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
Check here if Amendment [ x ]; Amendment Number: 1
This Amendment (Check only one.): [ x ] is a restatement.
[ ] adds new holdings entries.
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 17, 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: 115
Form 13F Information Table Value Total: $277,120
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 100121SH SOLE 0 100121 0 0
Airlease Ltd. L.P. DEPOSITORY UNIT 009366105 313 27100SH SOLE 0 27100 0 0
Alleghany Corporation COM 017175100 15167 81983SH SOLE 0 81983 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 6752 281318SH SOLE 0 281318 0 0
Ameritech COM 030954101 706 9600SH SOLE 0 9600 0 0
Aztec Tech Ptnrs Inc COM 05480L101 208 110996SH SOLE 0 110996 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 227609SH SOLE 0 227609 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 414908SH SOLE 0 414908 0 0
Chancellor Media Corporation COM 158915108 3150 57136SH SOLE 0 57136 0 0
Chesapeake Energy Corporation COM 165167107 29 10000SH SOLE 0 10000 0 0
Chicago Title Company COM 168228104 2443 68465SH SOLE 0 68465 0 0
Cisco Systems Inc. COM 17275R102 733 11380SH SOLE 0 11380 0 0
CNA Surety COM 12612L108 12751 832700SH SOLE 0 832700 0 0
Comcast Corp. - Sp. CL A 200300200 2621 68200SH SOLE 0 68200 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 69118SH SOLE 0 69118 0 0
Esco Electronics COM TR RCPT 269030201 6458 504000SH SOLE 0 504000 0 0
Evergreen Resources COM 299900308 1909 75800SH SOLE 0 75800 0 0
Exxon Corp. COM 302290101 891 11551SH SOLE 0 11551 0 0
Fedders Corp. A Nvtg CL A 313135303 2371 387150SH SOLE 0 387150 0 0
First Union Corp. COM 337358105 396 8400SH SOLE 0 8400 0 0
First Union Reit SH BEN INT 337400105 2045 454474SH SOLE 0 454474 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 127400SH SOLE 0 127400 0 0
GTE Corp. COM 362320103 542 7174SH SOLE 0 7174 0 0
Hearst-Argyle Television, Inc.COM 422317107 5243 218472SH SOLE 0 218472 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 97269SH SOLE 0 97269 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 139339SH SOLE 0 139339 0 0
Johnson & Johnson COM 478160104 833 8500SH SOLE 0 8500 0 0
Journal Register Company COM 481138105 9578 425696SH SOLE 0 425696 0 0
Kaiser Ventures COM 483100103 4871 341800SH SOLE 0 341800 0 0
Koninklijke Philips ElectronicSPONSORED ADR 500472105 9120 90409SH SOLE 0 90409 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 91496SH SOLE 0 91496 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 906680SH SOLE 0 906680 0 0
Micros Systems COM 594901100 16798 494068SH SOLE 0 494068 0 0
Microsoft Corp. COM 594918104 288 3198SH SOLE 0 3198 0 0
MidAmerican Energy COM 129466108 8703 251350SH SOLE 0 251350 0 0
Murray Un. Dev. Corp COM 627189103 1 32500SH SOLE 0 32500 0 0
National Wireless Hlds. COM 638560102 5074 302900SH SOLE 0 302900 0 0
Nvest Companies, LP UNIT LTD PARTN 644095101 603 24500SH SOLE 0 24500 0 0
Penn Virginia COM 707882106 4120 208616SH SOLE 0 208616 0 0
Penn-America Group Inc. COM 707247102 7091 683426SH SOLE 0 683426 0 0
Peoples Heritage Fin COM 711147108 407 21625SH SOLE 0 21625 0 0
Pepsi of P.R.Botl. CL B 713434108 1692 307600SH SOLE 0 307600 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 145551SH SOLE 0 145551 0 0
Pico Products COM 719884108 31 11000SH SOLE 0 11000 0 0
PIMCO Adv Hldg LP UT LTD PART INT 69338P102 2304 77442SH SOLE 0 77442 0 0
Potomac Electric Pwr COM 737679100 1649 56000SH SOLE 0 56000 0 0
Precision Auto Care Inc. COM 74018R105 2078 703641SH SOLE 0 703641 0 0
Prime Retail, Inc. COM 741570105 236 27151SH SOLE 0 27151 0 0
Puget Sound Energy COM 745332106 248 10330SH SOLE 0 10330 0 0
Pulitzer Publishing COM 745771105 9999 205900SH SOLE 0 205900 0 0
Reliant Energy, Inc COM 75952J108 334 12100SH SOLE 0 12100 0 0
Reptron Electronics COM 76026W109 1988 558165SH SOLE 0 558165 0 0
Rohn Industries COM 775381106 259 188200SH SOLE 0 188200 0 0
Safeguard Sci. COM 786449108 498 7900SH SOLE 0 7900 0 0
Saul Centers COM 804395101 1935 117271SH SOLE 0 117271 0 0
ServiceMaster Corp. COM 81760N109 881 46987SH SOLE 0 46987 0 0
SFX Entertainment 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 105900SH SOLE 0 105900 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 74000SH SOLE 0 74000 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 294834SH SOLE 0 294834 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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