Lucky Strike Mine (LLC) purchased a silver deposit for $1,500,000. It estimated it would extract 500,000 ounces of silver from the deposit. Lucky Strike mined the silver and sold it, reporting gross receipts of $1.8 million, $2.5 million, and $2 million for Years 1 through 3, respectively. During Years 1 through 3, Lucky Strike reported net income (loss) from the silver deposit activity in the amount of ($100,000), $400,000, and $100,000, respectively. In Years 1 through 3, Lucky Strike actually extracted 300,000 ounces of silver as follows:

Ounces extracted per year
Year 1	Year 2	Year 3
50,000	150,000	100,000

What is Lucky Strike's depletion deduction for Year 2 if the applicable percentage depletion for silver is 15 percent?

• $200,000

• $400,000

• $450,000

• None of the choices are correct.

• $375,000