155) Fortune Drilling Company acquires a mineral deposit at a cost of $5,900,000. It incurs
additional costs of $600,000 to access the deposit, which is estimated to contain 2,000,000 tons
and is expected to take 5 years to extract. Compute the depletion expense for the first year
assuming 418,000 tons were mined.
A) $1,233,100.
B) $1,358,500.
C) $1,300,000.
D) $1,180,000.
E) $1,280,000.
156) Fortune Drilling Company acquires a mineral deposit at a cost of $5,900,000. It incurs
additional costs of $600,000 to access the deposit, which is estimated to contain 2,000,000 tons
and is expected to take 5 years to extract. What journal entry would be needed to record the
expense for the first year assuming 418,000 tons were mined?
A) Debit Depletion Expense $1,233,100; credit Accumulated Depletion $1,233,100.
B) Debit Amortization Expense $1,358,500; credit Accumulated Amortization $1,358,500.
C) Debit Depreciation Expense $1,358,500; credit Accumulated Depreciation $1,358,500.
D) Debit Depletion Expense $1,358,500; credit Accumulated Depletion $1,358,500.
E) Debit Depreciation Expense $1,233,100; credit Accumulated Depreciation $1,233,100.