Question: *Accounting HW help- I've tried this problem but keep getting certain parts wrong* I posted my answers and italicized which areas are being marked incorrect.

*Accounting HW help- I've tried this problem but keep getting certain parts wrong* I posted my answers and italicized which areas are being marked incorrect. PLEASE HELP :)

Flannery Company engages in the exploration and development of many types of natural resources. In the last two years, the company has engaged in the following activities:

Jan. 1, Year 1 Purchased for $215,000 a silver mine estimated to contain 784,000 tons of silver ore.
July 1, Year 1 Purchased for $1,820,000 cash a tract of land containing timber estimated to yield 2,940,000 board feet of lumber. At the time of purchase, the land had an appraised of $198,000.
Feb. 1, Year 2 Purchased for $733,000 a gold mine estimated to yield 29,400 tons of gold-veined ore.
Sept. 1, Year 2 Purchased oil reserves for $710,000. The reserves were estimated to contain 245,000 barrels of oil, of which 21,000 would be unprofitable to pump.

Required a. Prepare the journal entries to account for the following:

  1. (1) The Year 1 purchases.
  2. (2) Depletion on the Year 1 purchases, assuming that 73,000 tons of silver were mined and 989,000 board feet of lumber were cut.
  3. (3) The Year 2 purchases.
  4. (4) Depletion on the four natural resource assets, assuming that 60,000 tons of silver ore, 1,176,000 board feet of lumber, 8,900 tons of gold ore, and 80,000 barrels of oil were extracted.

b. Prepare the portion of the December 31, Year 2, balance sheet that reports natural resources. c. Assume that in Year 3 the estimates changed to reflect only 60,680 tons of gold ore remaining. Prepare the depletion journal entry in Year 3 to account for the extraction of 42,476 tons of gold ore.

1 1/1/Year 1 Silver mine 215,000
Cash 215,000
2 7/1/Year 1 Timber 1,622,000
Land 198,000
Cash 1,820,000
3 12/31/Year 2 Depletion expense 20,019
Silver mine 20,019
4 12/31/Year 2 Depletion expense 545,632
Timber 545,632
5 2/1/Year 2 Gold mine 733,000
Cash 733,000
6 9/1/Year 2 Oil reserves 710,000
Cash 710,000
7 12/31/Year 2 Depletion expense 16,454
Silver mine 16,454
8 12/31/Year 2 Depletion expense 648,800
Timber 648,800
9 Dec 31 Depletion expense 221,895
Gold mine 221,895
10 12/31/Year 2 Depletion expense 253,571
Oil reserves 253,571

B.) Natural Resources

Silver mine (less depletion)$178,527

Timber (less depletion)427,568

Gold mine (less depletion)511,105

Oil reserves (less depletion)456,429

Total natural resources 1,573,629

Land $198,000

Total $1,771,629

C.)

Date General Journal Debit Credit
1 Year 3 Gold mine 511,105
Depletion expense 357,774

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