Show MINE DUMPS DECIDED ASSESSABLE BY STATE Mine dumps dump are to be considered as parts of the mines themselves and are therefore assessable by h the state board of oC equalization rather than by county assessors assessor That is tho the construction placed b by Attorney Attorney Attorney At At- torney General Dan B. B Shields on the state law In a letter received from him yesterday b by the state board of ot equalization tion Ion Mr Ml Ir Shields says sar ho so o interprets the tho decision rendered by the supreme court in the case caso of the Mammoth Mining l company against Juab county This construction of th the law will mean that only the net proceeds of such dumps dump and the mills and erected for working working- them can be he assesse assessed In Salt Lake county the attorney generals general's generals general's genral's gen n eral's rals opinion will probably have the immediate effect of or causing a refund to the Utah Copper company compan of oC the taxes L It Jt paid under tinder protest on its slimes pon ponds The ponds were as assessed b by A. A H. H Parsons Salt Lake county count assessor ona on ona a a. valuation basis of which wa was cut by the county count board of or equalization tion to On the latter Jatter sum Ium the tue company paid the tax under protest |