UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 13F
FORM 13F COVER PAGE
Report for the Calendar Year or Quarter Ended: June 30,1999
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Institutional Investment Manager Filing this Report:
Name: Avenir Corporation
Address: 1725 K Street, N.W.
Suite 401
Washington, D.C. 20006
13F File Number: 28-6032
The institutional investment manager filing this report and the
person by whom it is signed hereby represent that the person
signing the report is authorized to submit it, that all
information contained herein is true, correct and complete, and
that it is understood that all required items, statements,
schedules, lists, and tables, are considered integral parts of
this form.
Person Signing this Report on Behalf of Reporting Manager:
Name: Charles G. Mackall, Jr.
Title: President
Phone: 202-659-4427
Signature, Place, and Date of Signing
Charles G. Mackall, Jr. Washington, D.C. August 6, 1999
Report Type (Check only one.):
[ x] 13F HOLDINGS REPORT.
[ ] 13F NOTICE.
[ ] 13F COMBINATION REPORT.
List of Other Managers Reporting for this Manager:
I AM SIGNING THIS REPORT AS REQUIRED BY THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE
ACT OF 1934.
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FORM 13F SUMMARY PAGE
Report Summary:
Number of Other Included Managers: 0
Form 13F Information Table Entry Total: 116
Form 13F Information Table Value Total: $286,672
List of Other Included Managers:
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FORM 13F INFORMATION TABLE
VALUE SHARES/ SH/ PUT/ INVSTMT OTHER VOTING AUTHORITY
NAME OF ISSUER TITLE OF CLASS CUSIP (x$1000PRN AMT PRN CALL DSCRETN MANAGERS SOLE SHARED NONE
Abbott Labs COM 002824100 236 5200SH SOLE 0 5200 0 0
AES Corp. COM 00130H105 814 14000SH SOLE 0 14000 0 0
Affiliated Computer Svcs Inc. CL A 008190100 5069 34585SH SOLE 0 34585 0 0
Airlease Ltd. L.P. DEPOSITORY UNIT 009366105 313 27100SH SOLE 0 27100 0 0
AirTouch Commun. COM 00949T100 473 4900SH SOLE 0 4900 0 0
Alleghany Corporation COM 017175100 15167 16447SH SOLE 0 16447 0 0
Am. Mgt. Systems COM 027352103 305 9500SH SOLE 0 9500 0 0
American Express COM 025816109 521 4000SH SOLE 0 4000 0 0
American Int'l. Grp. COM 026874107 207 1768SH SOLE 0 1768 0 0
American Online COM 02364J104 1133 10300SH SOLE 0 10300 0 0
American Tower Sys CL A 029912201 16165 281318SH SOLE 0 281318 0 0
Ameritech COM 030954101 706 9600SH SOLE 0 9600 0 0
Aztec Tech Ptnrs Inc COM 05480L101 208 45460SH SOLE 0 45460 0 0
BankAmerica Corp. COM 066050105 588 8019SH SOLE 0 8019 0 0
Bell Atlantic COM 077853109 339 5180SH SOLE 0 5180 0 0
BellSouth Corp. COM 079860102 341 7400SH SOLE 0 7400 0 0
Berkshire Hathaway CL A 084670108 8888 129SH SOLE 0 129 0 0
Berkshire Hathaway B CL B 084670207 1366 610SH SOLE 0 610 0 0
Bristol-Myers Squibb COM 110122108 218 3100SH SOLE 0 3100 0 0
Brookdale Living Communities, COM 112462106 3371 31001SH SOLE 0 31001 0 0
Cablevision Sys Corp CL A 12686C109 560 8000SH SOLE 0 8000 0 0
