diff --git a/code/game/objects/items/stacks/bscrystal.dm b/code/game/objects/items/stacks/bscrystal.dm
index 936accce393b..4da0fd8a4477 100644
--- a/code/game/objects/items/stacks/bscrystal.dm
+++ b/code/game/objects/items/stacks/bscrystal.dm
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@
 	attack_verb = list("bluespace polybashed", "bluespace polybattered", "bluespace polybludgeoned", "bluespace polythrashed", "bluespace polysmashed")
 	novariants = TRUE
 	grind_results = list("bluespace" = 20)
+	point_value = 30
 	var/crystal_type = /obj/item/stack/ore/bluespace_crystal/refined
 
 /obj/item/stack/sheet/bluespace_crystal/attack_self(mob/user)// to prevent the construction menu from ever happening
diff --git a/code/game/objects/items/stacks/sheets/glass.dm b/code/game/objects/items/stacks/sheets/glass.dm
index 3264deae8857..996576d8e5bd 100644
--- a/code/game/objects/items/stacks/sheets/glass.dm
+++ b/code/game/objects/items/stacks/sheets/glass.dm
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ GLOBAL_LIST_INIT(glass_recipes, list ( \
 	resistance_flags = ACID_PROOF
 	merge_type = /obj/item/stack/sheet/glass
 	grind_results = list("silicon" = 20)
+	point_value = 1
 
 /obj/item/stack/sheet/glass/suicide_act(mob/living/carbon/user)
 	user.visible_message("<span class='suicide'>[user] begins to slice [user.p_their()] neck with \the [src]! It looks like [user.p_theyre()] trying to commit suicide!</span>")
@@ -138,6 +139,7 @@ GLOBAL_LIST_INIT(reinforced_glass_recipes, list ( \
 	resistance_flags = ACID_PROOF
 	merge_type = /obj/item/stack/sheet/rglass
 	grind_results = list("silicon" = 20, "iron" = 10)
+	point_value = 4
 
 /obj/item/stack/sheet/rglass/attackby(obj/item/W, mob/user, params)
 	add_fingerprint(user)
@@ -180,6 +182,7 @@ GLOBAL_LIST_INIT(prglass_recipes, list ( \
 	resistance_flags = ACID_PROOF
 	merge_type = /obj/item/stack/sheet/plasmarglass
 	grind_results = list("silicon" = 20, "plasma" = 10, "iron" = 10)
+	point_value = 23
 
 /obj/item/stack/sheet/plasmarglass/Initialize(mapload, new_amount, merge = TRUE)
 	recipes = GLOB.prglass_recipes
diff --git a/code/game/objects/items/stacks/sheets/mineral.dm b/code/game/objects/items/stacks/sheets/mineral.dm
index 300f18cbebf6..87d1985b181a 100644
--- a/code/game/objects/items/stacks/sheets/mineral.dm
+++ b/code/game/objects/items/stacks/sheets/mineral.dm
@@ -104,6 +104,7 @@ GLOBAL_LIST_INIT(sandbag_recipes, list ( \
 	materials = list(MAT_DIAMOND=MINERAL_MATERIAL_AMOUNT)
 	novariants = TRUE
 	grind_results = list("carbon" = 20)
+	point_value = 25
 
 GLOBAL_LIST_INIT(diamond_recipes, list ( \
 	new/datum/stack_recipe("diamond door", /obj/structure/mineral_door/transparent/diamond, 10, one_per_turf = 1, on_floor = 1), \
@@ -129,6 +130,7 @@ GLOBAL_LIST_INIT(diamond_recipes, list ( \
 	materials = list(MAT_URANIUM=MINERAL_MATERIAL_AMOUNT)
 	novariants = TRUE
 	grind_results = list("uranium" = 20)
+	point_value = 20
 
 GLOBAL_LIST_INIT(uranium_recipes, list ( \
 	new/datum/stack_recipe("uranium door", /obj/structure/mineral_door/uranium, 10, one_per_turf = 1, on_floor = 1), \
@@ -154,6 +156,7 @@ GLOBAL_LIST_INIT(uranium_recipes, list ( \
 	max_integrity = 100
 	materials = list(MAT_PLASMA=MINERAL_MATERIAL_AMOUNT)
 	grind_results = list("plasma" = 20)
+	point_value = 20
 
