Question

On April 17, 2021, the Loadstone Mining Company purchased the rights to a coal mine. The purchase price plus additional costs necessary to prepare the mine for extraction of the coal totaled $5,640,000. The company expects to extract 940,000 tons of coal during a four-year period. During 2021, 244,000 tons were extracted and sold immediately.

Required:
1. Calculate depletion for 2021.

Answer 1

$1,464,000

Step-by-step explanation:

The computation of the depletion expense is shown below:

Purchase price plus additional cost = $5,640,000

Extracted tons during four year period = 940,000 tons

Current year tons extracted = 244,000 tons

So,

Depletion expense = Purchase price plus additional cost ÷ extracted tons during four year period × current year tons extracted

= $5,640,000 ÷ 940,000 tons × 244,000 tons

= $1,464,000