CBS Corp. COM 12490K107 282 6474SH SOLE 0 6474 0 0
CFW Communications COM 124923103 10062 21692SH SOLE 0 21692 0 0
Chancellor Media Corporation COM 158915108 2739 58126SH SOLE 0 58126 0 0
Chesapeake Energy Corporation COM 165167107 29 10000SH SOLE 0 10000 0 0
Chicago Title Company COM 168228104 2443 2929SH SOLE 0 2929 0 0
Cisco Systems Inc. COM 17275R102 733 11380SH SOLE 0 11380 0 0
CNA Surety COM 12612L108 12751 46268SH SOLE 0 46268 0 0
Comcast Corp. - Sp. CL A 200300200 2621 2664SH SOLE 0 2664 0 0
Commerce Group. Inc. COM 200641108 831 34100SH SOLE 0 34100 0 0
Dover Downs Entertainment COM 260086103 571 32300SH SOLE 0 32300 0 0
du Pont(EI) Co. COM 263534109 636 9304SH SOLE 0 9304 0 0
Dynex Capital Inc. COM 26817Q100 27 12900SH SOLE 0 12900 0 0
E W Scripps Co. - A CL A 811054204 1014 21317SH SOLE 0 21317 0 0
eFax.com COM 282012103 143 12000SH SOLE 0 12000 0 0
Emmis Communications Corp CL A 291525103 3413 3582SH SOLE 0 3582 0 0
Esco Electronics COM TR RCPT 269030201 6458 45248SH SOLE 0 45248 0 0
Evergreen Resources COM 299900308 1909 10264SH SOLE 0 10264 0 0
Exxon Corp. COM 302290101 891 11551SH SOLE 0 11551 0 0
Fedders Corp. A Nvtg CL A 313135303 2371 59470SH SOLE 0 59470 0 0
First Union Corp. COM 337358105 396 8400SH SOLE 0 8400 0 0
First Union Reit SH BEN INT 337400105 2045 61258SH SOLE 0 61258 0 0
Freddie Mac COM 313400301 824 14200SH SOLE 0 14200 0 0
General Electric COM 369604103 930 8232SH SOLE 0 8232 0 0
General Nutrition COM 37047F103 2970 61864SH SOLE 0 61864 0 0
GTE Corp. COM 362320103 542 7174SH SOLE 0 7174 0 0
Hearst-Argyle Television, Inc.COM 422317107 5243 21860SH SOLE 0 21860 0 0
Hewlett Packard Co. COM 428236103 281 2800SH SOLE 0 2800 0 0
Houghton Mifflin Company COM 441560109 1054 22400SH SOLE 0 22400 0 0
IndyMac Mortgage Holdings, IncCOM 44977L100 306 19100SH SOLE 0 19100 0 0
Int. Speedway Corp. CL B 460335300 4669 31733SH SOLE 0 31733 0 0
INTEL Corp. COM 458140100 923 15520SH SOLE 0 15520 0 0
IPC Holdings, Ltd. ORD G4933P101 630 31500SH SOLE 0 31500 0 0
John Nuveen Co. CL A 478035108 5948 8267SH SOLE 0 8267 0 0
Johnson & Johnson COM 478160104 833 8500SH SOLE 0 8500 0 0
Journal Register Company COM 481138105 9578 32480SH SOLE 0 32480 0 0
Kaiser Ventures COM 483100103 4871 14120SH SOLE 0 14120 0 0
Koninklijke Philips ElectronicSPONSORED ADR 500472105 9120 24873SH SOLE 0 24873 0 0
Leucadia National COM 527288104 533 21000SH SOLE 0 21000 0 0
Lucent Technologies COM 549463107 357 5294SH SOLE 0 5294 0 0
Markel Corporation COM 570535104 17110 25960SH SOLE 0 25960 0 0
McDonald's Corp. COM 580135101 230 5600SH SOLE 0 5600 0 0
MediaOne Group Inc. COM 58440J104 505 6790SH SOLE 0 6790 0 0
Mellon Bank COM 585509102 2208 60708SH SOLE 0 60708 0 0
Merck & Co. COM 589331107 713 9680SH SOLE 0 9680 0 0
MGI Pharma, Inc COM 552880106 9520 54712SH SOLE 0 54712 0 0
Micros Systems COM 594901100 16798 35316SH SOLE 0 35316 0 0
Microsoft Corp. COM 594918104 288 3198SH SOLE 0 3198 0 0
MidAmerican Energy COM 129466108 8703 54742SH SOLE 0 54742 0 0