 /obj/item/stack/sheet/mineral/plasma/suicide_act(mob/living/carbon/user)
 	user.visible_message("<span class='suicide'>[user] begins licking \the [src]! It looks like [user.p_theyre()] trying to commit suicide!</span>")
@@ -193,6 +196,7 @@ GLOBAL_LIST_INIT(plasma_recipes, list ( \
 	sheettype = "gold"
 	materials = list(MAT_GOLD=MINERAL_MATERIAL_AMOUNT)
 	grind_results = list("gold" = 20)
+	point_value = 20
 
 GLOBAL_LIST_INIT(gold_recipes, list ( \
 	new/datum/stack_recipe("golden door", /obj/structure/mineral_door/gold, 10, one_per_turf = 1, on_floor = 1), \
@@ -220,6 +224,7 @@ GLOBAL_LIST_INIT(gold_recipes, list ( \
 	sheettype = "silver"
 	materials = list(MAT_SILVER=MINERAL_MATERIAL_AMOUNT)
 	grind_results = list("silver" = 20)
+	point_value = 20
 
 GLOBAL_LIST_INIT(silver_recipes, list ( \
 	new/datum/stack_recipe("silver door", /obj/structure/mineral_door/silver, 10, one_per_turf = 1, on_floor = 1), \
@@ -247,6 +252,7 @@ GLOBAL_LIST_INIT(silver_recipes, list ( \
 	materials = list(MAT_BANANIUM=MINERAL_MATERIAL_AMOUNT)
 	novariants = TRUE
 	grind_results = list("banana" = 20)
+	point_value = 50
 
 GLOBAL_LIST_INIT(bananium_recipes, list ( \
 	new/datum/stack_recipe("bananium tile", /obj/item/stack/tile/mineral/bananium, 1, 4, 20), \
@@ -272,6 +278,7 @@ GLOBAL_LIST_INIT(bananium_recipes, list ( \
 	throw_range = 3
 	sheettype = "titanium"
 	materials = list(MAT_TITANIUM=MINERAL_MATERIAL_AMOUNT)
+	point_value = 20
 
 GLOBAL_LIST_INIT(titanium_recipes, list ( \
 	new/datum/stack_recipe("titanium tile", /obj/item/stack/tile/mineral/titanium, 1, 4, 20), \
@@ -300,6 +307,7 @@ GLOBAL_LIST_INIT(titanium_recipes, list ( \
 	throw_range = 3
 	sheettype = "plastitanium"
 	materials = list(MAT_TITANIUM=MINERAL_MATERIAL_AMOUNT, MAT_PLASMA=MINERAL_MATERIAL_AMOUNT)
+	point_value = 45
 
 GLOBAL_LIST_INIT(plastitanium_recipes, list ( \
 	new/datum/stack_recipe("plas-titanium tile", /obj/item/stack/tile/mineral/plastitanium, 1, 4, 20), \
diff --git a/code/game/objects/items/stacks/sheets/sheet_types.dm b/code/game/objects/items/stacks/sheets/sheet_types.dm
index e7f31765c004..cf7b6403921b 100644
--- a/code/game/objects/items/stacks/sheets/sheet_types.dm
+++ b/code/game/objects/items/stacks/sheets/sheet_types.dm
@@ -98,6 +98,7 @@ GLOBAL_LIST_INIT(metal_recipes, list ( \
 	resistance_flags = FIRE_PROOF
 	merge_type = /obj/item/stack/sheet/metal
 	grind_results = list("iron" = 20)
+	point_value = 2
 
 /obj/item/stack/sheet/metal/ratvar_act()
 	new /obj/item/stack/tile/brass(loc, amount)
@@ -158,6 +159,7 @@ GLOBAL_LIST_INIT(plasteel_recipes, list ( \
 	resistance_flags = FIRE_PROOF
 	merge_type = /obj/item/stack/sheet/plasteel
 	grind_results = list("iron" = 20, "plasma" = 20)
+	point_value = 23
 
