Natural Resources The Hollister Company acquires a silver mine at the cost of $1,300,000...

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Natural Resources The Hollister Company
acquires a silver mine at the cost of $1,300,000 on January 1.
Along with the purchase price Hollister pays additional costs
associated with development of $50,000. Hollister expects the mine
will have a salvage value of $100,000 once all the silver has been
mined. Best estimates are that the mine contains 250,000 tons of
ore.Requireda. Prepare the entry to record the purchase of the silver
mine.b. Prepare the December 31 year-end adjusting entry to record
depletion if 60,000 tons of ore are mined and all the ore is
sold.c. Prepare the December 31 year-end adjusting entry to record
depletion if 60,000 tons of ore are mined but only 15,000 tons of
the ore are sold.

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