Murray Un. Dev. Corp COM 627189103 1 32500SH SOLE 0 32500 0 0
National Wireless Hlds. COM 638560102 5074 40756SH SOLE 0 40756 0 0
Nvest Companies, LP UNIT LTD PARTN 644095101 603 24500SH SOLE 0 24500 0 0
Penn Virginia COM 707882106 4120 12008SH SOLE 0 12008 0 0
Penn-America Group Inc. COM 707247102 7091 28066SH SOLE 0 28066 0 0
Peoples Heritage Fin COM 711147108 407 21625SH SOLE 0 21625 0 0
Pepsi of P.R.Botl. CL B 713434108 1692 45456SH SOLE 0 45456 0 0
PepsiCo Inc. COM 713448108 271 7000SH SOLE 0 7000 0 0
Pfizer, Inc. COM 717081103 276 2528SH SOLE 0 2528 0 0
Pico Holding COM NEW 693366205 3684 14479SH SOLE 0 14479 0 0
Pico Products COM 719884108 31 11000SH SOLE 0 11000 0 0
PIMCO Adv Hldg LP UT LTD PART INT 69338P102 2304 11906SH SOLE 0 11906 0 0
Potomac Electric Pwr COM 737679100 1649 56000SH SOLE 0 56000 0 0
Precision Auto Care Inc. COM 74018R105 2155 48281SH SOLE 0 48281 0 0
Prime Retail, Inc. PFD CONV SER B 741570303 236 27151SH SOLE 0 27151 0 0
Puget Sound Energy COM 745332106 248 10330SH SOLE 0 10330 0 0
Pulitzer Publishing COM 745771105 9999 9292SH SOLE 0 9292 0 0
Reliant Energy, Inc COM 75952J108 334 12100SH SOLE 0 12100 0 0
Reptron Electronics COM 76026W109 1988 33877SH SOLE 0 33877 0 0
Rohn Industries COM 775381106 259 57128SH SOLE 0 57128 0 0
Safeguard Sci. COM 786449108 498 7900SH SOLE 0 7900 0 0
Saul Centers COM 804395101 1935 51735SH SOLE 0 51735 0 0
ServiceMaster Corp. COM 81760N109 881 46987SH SOLE 0 46987 0 0
SFX Entertainment A CL A 784178105 3108 48568SH SOLE 0 48568 0 0
Somanetics Corporation COM NEW 834445405 159 45500SH SOLE 0 45500 0 0
Sonex Research, Inc. COM 835448101 18 35478SH SOLE 0 35478 0 0
Southtrust Corp. COM 844730101 594 15466SH SOLE 0 15466 0 0
Suntrust Banks COM 867914103 694 10000SH SOLE 0 10000 0 0
Supercond. Tech. COM 867931107 180 48000SH SOLE 0 48000 0 0
Synalloy Corp. COM 871565107 860 40364SH SOLE 0 40364 0 0
Teleflex Inc. COM 879369106 278 6400SH SOLE 0 6400 0 0
Tellabs, Inc. COM 879664100 309 4576SH SOLE 0 4576 0 0
Teppco Partners UT LTD PARTNER 872384102 690 27800SH SOLE 0 27800 0 0
Time-Warner Inc. COM 887315109 363 5000SH SOLE 0 5000 0 0
Todhunter Int'l. COM 889050100 149 17800SH SOLE 0 17800 0 0
Transamerica Corp. COM 893485102 450 6000SH SOLE 0 6000 0 0
TV Guide Inc A CL A 87307Q109 366 10000SH SOLE 0 10000 0 0
U S West Inc. COM 91273H101 518 8811SH SOLE 0 8811 0 0
United Payors & United ProvideCOM 911319101 1716 8464SH SOLE 0 8464 0 0
United Television COM 913066106 325 3100SH SOLE 0 3100 0 0
Vermont Teddy Bear COM 92427X109 76 20000SH SOLE 0 20000 0 0
Viacom Inc. Cl A CL A 925524100 265 6000SH SOLE 0 6000 0 0
Vodafone ADR SPONSORED ADR 92857T107 473 2400SH SOLE 0 2400 0 0
Washington Gas Light COM 938837101 421 16206SH SOLE 0 16206 0 0
Wells Fargo Co. COM 949740104 12604 32690SH SOLE 0 32690 0 0
Wesco Financial Corp COM 950817106 1023 3300SH SOLE 0 3300 0 0
WorldCom, Inc COM 98155K102 258 3000SH SOLE 0 3000 0 0
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