 /obj/item/stack/sheet/plasteel/Initialize(mapload, new_amount, merge = TRUE)
 	recipes = GLOB.plasteel_recipes
diff --git a/code/game/objects/items/stacks/sheets/sheets.dm b/code/game/objects/items/stacks/sheets/sheets.dm
index 315cc94b661a..21b43eba2016 100644
--- a/code/game/objects/items/stacks/sheets/sheets.dm
+++ b/code/game/objects/items/stacks/sheets/sheets.dm
@@ -11,4 +11,5 @@
 	attack_verb = list("bashed", "battered", "bludgeoned", "thrashed", "smashed")
 	novariants = FALSE
 	var/perunit = MINERAL_MATERIAL_AMOUNT
-	var/sheettype = null //this is used for girders in the creation of walls/false walls
\ No newline at end of file
+	var/sheettype = null //this is used for girders in the creation of walls/false walls
+	var/point_value = 0 //turn-in value for the gulag stacker - loosely relative to its rarity.
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/code/modules/mining/laborcamp/laborstacker.dm b/code/modules/mining/laborcamp/laborstacker.dm
index a8d94e9ce4af..765f9d92e00c 100644
--- a/code/modules/mining/laborcamp/laborstacker.dm
+++ b/code/modules/mining/laborcamp/laborstacker.dm
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+GLOBAL_LIST(labor_sheet_values)
+
 /**********************Prisoners' Console**************************/
 
 /obj/machinery/mineral/labor_claim_console
@@ -20,6 +22,18 @@
 	Radio.listening = FALSE
 	locate_stacking_machine()
 
+	if(!GLOB.labor_sheet_values)
+		var/sheet_list = list()
+		for(var/sheet_type in subtypesof(/obj/item/stack/sheet))
+			var/obj/item/stack/sheet/sheet = sheet_type
+			if(!initial(sheet.point_value) || (initial(sheet.merge_type) && initial(sheet.merge_type) != sheet_type)) //ignore no-value sheets and x/fifty subtypes
+				continue
+			sheet_list += list(list("ore" = initial(sheet.name), "value" = initial(sheet.point_value)))
+		GLOB.labor_sheet_values = sortList(sheet_list, /proc/cmp_sheet_list)
+
+/proc/cmp_sheet_list(list/a, list/b)
+	return a["value"] - b["value"]
+
 /obj/machinery/mineral/labor_claim_console/attackby(obj/item/I, mob/user, params)
 	if(istype(I, /obj/item/card/id/prisoner))
 		if(!inserted_id)
@@ -52,16 +66,10 @@
 	if(check_auth())
 		can_go_home = TRUE
 
-	var/list/ores = list()
 	if(stacking_machine)
 		data["unclaimed_points"] = stacking_machine.points
-		for(var/ore in stacking_machine.ore_values)
-			var/list/O = list()
-			O["ore"] = ore
-			O["value"] = stacking_machine.ore_values[ore]
-			ores += list(O)
 
-	data["ores"] = ores
+	data["ores"] = GLOB.labor_sheet_values
 	data["can_go_home"] = can_go_home
 
 	return data
@@ -127,15 +135,10 @@
 
 
 /obj/machinery/mineral/stacking_machine/laborstacker
-	var/points = 0 //The unclaimed value of ore stacked.  Value for each ore loosely relative to its rarity.
-	var/list/ore_values = list("glass" = 1, "metal" = 2, "reinforced glass" = 4, "gold" = 20, "silver" = 20, "uranium" = 20, "titanium" = 20, "solid plasma" = 20, "plasteel" = 23, "plasma glass" = 23, "diamond" = 25, "bluespace polycrystal" = 30, "plastitanium" = 45, "bananium" = 50)
+	var/points = 0 //The unclaimed value of ore stacked.
 
 /obj/machinery/mineral/stacking_machine/laborstacker/process_sheet(obj/item/stack/sheet/inp)
-	if(istype(inp))
-		var/n = inp.name
-		var/a = inp.amount
-		if(n in ore_values)
-			points += ore_values[n] * a
+	points += inp.point_value * inp.amount
 	..()
 
 
diff --git a/code/modules/mining/machine_stacking.dm b/code/modules/mining/machine_stacking.dm
index f0a06429c555..dcc9034e2d5f 100644
--- a/code/modules/mining/machine_stacking.dm
+++ b/code/modules/mining/machine_stacking.dm
@@ -105,8 +105,8 @@
 		stack_list[inp.type] = s
 	var/obj/item/stack/sheet/storage = stack_list[inp.type]
 	storage.amount += inp.amount //Stack the sheets
-	qdel(inp) //Let the old sheet garbage collect
 	while(storage.amount > stack_amt) //Get rid of excessive stackage
 		var/obj/item/stack/sheet/out = new inp.type(null, stack_amt)
 		unload_mineral(out)
 		storage.amount -= stack_amt
+	qdel(inp) //Let the old sheet garbage collect