
Transocean Sedco Forex Inc.    COM              G90078109     8816   380000 SH       SOLE                   380000
Triarc Companies Inc.          COM              895927101    20940   798000 SH       SOLE                   798000
Tyco International LTD         COM              902124106     8540   500000 SH       SOLE                   500000
Tyson Foods Inc-Cl A           COM              902494103    13464  1200000 SH       SOLE                  1200000
UST Inc.                       COM              902911106     6686   200000 SH       SOLE                   200000
Union Pacific Corp             COM              907818108    10178   170000 SH       SOLE                   170000
United States Steel Corp       COM              912909108      656    50000 SH       SOLE                    50000
Volvo AB ADR                   COM              928856400     1655   100000 SH       SOLE                   100000
Washington Post - Cl B         COM              939640108    16236    22000 SH       SOLE                    22000
Weyerhaeuser Co.               COM              962166104     4921   100000 SH       SOLE                   100000
White Mountains Insurance Grou COM              G9618E107     8721    27000 SH       SOLE                    27000