Khamsah Mining Company has purchased a tract of mineral land for $3,051,000. It
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Khamsah Mining Company has purchased a tract of mineral land for $3,051,000. It is estimated that this tract will yield 406,800 tons of ore with sufficient mineral content to make mining and processing profitable. It is further estimated that 20,340 tons of ore will be mined the first and last year and 40,680 tons every year in between. (Assume 11 years of mining operations.) The land will have a salvage value of $101,700.
The company builds necessary structures and sheds on the site at a cost of $122,040. It is estimated that these structures can serve 15 years but, because they must be dismantled if they are to be moved, they have no salvage value. The company does not intend to use the buildings elsewhere. Mining machinery installed at the mine was purchased secondhand at a cost of $203,400. This machinery cost the former owner $508,500 and was 50% depreciated when purchased. Khamsah Mining estimates that about half of this machinery will still be useful when the present mineral resources have been exhausted, but that dismantling and removal costs will just about offset its value at that time. The company does not intend to use the machinery elsewhere. The remaining machinery will last until about one-half the present estimated mineral ore has been removed and will then be worthless. Cost is to be allocated equally between these two classes of machinery.
Estimated depreciation cost:
Year
Building
Machinery (1/2)
Machinery (1/2)
Estimated depreciation cost:
Year
Building
Machinery (1/2)
Machinery (1/2)
1st Yr. 2nd Yr. 3rd Yr. 4th Yr. 5th Yr. 6th Yr. 7th Yr. 8th Yr. 9th Yr. 10th Yr. 11th Yr.Explanation / Answer
Year Building Machinery (1/2) Machinery (1/2) 1 11,094.55 9,245.45 18,490.91 2 11,094.55 9,245.45 18,490.91 3 11,094.55 9,245.45 18,490.91 4 11,094.55 9,245.45 18,490.91 5 11,094.55 9,245.45 18,490.91 6 11,094.55 9,245.45 9,245.45 7 11,094.55 9,245.45 - 8 11,094.55 9,245.45 - 9 11,094.55 9,245.45 - 10 11,094.55 9,245.45 - 11 11,094.55 9,245.45 - 122,040 101,700 101,700 Building Cost 122040 Life 15 Salvage value 0 Life of the mine 11 Depreciation per year 11,094.55 Machinery Cost 203400 Half 101700 Life 11 Depreciation per year 9,245.45 Second half of Mchinery Cost 101700 Life 5.5 Half of the ore will be extracted in 5.5 years Salvage value 0 Depreciation per year 18,490.91
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