Show attorney general gives ruling on taxation law ro be considered as parts of the mines themselves all mine dumps are assessable tor for taxes by the state board of equalization rather than by county assessors according to a con st ruction ot of law made by attorney general dan B shields in his letter to the state board the attorney general says that he takes the decision of the state supreme court in the case of 0 the mammoth mining company against the corn com missioners ners of juab county as a basis bof his opinion only net proceed 4 of such dumps and the valuation of mills and other machinery and appa ratus for their reduction are assess able it is likely that one effect of this opinion will be that the salt lake county commissioners will be bequir ed to refund to the utah copper corn com pany taxes paid last year under pro test on its slimes ponds the county assessor assessed these ponds at 17 afoo 00 aou latt last year this being later cut by the county commission to 6 the company paid the tax on the 6 assessed valuation under protest |