Vesco Mineral Resources purchased mineral rights to land in the foothills of the Santa Cristo mountains. The

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Vesco Mineral Resources purchased mineral rights to land in the foothills of the Santa Cristo mountains. The cost of the purchase was $9 million. Vesco originally thought that it would be able to extract 200,000 tons of lignite from the land, but further exploration revealed that 280,000 tons could be economically removed. If the company sold 20,000 tons in year 1 and 30,000 tons in year 2, what would the depletion charges be each year according to the cost depletion method?


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Engineering economy

ISBN: 978-0073376301

7th Edition

Authors: Leland Blank, Anthony Tarquin

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