Natural Resources and Depletion Luper Company acquired a tract of land that contained iron deposits for $6,382,400. Luper spent $336,000 to access the iron ore. Luper estimates that 2,000,000 tons of ore will be extracted. The estimated value of the land after the ore is extracted is $258,400. During the current year, Luper extracts 150,000 tons of iron ore. Required: Compute the cost of the natural resource and the amount of depletion taken during the year. Cost of the natural resource Amount of depletion